Monthly archives: January, 2011

U.S. Airports Increasing Looking at Private Airport Security Screening Options

WaPo: As outrage over screenings rises, sites consider replacing TSA – “For airports, the change isn’t about money. At issue, airport managers and security experts say, is the unwieldy size and bureaucracy of the federal aviation security system. Private firms may be able to do the job more efficiently and with a personal touch, they …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Privacy

EPA Establishes Landmark Chesapeake Bay ‘Pollution Diet’

News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today established a landmark “pollution diet” to restore clean water in Chesapeake Bay and the region’s streams, creeks and rivers. This pollution diet is driven primarily by jurisdictions’ plans to put all needed pollution controls in place by 2025 and EPA will hold jurisdictions accountable for results along …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Foreign Policy's Top Gobal Thinkers 2010

“When historians look back to the moment when the post-Cold War reign of American power ended, they may well settle on 2010 as a crucial year. Everywhere, it seemed, there were signs that the long-predicted “rise of the rest” had finally occurred, whether in the newfound assertiveness of fast-growing China or the impatient diplomacy of …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

New health-care rules take effect January 1, 2011

WaPo: “The new rules are designed to help those caught in Medicare’s “doughnut hole,” offer seniors more preventative care, and limit how much of their customers’ money health-insurance companies can keep for overhead and profit. They all go into effect on Saturday, January 1, 2011.” “The ultimate goal of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents