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New GAO Reports: Congressional Award Foundation, Unemployed Older Workers, Warfighter Support
Financial Audit – Congressional Award Foundation’s Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements – GAO-12-682, May 15, 2012 Economic Development HUD Has Identified Performance Measures for Its Block Grant Programs, but Information on Impact Is Limited – GAO-12-575R, May 15, 2012 State Partnership Program – Improved Oversight, Guidance, and Training Needed for National Guard’s Efforts… Continue Reading
FTC Approves Final Settlement with CVS Caremark
News release: “Following a public comment period, the FTC has accepted as final an order with CVS Caremark settling charges that it misrepresented the prices of certain Medicare Part D prescription drugs, including drugs used to treat breast cancer symptoms and epilepsy, at CVS and Walgreens pharmacies. The settlement bars deceptive claims related to Medicare… Continue Reading
EPIC – FAA Revises Drone License Procedures, Privacy Petition Still Pending
EPIC: “The Federal Aviation Administration has announced new procedures for government agencies that operate drones in the United States. The procedures will streamline the process through which government agencies, including local law enforcement, receive drone licenses. However, the FAA has so far failed to establish privacy safeguards for drone use. On February 24, 2012, EPIC,… Continue Reading
Immigration of Foreign Nationals with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Degrees
CRS – Immigration of Foreign Nationals with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Degrees, Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy, May 11, 2012 The number of full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health fields who were foreign students (largely on F-1 nonimmigrant visas) grew from 91,150 in 1990 to 148,923 in 2009, with… Continue Reading
CRS – Federal Labor Relations Statutes: An Overview
Federal Labor Relations Statutes: An Overview, Alexandra Hegji, Presidential Management Fellow. May 11, 2012 “Since 1926, Congress has enacted three major laws that govern labor-management relations for private sector and federal employees. An issue for Congress is the effect of these laws on employers, workers, and the nations economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates… Continue Reading
Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data
Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data, James K. Jackson – Specialist in International Trade and Finance, May 10, 2012 “Broad, comprehensive data on U.S. multinational companies generally lag behind current events by two years and were not developed to address the issue of jobs outsourcing. Many economists… Continue Reading
New study: Wasted time in meetings costs the UK economy £26 billion
Europe Business Review: “£26 billion: the amount lost from UK economy through time wasted in meetings in 2011 2 hours 39 minutes: the number of hours workers feel are wasted in meetings during an average week 49 minutes: the number of wasted minutes in meetings not made up for later 10 hours or over: the… Continue Reading
Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation
“One-third of adults are now obese, and children’s obesity rates have climbed from 5 to 17 percent in the past 30 years. The causes of the nation’s obesity epidemic are multi-factorial, having much more to do with the absence of sidewalks and the limited availability of healthy and affordable foods than a lack of personal… Continue Reading
TSA's Efforts To Identify and Track Security Breaches at Our Nations Airports
DHS OIG – Transportation Security Administrations Efforts To Identify and Track Security Breaches at Our Nations Airports (Redacted) “Senator Frank Lautenberg requested an investigation into media reports focused on security breaches at Newark Liberty International Airport, including the contributing factors that led to the security breaches. He requested that we compare the incident rate of… Continue Reading
Working the Network: A Managers Guide for Using Twitter in Government
Working the Network: A Managers Guide for Using Twitter in Government, Ines Mergel – Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. May 14, 2012. “As of this writing, the federal government operates over 1,000 Twitter feeds. Federal civilian agencies maintain over 360 Twitter feeds, while the Department of Defense hosts more than 650.… Continue Reading
SEC Microcap Fraud-Fighting Initiative Expels 379 Dormant Shell Companies to Protect Investors From Potential Scams
News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today suspended trading in the securities of 379 dormant companies before they could be hijacked by fraudsters and used to harm investors through reverse mergers or pump-and-dump schemes. The trading suspension marks the most companies ever suspended in a single day by the agency as it ramps up… Continue Reading
