Day archives: November 18th, 2009

DHS Critical Infrastructure Protection Website Launched

Critical Infrastructure Protection – The nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) include systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic vitality, or public health and safety. Ensuring CIKR resiliency and protection is essential to …

Subjects: E-Government

New GAO Reports: Homeland Security, Combating Nuclear Smuggling, Federal Land Management, International Trade

Homeland Security: Greater Attention to Key Practices Would Help Address Security Vulnerabilities at Federal Buildings, GAO-10-236T, November 18, 2009 Homeland Security: Greater Attention to Key Practices Would Improve the Federal Protective Service’s Approach to Facility Protection, GAO-10-142, October 23, 2009 Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Recent Testing Raises Issues About the Potential Effectiveness of Advanced Radiation Detection …

Subjects: Government Documents

Long-Term Implications of the Department of Defense's FY2010 Budget Submission

Long-Term Implications of the Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Submission, November 18, 2009. Testimony before the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives. “CBO projects that carrying out the plans proposed in the President’s 2010 budget request, excluding overseas contingency operations (in general, overseas military operations against hostile forces—currently consisting of the …

Subjects: Government Documents

Navy Arctic Roadmap: Ice Free Arctic by 2030?

Wired: “The Navy’s Arctic Roadmap, written by the recently launched Navy Task Force Climate Change (TFCC), opens with an acknowledgment that worldwide temperatures are on the rise — especially up north. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe. While significant uncertainty exists in projections for Arctic ice extent, the …

Subjects: Government Documents

The Financial Crisis and U.S. Cross-Border Financial Flows

The Financial Crisis and U.S. Cross-Border Financial Flows, Carol C. Bertaut and Laurie Pounder, Federal Reserve Board Division of International Finance “The financial crisis that began in the summer of 2007 caused notable changes in the composition of U.S. cross-border financial flows, especially in the fall of 2008, when the crisis intensified. This article documents …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

HHS Secretary Statement on New Breast Cancer Recommendations

Follow up to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s new recommendations on breast cancer screening cause controversy, this statement from HHS Secretary Sebelius: “There is no question that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations have caused a great deal of confusion and worry among women and their families across this country. I want to address …

Subjects: Government Documents

Census Bureau Releases 2008 Income and Poverty Estimates for All School Districts and Counties

News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2008 income and poverty estimates for every school district and county in the nation. These data, part of the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program, currently represent the only source of Census Bureau income and poverty data for each of the nation’s 3,142 counties and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Media Alerts on Federal Courts of Appeals Website of the ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements

“Welcome to the new Media Alerts on Federal Courts of Appeals Website of the ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements. This website is designed to provide reporters, lawyers, educators, and the public with prompt, accurate, unbiased information about newsworthy and legally significant cases pending in and decided by the Federal Courts of Appeals. Our …

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research

Integrating Security Preparing for the National Security Threats of the 21st Century

Integrating Security – Preparing for the National Security Threats of the 21st Century, by Lawrence Korb, Sean Duggan, and Laura Conley. November 2009 “But the array of challenges facing the administration is daunting. Success will depend not only on how well the administration is able to ensure that its policies live up to these stated …

Subjects: Government Documents

State Housing Finance Agencies To Receive $18.6 Billion

Jon Lipe’s blog: “The Obama Administration announced state and local allocations totaling $18.6 billion under its HFA Initiative’s New Issue Bond Program (NIBP). In addition, the Administration revealed that it will be providing $10.5 billion in liquidity support to 23 HFAs under the Initiative’s Temporary Credit and Liquidity Program (TCLP). Complete allocation data is available …

Subjects: Government Documents