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Committee Holds Hearing on CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis

“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, Executive Compensation II: CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis on Friday, March 7, 2008. The hearing examined the compensation and retirement packages granted to the CEOs of three corporations deeply involved in the current mortgage crisis. This was the Committee’s second hearing on executive …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster At Crandall Canyon Mine

News release: March 6, 2008 “Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released an investigative report entitled “Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster At Crandall Canyon Mine.” The report discusses the findings of Chairman Kennedy’s investigation into the events leading up to the mine …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Trio of Commerce Chairmen Call for Further Investigation Based on Latest Domestic Surveillance Allegations

Electronic Frontier Foundation: “Three powerful House Commerce Committee Chairmen strongly urged their colleagues Thursday to defer acting on requests for retroactive immunity and to demand more information from the White House and the telecommunications companies in the wake of disclosures by another whistleblower that the government apparently has been granted an open gateway to customer …

Subjects: Congress, E-Mail, Government Documents, Patriot Act, Privacy, Wireless Web

Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Five-Year Anniversary Progress and Priorities

News release: “There is no parallel in government to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) start-up five years ago, and the degree of maturity it has reached in the short period since. The department’s growth is testament to its 208,000 employees, who every day put service before self – patrolling borders, protecting ports, defending the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOD OIG: Supplemental Funds Used for Medical Support for the Global War on Terrorism

DoD Deputy Inspector for Auditing: D-2008-059 Supplemental Funds Used for Medical Support for the Global War on Terrorism, March 6, 2008 (Project No. D2007-D000LF-0032.000) “The Military Department Surgeons General did not consistently report obligations of Global War on Terrorism supplemental funds by mission as required by the TRICARE Management Activity. The missions are Military Health …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Census: Business Spending on Technology Infrastructure $250 Billion in 2006

News release: “U.S. businesses spent $250.7 billion on information and communication technology equipment and computer software in 2006, an increase of 6.3 percent from 2005, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The report, Information and Communication Technology Survey, presents annual data on noncapitalized and capitalized business spending for information and communication …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Coast Guard Budget, Defense Management, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hospital Quality Data

Coast Guard: Observations on the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget, Recent Performance, and Related Challenges, GAO-08-494T, March 6, 2008 Defense Infrastructure: Army and Marine Corps Grow the Force Construction Projects Generally Support the Initiative, GAO-08-375, March 6, 2008 Defense Management: More Transparency Needed over the Financial and Human Capital Operations of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOD OIG: Support to the NATO International Security Assistance Force

02/05/2008 Report No. D-2008-039 DoD Support to the NATO International Security Assistance Force, redacted. “NATO is an alliance of 26 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. NATO provides a forum for North American and European countries to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

HHS OIG: Proposed Revisions to Existing Privacy Act Systems of Records: Federal Register Notice

HSS Office of Inspector General Privacy Act of 1974; Revisions to OIG’s Privacy Act System of Records: Criminal Investigative Files, Federal Register, March 4, 2008. Action: Notice of proposed revisions to existing Privacy Act systems of records. OIG has reviewed and is now proposing to revise the criminal investigative file system of records by (1) …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, ID Theft, Privacy