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Government Auditing Standards: Implementation Tool: Professional Requirements Tool for Use in Implementing Requirements Identified by “Must” and “Should” in the July 2007 Revision of Government Auditing Standards, GAO-08-210G, December 31, 2007.
Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program: “The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has launched the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program (Coupon Program), as authorized in the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005. Starting January 1, 2008, all U.S. households will be eligible to request up to two coupons, worth …
Press Freedom Round-up 2007, Reporters Without Borders: “At least 86 journalists were killed around the world in 2007. The figure has risen steadily since 2002 – from 25 to 86 (+ 244%) – and is the highest since 1994, when 103 journalists were killed, nearly half of them in the Rwanda genocide, about 20 in …
The Deemed Export Rule in the Era of Globalization, Submitted to The Secretary of Commerce By the members of The Deemed Export Advisory Committee, December 20, 2007 (153 pages, PDF). “It is the Committees principal conclusion that the existing Deemed Export Regulatory Regime no longer effectively serves its intended purpose and should be replaced with …
“On December 21, 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy issued revised standards for the design and construction of new Federal commercial and multi-family high rise residential buildings and low-rise residential buildings.”
“TechPresident presents our 2007 Campaign Web Index, a year-end study of which campaigns are best at using the various elements of the web. For the survey we’ve tapped the very brightest minds working in tech and politics, who happen to be our own bloggers and other friends (some respondents have asked to remain anonymous). Check …
“TechPresident presents our 2007 Campaign Web Index, a year-end study of which campaigns are best at using the various elements of the web. For the survey we’ve tapped the very brightest minds working in tech and politics, who happen to be our own bloggers and other friends (some respondents have asked to remain anonymous). Check …
“…the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) provides that United States citizens and nonimmigrant aliens may enter the United States only with passports or such alternative documents as the Secretary of Homeland Security may designate as satisfactorily establishing identity and citizenship… The vicinity RFID electronic chip contains only one item of information–a …
Washington Post, Online Records May Aid ID Theft, Government Sites Post Personal Data, By Bill Brubaker: “Social Security numbers are readily available in many courthouses — in land records and criminal and civil case files — as well as on many government Web sites that serve up public documents with a few clicks of a …
Mis-Information at the Heart of the University: Why Administrators Should Take Libraries More Seriously, by Stuart Basefsky Carpe Diem: Establish an Institutional Repository for Your Organization, by Carol A. Watson What’s New in Cordless Mice? by Jeffrey J. Beard FOIA Facts: FOIA – The Year in Review, by Scott A. Hodes E-Discovery Update: A Contrarian …
2007 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts, January 1, 2008. “Most Americans are far too busy to spend much time pondering the role of the United States Judiciarythey simply and understandably expect the court system to work. But as we begin the New Year, I ask a moments reflection on how …
White House press release: “On Monday, December 31, 2007, the President signed into law: S. 2488, the “Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007,” which amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by: (1) establishing a definition of “a representative of the news media;” (2) directing that required attorney fees be paid …
