Day archives: March 20th, 2008

Energy Efficient Compact Fluorescent Bulbs Require Proper Disposal Procedures

Shining a light on fluorescent bulbs – Energy-efficient coils booming, but disposal of mercury poses problems. By Alex Johnson, MSNBC: “Compact fluorescent light bulbs, long touted by environmentalists as a more efficient and longer-lasting alternative to the incandescent bulbs that have lighted homes for more than a century, are running into resistance from waste industry …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

DHS OIG Audits: Mission Performance of Coast Guard, Consolidated Terrorist Watchlist, Hurricane Katrina

OIG-08-30 – Annual Review of Mission Performance United States Coast Guard (FY 2006) (PDF, 37 pages) OIG-08-29 – The DHS Process for Nominating Individuals to the Consolidated Terrorist Watchlist (PDF, 26 pages) OIG-08-28 – The State of Ohio’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004 (PDF, 47 pages) DA-08-05 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FTC Issues 2008 Fair Debt Collection Practices Report to Congress

“The Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the 30th Annual Report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). This report…summarizes the Commission’s administration and enforcement of the FDCPA during 2007. It presents an overview of the types of consumer complaints received by the Commission, descriptions of the Commission’s debt-collection law …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New Asia-Pacific Statistical Yearbook Presents Complete Picture of the Region’s Development

News release: “While the world-leading pace of urbanization in Asia and the Pacific has contributed to the region’s growth – it has also driven up urban poverty, according to the latest edition of the Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific…The Yearbook, produced by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

NARA's Federal Records Centers Offer Agencies Storage, Easy Use for 80 Billion Pages of Documents

NARA’s Federal Records Centers Offer Agencies Storage, Easy Use for 80 Billion Pages of Documents. By Tara E. C. McLoughlin “Through its nationwide network of 17 facilities with more than 1,100 federal employees, the centers serve 400 federal agencies. FRCs [Federal Records Centers] store and service every kind of federal record—tax returns, claims files for …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents