Day archives: April 15th, 2010

New GAO Reports: Combating Terrorism, Defense Acquisitions and Management, USPS

Combating Terrorism: Planning and Documentation of U.S. Development Assistance in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas Need to Be Improved, GAO-10-289, April 15, 2010 Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities and Challenges for Army Ground Force Modernization Efforts, GAO-10-603T, April 15, 2010 Defense Management: Observations on Department of Defense and Military Service Fiscal Year 2011 Requirements for Corrosion Prevention …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

Information Security Oversight Office’s (ISOO) Report to the President for Fiscal Year 2009

Information Security Oversight Office’s (ISOO) Report to the President for Fiscal Year 2009, submitted on March 31, 2010. “This report provides information on the status of the security classification program as required by Executive Order 13526, “Classified National Security Information.” It provides statistics and analysis concerning key components of the system, primarily classification and declassification, …

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Subjects: Government Documents

RealtyTrac Staff : Foreclosure Activity Increases 7 Percent in First Quarter

News release/includes data charts: “RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for Q1 2010, which shows that foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 932,234 properties in the first quarter, a 7 percent increase from the previous quarter and a …

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Subjects: Knowledge Management

Bank of America President Testifies on Troubled Mortgages

Business Journal: “Barbara Desoer, president of Bank of America Home Loans, testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday about the housing crisis and the steps BofA is taking to modify troubled mortgages. And she painted a bleak picture, according to her prepared testimony. Some numbers [from her remarks at the House Committee on Financial Services Committee hearing, …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Scripps Research Study Shows Compulsive Eating Shares Same Addictive Biochemical Mechanism with Cocaine, Heroin Abuse

News release: “In a newly published study, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that the same molecular mechanisms that drive people into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing people into obesity. The new study, conducted by Scripps Research Associate Professor Paul J. Kenny and graduate student …

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Subjects: Knowledge Management

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Establishes New Office on Women’s Health

H. R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [906 pages, PDF] “OFFICE.—There is established within the Office of the Secretary, an Office on Women’s Health (referred to in this section as the ‘Office’). The Office shall be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health who may report to the Secretary. “(b) DUTIES.—The …

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation
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