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“Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President’s budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Other related and …
Press release: “The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) authenticates the first-ever online Federal Budget by digital signature. The visible digital signature on an online PDF document serves the same purpose as handwritten signatures or traditional wax seals on printed documents. This signature assures the public that the document has not been changed or altered. A …
Report of the DHS National Small Vessel Security Summit – October 19, 2007. “The purpose of the National Small Vessel Security Summit (NSVSS) was to engage private, commercial and government stakeholders in discussions on a range of issues involving the security risks posed by small vessels in the U.S. maritime domain, including those risks involving …
Press release: “The FBI has recently developed information indicating cyber criminals are attempting to once again send fraudulent e-mails to unsuspecting recipients stating that someone has filed a complaint against them or their company with the Department of Justice or another organization such as the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, or the Better Business …
Second Annual Report to Congress, January 30, 2008 (36 pages, PDF): “As the efforts of the current Board come to a close, the Members wish to acknowledge and thank the many thousands of dedicated men and women in the Federal government whose responsibility it is to protect the homeland against terrorism consistent with the Constitution. …
Fact Sheet: “The Connectivity Scorecard is a groundbreaking new global information and communications technology (ICT) measure that ranks countries on the approximately 30 indicators of connectivity — including broadband, fixed-line, mobile and computing technologies — that contribute to the enhancement of a countrys social and economic prosperity. The Scorecard was created by Leonard Waverman, professor …
Washingtonpost.com” – Zip Code ‘Redlining’: A Sweeping View of Risk, By Kenneth R. Harney, February 2, 2008. “Critics call it the new redlining: Many of the country’s largest mortgage lenders are imposing loan restrictions in entire counties or Zip codes that they rank as risky or “declining.”
Annual FOIA Reports for 2007 currently posted for: Federal Departments Department of Justice Federal Agencies Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Farm Credit Administration Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Board Federal Reserve Board Millenium Challenge Corporation National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Capital Planning Commission National Indian Gaming Commission National Labor Relations Board …
Follow up to postings on the upcoming Conversion to Digital Television, this Press release: “The Federal Communications Commission has announced that, on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, it will hold a Digital Television (DTV) Consumer Education Workshop focusing on low-income consumers. The Workshop will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at approximately 12:00 p.m., and will …
Press release: “For most Americans, the value of their Social Security is the biggest accumulation of dollars they will take into retirement. In fact, for two-thirds of recipients over the age of 65, Social Security is more than half of their income during retirement, according to a new report released [January 31, 2008] by the …
“The University of Michigan’s University Library has just put the millionth book from its collection on-line. That’s one million out of the 7.5 million volumes in the library’s current holdings. Digitized materials are made available publicly via the Mirlyn library catalog and MBooks. MBooks provides full text of works that are in the public domain, …
AP: “The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick where they lie on the ocean floor. The foundation for a connected world seems quite fragile, an impression reinforced this week when a break in two cables in the Mediterranean Sea disrupted communications …
