Day archives: July 28th, 2010

Wired Exclusive: Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web Monitoring

Exclusive – Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web Monitoring, By Noah Shachtman, July 28, 2010: “The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time — and says it uses that information to predict the future. The company is called Recorded Future, and it …

Subjects: E-Government, Knowledge Management, Privacy, Search Engines

Citizen Satisfaction with Federal Websites Stabilizes But Falls Short of Rebound

Quarterly ACSI E-Government Satisfaction Index Shows Relationship Between High Satisfaction and Government Efficiency, July 28, 2009 – “The American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Government Satisfaction Index [Satisfaction Q2 2009] scores 73.6 for the second quarter, halting a drop in the first quarter that came after three consecutive quarterly gains. However, the Index didn’t manage a rebound, …

Subjects: E-Government

Federal Reserve Beige Book, July 28, 2010

Full Report – Beige Book, July 28, 2010 – Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District, and link to reports by Districts: “Economic activity has continued to increase, on balance, since the previous survey, although the Cleveland and Kansas City Districts reported that the level of economic activity generally held steady. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Defense Management, National Security, Native American Graves Protection, Performance Measurement

Defense Management: Improved Planning, Training, and Interagency Collaboration Could Strengthen DOD’s Efforts in Africa, GAO-10-794, July 28, 2010 Defense Management: U.S. Southern Command Demonstrates Interagency Collaboration, but Its Haiti Disaster Response Revealed Challenges Conducting a Large Military Operation, GAO-10-801, July 28, 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs: Long-standing Weaknesses in Miscellaneous Obligation and Financial Reporting Controls, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report on Supervised Release of Federal Offenders

Report on Supervised Release of Federal Offenders – July 27, 2010 “Since the late 1980s, nearly 1 million federal offenders have been sentenced to terms of supervised release. The U.S. Sentencing Commission recently published a lengthy report that addresses the legal framework of, and most common legal issues connected with, supervised release. The report explains …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Legal Research

New Survey Shows Significant Local Government Jobs Losses

News release: “New survey research announced today shows that local governments are now facing a fiscal crisis that will force job losses approaching 500,000 and significant cuts in much needed public services. Representatives from the National League of Cities (NLC), United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) jointly released …

Subjects: Government Documents

American Customer Satisfaction Index: Internet news & information; Internet portals & search engines, Internet social media

The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Report on E-Business: Internet Portals & Search Engines, News & Information, and Social Media Websites, July 20, 2010. Commentary by Professor Claes Fornell: Google Dips Sharply but Holds Off Bing; FOXNews.com Leads All E-Business Websites; Facebook and MySpace Fail to Satisfy

Subjects: Blogs, Internet