Day archives: May 20th, 2011

New GAO Reports: Budget Issues, Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices, Defense Management, Haiti Reconstruction, Federal Land Management

Budget Issues: Better Fee Design Would Improve Federal Protective Service’s and Federal Agencies’ Planning and Budgeting for Security, GAO-11-492, May 20, 2011 Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices: Most Initiatives Supported by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization Have Limited Applicability to Humanitarian Demining, GAO-11-578R, May 20, 2011 Defense Management: Perspectives on the Involvement of the Combatant …

Subjects: Government Documents

International Competition Network Presents Vision for its Second Decade

News release: “At its 10th annual conference in The Hague, the Netherlands, the International Competition Network (ICN) adopted new materials on how to assess market dominance, resolve cartel cases, and manage competition projects effectively. The organization also presented a comprehensive evaluation of how competition agencies use the ICNs merger-related materials, and unveiled the first four …

Subjects: Government Documents

White House Project: Epidemic: Responding to America's Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis

Report: “Prescription drug abuse is the Nations fastest-growing drug problem. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs like cocaine, data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) show that nearly one-third of people aged 12 and over who used drugs for the first time in …

Subjects: Government Documents

Internet matters: The Net's sweeping impact on growth, jobs, and prosperity

“New McKinsey research into the Internet economies of the G-8 nations as well as Brazil, China, India, South Korea, and Sweden finds that the web accounts for a significant and growing portion of global GDP. Indeed, if measured as a sector, Internet-related consumption and expenditure is now bigger than agriculture or energy. On average, the …

Subjects: Internet

New Report: More Than 20 Million Americans Denied Access to Jobs & Economic Opportunity Within Broadband Economy

News release: “The latest Broadband Progress Report to Congress from the Federal Communications Commission reveals that approximately 26 million Americans, mostly in rural communities located in every region of the country, are denied access to the jobs and economic opportunity made possible by broadband. While the infrastructure of high-speed Internet is unavailable to those Americans, …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

New GAO Reports: Budget Issues, Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices, Defense Management, Haiti Reconstruction, Federal Land Management

International Competition Network Presents Vision for its Second Decade

White House Project: Epidemic: Responding to America's Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis

Internet matters: The Net's sweeping impact on growth, jobs, and prosperity

New Report: More Than 20 Million Americans Denied Access to Jobs & Economic Opportunity Within Broadband Economy

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