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Justice Denied: Waste & Mismanagement at the Department of Justice, United States Senate, 110th Congress, Office of Senator Tom Coburn, M.D., Ranking Member Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, October 2008 “As the central agency for the enforcement of federal laws, the Department of Justice (DOJ) performs the essential …
U.S. Census Bureau – Census 2010: Dress Rehearsal of Address Canvassing Revealed Persistent Deficiencies in Approach to Updating the Master Address File – Final Report No. OSE-18599 October 2008 “Our review revealed that (1) millions of ungeocoded Postal Service addresses in the MAF set the stage for missed housing units and increased workloads; (2) address …
Accomodating Integration, Martha Minow, In response to Elizabeth F. Emens, Integrating Accommodation, 156 U. PA. L. REV. 839 (2008). “In Integrating Accommodation, Elizabeth Emens commendably scrutinizes what could be called the positive externalities of disability accommodation and sharpens the policy choices that their recognition should present. With useful analytic tools, Emens effectively outlines emerging choices …
“The CIA publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments regularly. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States. Governments are …
DoD IG Employee Engagement Survey, June 2008, released 10/31/08
Defense Health Care: Additional Efforts Needed to Ensure Compliance with Personality Disorder Separation Requirements, GAO-09-31, October 31, 2008 Status of GSA’s Implementation of Selected Green Building Provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 200,7 GAO-09-111R, October 31, 2008
2010 Census: Census Bureau Needs Procedures for Estimating the Response Rate and Selecting for Testing Methods to Increase Response Rate, GAO-08-1012, September 30, 2008 Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS’s Phase 3 Test Report on Advanced Portal Monitors Does Not Fully Disclose the Limitations of the Test Results, GAO-08-979, September 30, 2008 Defense Critical Infrastructure: Developing Training …
SPO-2009-001 – Assessment of Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives Control and Accountability; Security Assistance; and Sustainment for the Afghan National Security Forces (236 pages, PDF). “…the assessment team found that the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) had not issued implementing instructions or procedures governing the accountability, control, and physical security of Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives the …
Don’t Have a Cow, Give a Cow Instead Darlene Fichter, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: “Giving Small” is the story of how I started to focus more time and attention on “gifting” in my day to day life. You might be thinking why not “Give Big”? Yep, I’m a fan of the show. But it can be …
News release: “With only a few days remaining before Election Day, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation, writing for the November 6, 2008, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), find that seven in ten registered voters say major changes are needed in the U.S. health care system. The article, …
“The Federal Trade Commission today launched a new Web site to introduce kids to key consumer and business concepts. Set in a shopping mall, http://www.ftc.gov/YouAreHere takes kids on an experiential journey that presents the FTCs mission and its important role in American commerce. Kids under 12 are reported to spend billions of dollars on goods …
Full text of the final rule, Mandatory Electronic Submission of Applications for Orders under the Investment Company Act and Filings Made Pursuant to Regulation E: “We are adopting several amendments to rules regarding our Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. Specifically, we are amending our rules to make mandatory the electronic submission on …
