Day archives: July 1st, 2010

CBO: The Long-Term Budget Outlook

The Long-Term Budget Outlook, June 2010 “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report examines the pressures on the federal budget by presenting the agency’s projections of federal spending and revenues over the coming decades. Under current laws and policies, an aging population and rapidly rising health care costs will sharply increase federal spending for health care …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Implementing Cloud Computing,

Information Security: Governmentwide Guidance Needed to Assist Agencies in Implementing Cloud Computing, GAO-10-855T, July 01, 2010 Warfighter Support: Actions Needed to Improve the Joint Improvised Exposive Device Defeat Organization’s System of Internal Control, GAO-10-660, July 01, 2010 Biosurveillance: Efforts to Develop a National Biosurveillance Capability Need a National Strategy and a Designated Leader, GAO-10-645, June …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CBO: Social Security Policy Options

Social Security Policy Options, July 2010 “Social Security is the federal government’s largest single program, and as the U.S. population grows older in the coming decades, its cost is projected to increase more rapidly than its revenues. As a result, under current law, resources dedicated to the program will become insufficient to pay full benefits …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FCC Launches Data Innovation Initiative

News release: “The Federal Communications Commission today launched the Data Innovation Initiative, the agency’s latest action to modernize and streamline how it collects, uses, and disseminates data. With this launch, the FCC continues the changes that were made as part of a comprehensive reform effort that is improving the agency’s fact-based, data-driven decision-making. To lead …

Subjects: E-Government