Monthly archives: June, 2011

New GAO Reports: Defense Centers of Excellence, Defense Logistics, Medicaid and CHIP, Washington Metro, Firms that Sell Iran Technology

Defense Centers of Excellence: Limited Budget and Performance Information on the Center for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, GAO-11-611, June 30, 2011 Defense Infrastructure: The Enhanced Use Lease Program Requires Management Attention, GAO-11-574, June 30, 2011 Defense Logistics: DOD Input Needed on Implementing Depot Maintenance Study Recommendations, GAO-11-568R, June 30, 2011 Department of State …

Subjects: Government Documents

2010 Wiretap Report Shows Increase in Authorized Intercepts

“Federal and state applications for orders authorizing or approving the interception of wire, oral or electronic communications increased 34 percent in 2010, compared to the number reported in 2009. The interceptions are reported in the 2010 Wiretap Report, released today by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC). The current report covers intercepts …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Legal Research, Privacy

Long-Term Implications of the 2012 Future Years Defense Program

Long-Term Implications of the 2012 Future Years Defense Program, June 2011 “In most years, the Department of Defense (DoD) provides a five- or six-year plan, called the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), associated with the budget that it submits to the Congress. Because decisions made in the near term can have consequences for the defense …

Subjects: Government Documents

CoreLogic Home Price Index Shows Second Consecutive Month-Over-Month Increase

News release: “CoreLogic, a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today released its May Home Price Index (HPI) which shows that home prices in the U.S. increased on a month-over-month basis. According to the CoreLogic HPI, national home prices, including distressed sales, increased by 0.8 percent in May 2011 compared to April 2011, …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Sentencing Commission Votes to Make New Crack Cocaine Guidelines Retroactive

Follow up to previous postings on sentencing guidelines, this ews release: “The United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously today to give retroactive effect to its proposed permanent amendment to the federal sentencing guidelines that implements the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. Retroactivity of the amendment will become effective on November 1, 2011 – the same …

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

Public access to Davis Bacon Wage Determination information

“The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has partnered with the Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) to provide permanent public access to Davis Bacon Wage Determination information.Wage Determinations OnLine (WDOL)is the official Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR) mandated Web site that contains both current and archived wage determinations. Users can search …

Subjects: E-Government

The State of America's National Parks, 2011

The State of America’s National Parks, June 2011 “The State of Americas National Parks is the culmination of ten years of research on the condition of natural and cultural resources within Americas national parks. The data for this report were gleaned from the Centers research on 80 national parks. This research uncovered many examples of …

Subjects: Government Documents

Failed States Index 2011

Failed States Index 2011 – prepared by the Fund for Peace and published by FOREIGN POLICY of the world’s most vulnerable countries. “The new edition of the index draws on some 130,000 publicly available sources to analyze 177 countries and rate them on 12 indicators of pressure on the state during the year 2010 — …

Subjects: Government Documents

IMF: Concluding Statement of the 2011 Article IV Mission to U.S.

IMF: Concluding Statement of the 2011 Article IV Mission to The United States of America, June 2011 “Policies must strike the right balance between exiting from extraordinary support and sustaining the recovery amid renewed headwinds. Fiscal policy consolidation needs to proceed as debt dynamics are unsustainable and losing fiscal credibility would be extremely damaging. However, …

Subjects: Government Documents

FTC: Consumer Confidence in Internet Marketplace Depends on Privacy Protections

News release: “The Federal Trade Commission told Congress that consumers must be confident that their privacy will be protected if they are to be willing to take advantage of all the benefits offered by the Internet marketplace. Commission testimony to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered by Commissioner Julie Brill, states that, …

Subjects: Congress, E-Commerce, Privacy

BJS – Hate Crime, 2003-2009

Hate Crime, 2003-2009 – Lynn Langton, Michael Planty. June 16, 2011 – NCJ 234085 “Presents annual counts and rates of hate crime victimizations that occurred between 2003 and 2009, using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). This report examines the victim’s suspicions about the type of bias that motivated the crime and the …

Subjects: Government Documents

Newly Available: Costs of Incarceration and Supervision in FY 2010

US Courts: “The annual cost of keeping someone imprisoned in a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility in fiscal year 2010 was $28,284.16. The annual cost of probation supervision was $3,938.35. Those figures work out to a daily cost of $77.49 for incarceration of a convicted criminal, and $10.79 for supervised release. The daily cost of …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents

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