Day archives: July 6th, 2010

New GAO Reports: Overseas Contingency Operations, Cybersecurity

Overseas Contingency Operations: Comparison of the Department of Defense’s Overseas Contingency Operations Funding Requests for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011, GAO-10-889R, July 06, 2010 Cybersecurity: Key Challenges Need to Be Addressed to Improve Research and Development, GAO-10-466, June 03, 2010 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) Program Faces Cost, Schedule and Performance Risks, GAO-10-758R, July 02, 2010

Subjects: Cybercrime, Government Documents, Internet, PC Security

Citing Conflict with Federal Law, DOJ Challenges Arizona Immigration Law

News release: “The Department of Justice challenged the state of Arizona’s recently passed immigration law, S.B. 1070, in federal court today. In a brief filed in the District of Arizona, the Department said S.B. 1070 unconstitutionally interferes with the federal government’s authority to set and enforce immigration policy, explaining that “the Constitution and federal law …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

EIA: Mexico Country Analysis Brief

Mexico Country Analysis Brief — June 29, 2010: “In 2009, Mexico was the seventh-largest oil producer in the world, and the third-largest in the Western Hemisphere. The oil sector is a crucial component of Mexico’s economy: while its relative importance to the general Mexican economy has declined in the long term, the oil sector still …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EPA Proposal Cuts Pollution from Power Plants in 31 States and D.C.

News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing regulations to cut air pollution that impairs air quality and harms the health of people living downwind. The regulation will target power plant pollution that drifts across the borders of 31 eastern states and the District of Columbia. Air pollution is linked to thousands of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents