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Federal Student Aid: Highlights of a Study Group on Simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, GAO-10-29, October 29, 2009 Financial Management Systems: DHS Faces Challenges to Successfully Consolidate Its Existing Disparate Systems, GAO-10-210T, October 29, 2009 Formerly Used Defense Sites: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Needs to Improve Its Process for Reviewing …
Press Statement on CPSC, EPA, HUD, CDC, and ATSDR’s drywall investigation: “Since the early spring, the federal government has dedicated significant resources to helping families affected by the drywall issue in their homes. The government has been and continues to be committed to providing answers and solutions to these homeowners. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety …
Today, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a new report, Lower Premiums, Stronger Businesses: How Health Insurance Reform Will Bring Down Costs for Small Businesses. “The report looks at the current status quo and outlines how reform will help solve this problem and bring costs down for small businesses.”
Still Waiting: Unfair or Deceptive Credit Card Practices Continue as Americans Wait for New Reforms to Take Effect, October 2009. “This report present the findings of the latest review of consumer credit card product by the Pew Health Groups Safe Credit Cards Project. We show the interest rates, fees and penalty provisions for credit cards …
Washington Post: “U.S. newspaper circulation has hit its lowest level in seven decades, as papers across the country lost 10.6 percent of their paying readers from April through September, compared with a year earlier.” Related, Daniel Gross via Slate: Paper Hangers – Newspapers aren’t doing as badly as you think.
Estimates of the Prevalence of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, United States, AprilJuly 2009: “Through July 2009, a total of 43,677 laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported in the United States, which is likely a substantial underestimate of the true number. Correcting for under-ascertainment using a multiplier model, we estimate that 1.8 million5.7 …
Official Google Blog: “…we’re rolling out a search feature that…enabl[es] you to search and more easily discover millions of songs, all via a simple Google web search…Now, when you enter a music-related query like the name of a song, artist or album your search results will include links to an audio preview of …
“States and local governments should increase citizens’ access to raw, machine-readable data through sites similar to the federal government’s Data.gov. Data democratization will lead to greater citizen engagement and government accountability, according to the National Association of State CIOs’ latest brief on transparency. In A Call to Action for State Government: Guidance for Opening the …
Guidelines for Secure Use of Social Media by Federal Departments and Agencies, v1.0 Issued By: ISIMC [Information Security and Identity Management Committee] – Effective Date: 09.17.2009 Abstract: The use of social media for federal services and interactions is growing tremendously, supported by initiatives from the administration, directives from government leaders, and demands from the public. …
