Day archives: August 3rd, 2007

DOT IG Will Conduct Assessment of National Bridge Inspection

Follow up to August 2 posting on national bridge safety assessments: Inspector General’s Response to Secretary Peters’ Request for an Assessment of the National Bridge Inspection Program, August 3, 2007 Press release, August 2, 2007: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Calls on States to Immediately Inspect All Steel Arch Truss Bridges ABC News …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Senate Passes FOIA Reform Bill

Press release, Sen. Patrick Leahy: “…As the first major reform to FOIA in more than a decade, the OPEN Government Act would help to reverse these troubling trends and help to begin to restore the public’s trust in their government. This bill [S. 849] also improves transparency in the Federal Government’s FOIA process by: Restoring …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Latest GAO Reports: Border Security, Elections, Information Security, IT, National Animal ID System

Border Security: Long-term Strategy Needed to Keep Pace with Increasing Demand for Visas, GAO-07-847, July 13, 2007 DOD is Making Progress in Adopting Best Practices for the Transformational Satellite Communications System and Space Radar but Still Faces Challenges, GAO-07-1029R, August 2, 2007 Elections: Status of GAO’s Review of Voting Equipment Used in Florida’s 13th Congressional …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

President's 2008 Appropriation Veto Threats

House Budget Committee: The President’s 2008 Appropriation Veto Threats – What’s at Stake? – A State-by-State Analysis, August 3, 2007 — “The President has pledged to veto 2008 appropriation bills that are above the levels in his budget. Although the overall funding difference between the President and Congress is a modest percentage of the federal …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

New Texas Digital Library's Blog

“I would like to announce the launch of the Texas Digital Library’s (TDL) blog, The Scholar’s Space, featuring a team of four contributors (including me), with more to come over the next few months. The Scholar’s Space joins scholarly communications blogs sponsored by friends at other colleges and universities, and national and international organizations. We’ll …

Subjects: Blogs, Knowledge Management, Libraries