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New GAO Reports: Employment Verification, Natural Catastrophe Insurance, Value-Added Taxes

Employment Verification: Challenges Exist in Implementing a Mandatory Electronic Employment Verification System, GAO-08-729T, May 6, 2008 Medicare: Competitive Bidding for Medical Equipment and Supplies Could Reduce Program Payments, but Adequate Oversight Is Critical GAO-08-767T, May 6, 2008 Natural Catastrophe Insurance: Analysis of a Proposed Combined Federal Flood and Wind Insurance Program, GAO-08-504, April 25, 2008 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Yahoo Announces Search Feature to Fight Malware

Yahoo Search Blog: “Today, we’re announcing the beta release of SearchScan, a new feature from Yahoo! Search that helps protect users from viruses, spyware and spam. We’ve heard from users that security and privacy continue to be major concerns when they are online. We’ve also learned that solutions that require downloads and constant updating are …

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft, PC Security, Search Engines

EIA: OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet and Short-Term Energy Outlook May 2008

OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet (05/06/2008): “This report includes estimates of OPEC net oil export revenues, based on projections from the May 2008 Short Term Energy Outlook. EIA estimates that members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) earned $674 billion in net oil export revenues in 2007, a 10 percent increase from 2006. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOD Posts Documents Released to New York Times on Pentagon's Military Analyst Program

Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff Reading Room: These documents were released to the New York Times regarding the Pentagon’s Military Analyst program.” See the New York Times, April 20, 2008. Behind TV Analysts, Pentagons Hidden Hand – “Retired officers have been used to shape terrorism coverage from inside the TV and …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

FY 2009 Supplemental Protecting the Force, Equipping American Troops, Strengthening National Security

FY 2009 Supplemental Protecting the Force, Equipping American Troops, Strengthening National Security: “[May 2, 2008] President Bush transmitted to Congress the details for the $70 billion allowance included in the FY 2009 Budget. This provides the necessary resources for ongoing military and intelligence operations for FY09, as well as diplomatic efforts and foreign assistance activities …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Biden Releases Study on Chinas Rising Global Influence

News release: “Today, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) released a Congressional Research Service (CRS) study on the implications for U.S. economic and security interests of Chinas rising global influence. The study, which CRS produced at Senator Bidens request in consultation with a distinguished group of China specialists …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Unified Agenda, May 2008 Edition

Unified Agenda, May 2008 Edition: “The Unified Agenda summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next six months.” “Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) require that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas describing regulatory actions they are developing or have …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Federal Agencies Release Annual Report to Congress on Scholarship Fraud

News release: “Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams that guarantee money for college in exchange for a fee. In 2000, Congress passed the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act to help federal agencies crack down on those scams. The Federal …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Committee Holds Hearings on Lack of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearings to examine the current lack of hospital emergency surge capacity. The hearings will focus on the widening mismatch between the growing demand for emergency care and available supply, impact of the Administrations Medicaid regulations on hospital emergency surge capacity, and the ability of hospitals to respond to a …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

States Create Data Warehouse for Student Info From Kindergarten Onward

Huge Databases Offer a Research Gold Mine and Privacy Worries As states create warehouses of information about students, scholars see opportunities to assess the effectiveness of education..The fusion-center debate has an echo in the world of education research. Now that Congress has rejected the idea of a national “unit-record tracking” system for student data, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Privacy

CBO Reports: Nuclear Power's Role in Generating Electricity, Sources of Growth and Decline in Individual Income Tax Revenues Since 1994

H.R. 5830, FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008, May 2, 2008 pdf | blog – Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 1, 2008 Nuclear Power’s Role in Generating Electricity, May 2008 pdf | data | blog Sources of the Growth and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Q&A With Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Director

IEEE Spectrum Q&A With IARPA Director Lisa Porter: “We’ve divided the agency into three offices, and those really explain how we parse the problems intelligence research is focused on: Smart Collection, Incisive Analysis, and Safe and Secure Operations. Those three thrust areas span the space of the intelligence problem. The first, Smart Collection: we want …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

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