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OIG-08-13 – FY 2007 Audit of DHS’ Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (PDF, 7 pages) – New 12/04/2007 OIG-08-12 – Independent Auditor’s Report on DHS’ FY 2007 Financial Statement (PDF, 30 pages) – New 12/04/2007 OIG-08-09 – Review of the USCIS Benefit Fraud Referral Process, (Redacted) (PDF, 74 pages) – New 11/29/2007
Rental Housing: Information on Low-Income Veterans’ Housing Conditions and Participation in HUD’s Programs, GAO-08-324T, December 05, 2007 Aviation Runway and Ramp Safety: Sustained Efforts to Address Leadership, Technology, and Other Challenges Needed to Reduce Accidents and Incidents, GAO-08-29, November 20, 2007: “FAA and aviation stakeholders have taken steps to address runway and ramp safety, including …
Via Dan Froomkin, news that the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has begun to post preliminary transcripts of selected hearings on its website. However, links to these transcripts is currently circuitously provided by conducting a search on Google, documented here by Dan.
Botnets, Cybercrime, and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress, Updated November 15, 2007. “Cybercrime is becoming more organized and established as a transnational business. High technology online skills are now available for rent to a variety of customers, possibly including nation states, or individuals and groups that could secretly represent terrorist groups. The increased …
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Economic and Employment Projections, December 4, 2007 – “Projections of industry and occupational employment, labor force, and economic growth covering the 2006-16 decade were released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor. The 10-year projections are widely used in career guidance, in education and training program …
“Protecting the personal information of customers, clients, and employees is good business. The Federal Trade Commission has a new online tutorial to alert businesses and other organizations to practical and low- or no-cost ways to keep data secure. The tutorial, Protecting Personal Information: A Guide for Business, at www.ftc.gov/infosecurity, takes a plain-language, interactive approach to …
Press release: “Governor Crist…announced two new open government initiatives that will improve Floridians ability to access public documents and meetings. The first initiative involves a Bill of Rights for all Floridians trying to access public records. The list of rights was compiled by the Commission on Open Government, established by the Governor on June 19, …
Press release: “A coalition of environmental groups, states and regional governments filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today urging the agency to address the effects of vast amounts of global warming pollution from the world’s aircraft fleet. The petitions are the first step in a process that requires the EPA to evaluate the current …
Press release: “Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) Tuesday introduced bipartisan, revised legislation to increase government transparency and provide the first major reforms to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in more than a decade. The Senate passed an earlier version of the Leahy-Cornyn bill — the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National …
Global climate change, war, and population decline in recent human history, Global climate change, war, and population decline in recent human history, David D. Zhang, Peter Brecke, Harry F. Lee, Yuan-Qing He, and Jane Zhang. Published online before print November 28, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703073104 – PNAS | December 4, 2007 | vol. 104 | no. 49 …
“On 1 January 2008, the multilateral trading system will celebrate its 60th anniversary. This year’s World Trade Report celebrates this landmark anniversary with an in-depth look at the GATT and its successor the World Trade Organization their origins, achievements, the challenges they have faced, and what the future holds. The story is one of …
“On 1 January 2008, the multilateral trading system will celebrate its 60th anniversary. This year’s World Trade Report celebrates this landmark anniversary with an in-depth look at the GATT and its successor the World Trade Organization their origins, achievements, the challenges they have faced, and what the future holds. The story is one of …
