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Know Before You Owe. Go!, by Patricia McCoy: “Weve just posted two draft designs for a single, simpler mortgage disclosure form on our Know Before You Owe page. Now, we need to hear from you! The task is pretty simple: Consumers would receive a form similar to one of these versions within a few days …
PBS Newshour: ‘As the Obama administration pushes ahead with plans to increase the use of electronic medical records, two internal reports released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services revealed “significant concerns” about security gaps in the system. The Office of the Inspector General found “a lack of general [information technology] security controls …
Roadmap for the Digital City – Achieving New York City’s Digital Future – The City of New York, May 2011 “New York City is one of the worlds leading digital metropolises. As Part I: State of the Digital City illustrates, New York City government engages over 25 million people a year through more than 200 …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys National Library Network has been named Federal Library/Information Center of the Year by the Library of Congress. The award recognizes outstanding, innovative, and sustained achievements during fiscal year 2010 by a federal library or information center. EPAs library network is an essential information partner with EPA staff and …
Using Online Tools to Engage and be Engaged by The Public: While all federal agencies have developed open government plans, many managers find themselves unfamiliar with what tactics and tools work best, under different scenarios. Matt Leighninger, IBM Deliberative Democracy Consortium “Mr. Leighningers report begins to pull back the veil on how the …
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2010 Data Mining Report For the Period January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 [via FAS, May 10, 2011] “The ODNI did not engage in any activities to use or develop data mining functionality in the reporting period.”
Australia Trove: “Find and get over 238,389,330 (and counting) Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more.”
News release: “The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial health of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined assets of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds will be exhausted in 2036, one year sooner than projected last year. The DI Trust Fund, while …
“Search.USA.gov is the U.S. governments official search engine. It is a comprehensive, searchable index of about 50 million pages from federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal websites. Leverages Bing index of government websites. Customizes search using structured algorithms specific to government information. Optimizes search to retrieve and make sense of relevant information quickly. Improves navigation …
Regulatory Actions Related to Foreclosure Activities by Large Servicers and Practical Implications for Community Banks, May 2011: “This Special Foreclosure Edition describes lessons learned from an interagency review of foreclosure practices at the 14 largest residential mortgage servicers and includes examples of effective mortgage servicing practices derived from these lessons.” Related postings on financial system
CRS – Law Enforcement Use of Global Positioning (GPS) Devices to Monitor Motor Vehicles: Fourth Amendment Considerations, February 28, 2011 “As technology continues to advance, what was once thought novel, even a luxury, quickly becomes commonplace, even a necessity. Global Positioning System (GPS) technology is one such example. Generally, GPS is a satellite-based technology that …
CDC Vital Signs, May 2011: “Asthma is a lifelong disease that causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. It can limit a person’s quality of life. While we don’t know why asthma rates are rising, we do know that most people with asthma can control their symptoms and prevent asthma attacks by avoiding asthma triggers …
