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New GAO Reports: Defense Infrastructure, Energy Markets, Entitlement Reform Process, Legal Services Corporation

Defense Infrastructure: Realignment of Air Force Special Operations Command Units to Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, GAO-08-244R, January 18, 2008 Energy Markets: Increasing Globalization of Petroleum Products Markets, Tightening Refining Demand and Supply Balance, and Other Trends Have Implications for U.S. Energy Supply, Prices, and Price Volatility, GAO-08-14, December 20, 2007 Entitlement Reform Process: …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

USA*Engage and NFTC Call SEC's Activity on Enhanced Access to Company Disclosures 'Inappropriate'

Press release: “USA*Engage and the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) today sent formal comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), recommending that the Commission reconsider its proposal to further develop mechanisms to facilitate greater access to companies’ disclosures concerning their business activities in or with certain countries designated as “state sponsors of terrorism.” …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Government Documents, Legal Research

Google Unveils Grants and Investments Philanthropic Program

Grants and Investments: “As of January 2008, Google.org has committed $75.4 million in grants and investments to further our five initiatives.” WSJ: “Valued at about $2 billion, the assets currently set aside for the company’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, make it larger than any in-house corporate foundation in the U.S., according to the Foundation Center, a …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Chairman Waxman Schedules Hearing to Examine Preservation of White House E-mails

Follow up to previous postings on missing White House emails, from the House Oversight Committee: “On February 15, the Committee will hold a hearing to investigate White House compliance with the Presidential Records Act. Statements made at the January 17 White House press briefing contradict information provided to the Committee, which revealed that a 2005 …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents

CDC – New Study Finds Decline in Single-Victim School-Associated Violent Deaths

CDC press release: “School-associated student homicide rates which includes both public and private elementary thru high schools, decreased significantly from academic school years 1992 thru 2006, according to a study released today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report shows a decline in the rates of …

Subjects: Government Documents

Accident: Heathrow 17 January 2008 – initial report

United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is part of the Department for Transport. Accident to Boeing 777-236, G-YMMM at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008 – Initial Report, AAIB Ref: EW/C2008/01/01. “Following an uneventful flight from Beijing, China, the aircraft was established on an ILS approach to Runway 27L at London Heathrow. Initially …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ OIG Report on Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program

Review of the Office of Justice Programs’ Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2008-001, January 2008. “The Department of Justice (Department) Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program (Coverdell Program) provides funds to state and local governments to improve the timeliness and quality of forensic science and medical examiner services …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents