Day archives: June 25th, 2010

New GAO Reports: Warfighter Support, Assistance for Needy Families, Nanotechnology

Warfighter Support: Preliminary Observations on DOD’s Progress and Challenges in Distributing Supplies and Equipment to Afghanistan, GAO-10-842T, June 25, 2010 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Implications of Recent Legislative and Economic Changes for State Programs and Work Participation Rates, GAO-10-525, May 28, 2010 Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials Are Widely Used in Commerce, but EPA Faces Challenges in …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Research Finds Most Sperm Whales Have Highly Elevated Mercury and Lea Levels

Sperm Whale Toxicology Research overview via Ocean Alliance. Heavy metals from pollution threaten sperm whales with extinction: “US scientists who spent five years sampling the tissue of nearly 1000 sperm whales discovered surprisingly high levels of toxic heavy metals in the animals, a report shows. The levels of cadmium, aluminum, chromium, lead, silver, mercury and …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Treasury OIG: Material Loss Review of BankUnited, FSB

Office of Inspector General Department of the Treasury – OIG-10-042 Safety and Soundess: Material Loss Review of BankUnited, FSB, June 22, 2010 “This report presents the results of our material loss review of the failure of BankUnited, FSB (BankUnited), of Coral Gables, Florida, and of the Office of Thrift Supervision’s (OTS) supervision of the institution. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents