Category «E-Government»

New GAO Reports: Ballistic Missile Defense, Defense Business Transformation, Defense Infrastructure

Ballistic Missile Defense: DOD Needs to Address Planning and Implementation Challenges for Future Capabilities in Europe, GAO-11-220, January 26, 2011 Defense Business Transformation: DOD Needs to Take Additional Actions to Further Define Key Management Roles, Develop Measurable Goals, and Align Planning Efforts, GAO-11-181R, January 26, 2011 Defense Infrastructure: Further Actions Needed to Support Air Force …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Dept. of Interior's Strategic Plan Provides Blueprint for 21st Century Department

News release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar released the Departments Strategic Plan for 2011-2016, outlining the Departments goals for Americas Great Outdoors, commitments to American Indian communities and responsible natural resource development. The five-year plan also emphasizes the Administrations commitment to stronger science-based decision-making, higher ethical standards for employees as well as greater transparency …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FCC Takes Action to Advance Nationwide Broadband Communications for America's First Responders

News release: “The Federal Communications Commission today adopted a Third Report and Order (Order) and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that will significantly advance communications interoperability for our Nations first responders. The rules adopted and proposed in todays Order and FNPRM support the build out of robust, dedicated and secure mobile broadband networks …

Subjects: E-Government

Citizen Satisfaction With Federal Government Services Plummets, According to ACSI

News release: “Citizen satisfaction with the services provided by the U.S. federal government plunges this year, down 4.8% to 65.4 on a 0-100 scale, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). This drop represents the largest single-year decline in satisfaction with the federal government since ACSI measurement began in 1994. The latest ACSI results …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Implementing Telework: Lessons Learned from Four Federal Agencies

Implementing Telework: Lessons Learned from Four Federal Agencies, IBM Center for The Business of Government / Scott P. Overmyer, Professor and Director of the MSIS Program, Center for Graduate Studies, Baker College “This report offers practical implementation advice to agency leaders and front-line managers faced with implementing the newly-enacted law expanding telework opportunities to over …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

It Pays to be the Boss–Supervisory Wages in the National Compensation Survey, 2009

It Pays to be the Boss–Supervisory Wages in the National Compensation Survey, 2009 – by James E. Smith, Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 21, 2011 [This article uses National Compensation Survey data to illustrate differences in annual wages for team leaders and first-line, second-line, and third-line supervisors in the United States and in the Census …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report of the ePractice workshop on Inclusive eGovernment

European Commission – Report of the ePractice workshop on Inclusive eGovernment: 11 January 2011: This workshop, held on 13 October 2010, aimed to encourage the sharing of good practice in the area of Inclusive eGovernment. The report documents the presentations made during the workshop session. Topics of discussion were: eGovernment policies targeted at groups at …

Subjects: E-Government

DHS Releases Freedom of Information Act Report for 2010

EPI: “The Department of Homeland Security has released the Freedom of Information Act Report for 2010. The report analyzes the processing of FOIA requests made throughout the year by each DHS component, detailing the disposition of each request, response times, and the number of backlogged requests. DHS is under scrutiny for their policy of referring …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recover record $4 billion

News release: “U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli today announced a new report showing that the governments health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered more than $4 billion in taxpayer dollars in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. This is the highest annual …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: GAO's Performance, VA Health Care, Ryan White CARE Act

Summary of GAO’s Performance and Financial Information Fiscal Year 2010, GAO-11-3SP, January 24, 2011 VA Health Care: VA Spends Millions on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Research and Incorporates Research Outcomes into Guidelines and Policy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Services, GAO-11-32, January 24, 2011 Ryan White CARE Act: Estimated Effect of Draft Stop-Loss Provision, GAO-11-322R, January 21, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

The UK National Identity Card and the Identification Card for EEA nationals ceased to be valid legal documents on 21 January 2011

UK Home Office: “The Government began the process of scrapping identity cards by introducing the Identity Documents Bill to Parliament on 26 May 2010. The Bill made provision for the cancellation of the UK National Identity Card, the Identification Card for EEA nationals and the destruction of the National Identity Register. This Bill has completed …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

SEC Releases Staff Study Recommending a Uniform Fiduciary Standard of Conduct for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission submitted to Congress a staff study recommending a uniform fiduciary standard of conduct for broker-dealers and investment advisers — no less stringent than currently applied to investment advisers under the Advisers Act — when those financial professionals provide personalized investment advice about securities to retail investors. The study, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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