Day archives: July 2nd, 2008

DOJ Announces Final National Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification

News release: “The Department of Justice today announced the final guidelines for Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The Guidelines provide necessary tools for states, the District of Columbia, territories and certain federally recognized Indian tribes to incorporate SORNA minimum …

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

IMF – Food and Fuel Prices—Recent Developments, Macroeconomic Impact, and Policy Responses

News release: “The impact of surging oil and food prices is being felt globally but is most acute for import-dependent poor and middle-income countries confronted by balance of payments problems, higher inflation, and worsening poverty, a new IMF study warns. Analyzing the macroeconomic policy challenges arising from the price surges, the study argues that many …

Subjects: Government Documents

New on LLRX.com

E-Discovery Update: Precision, Accuracy, and Relevance – Conrad J. Jacoby discusses the challenges and ramifications inherent in an evironment where litigants have increasingly come to rely on computerized search queries rather than free-form document review to identify potentially relevant documents. — Published June 30, 2008

Subjects: E-Records, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

New GAO Reports: DOD Depot Maintenance, Audit of IRS, Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waivers

Depot Maintenance: DOD’s Report to Congress on Its Public-Private Partnerships at Its Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITEs) Is Not Complete and Additional Information Would Be Useful, GAO-08-902R, July 01, 2008 Internal Revenue Service: Status of GAO Financial Audit and Related Financial Management Report Recommendations, GAO-08-693, July 02, 2008 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waivers: …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New DHS OIG Reports

OIG-08-67 – Transportation Security Administration Single Source (Noncompetitive) Procurements (PDF, 29 pages) New 07/01/2008 OIG-08-66 – TSA’s Administration and Coordination of Mass Transit Security Programs (PDF, 71 pages) New 07/01/2008 OIG-08-65 – Targeting of Cargo Containers 2008: Review of CBP’s Cargo Enforcement Reporting and Tracking System (PDF, 11 pages) New 07/01/2008 OIG-08-64 – Additional Controls …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

SEC Publishes Proposals to Increase Investor Protections by Reducing Reliance on Credit Ratings

News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today published for public comment proposed rule changes to make the limits and purposes of credit ratings clear to investors and ensure that the role assigned to ratings in SEC rules is consistent with the objectives of having investors make an independent judgment of credit risks.” The proposing …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Deloitte: Transforming the government enterprise through better financial management

Mastering Finance in Government – Transforming the government enterprise through better financial management, Published June 23, 2008; 40 pages; A Deloitte Research Public Sector study. “This survey of senior government officials representing more than 200 government organizations from 28 countries around the world makes up one of the largest global data sets on financial transformation …

Subjects: Knowledge Management