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News release: “Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder expressing concern over the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) failure to abide by President Obama’s commitment to government transparency and accountability. Despite policy directives from President Barack Obama and Attorney General Holder mandating a presumption of openness …
Full release and tables: “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the third quarter of 2010, (that is, from the second quarter to the third quarter), according to the “second” estimate …
Transportation Security Administrations Management of Its Screening Workforce Training Program Can Be Improved, October 2010 “TSA is most visible at more than 450 domestic airports where approximately 43,000 Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) perform security screening procedures… TSA can improve its management of the TSO training program by developing and documenting standard processes. The agency does …
DOE IG Inspection Letter Report – Inspection of Allegations Relating to Irregularities in the Human Reliability Program and Alcohol Abuse within the Office of Secure Transportation (OST), November 2010 “OST conducts transportation missions in support of national security, including the secure transportation of nuclear weapons, weapon components and special nuclear material through the use of …
Millions at risk of exposure to secondhand smoke in airports: “As the nation approaches Thanksgiving, the busiest travel season of the year, a new CDC report shows that 22 percent of U.S. passenger boardings take place at seven of the largest airports that still allow smoking indoors, putting air travelers and workers at risk of …
Winter Fuels Outlook 2010-2011, Robert Pirog, Specialist in Energy Economics, October 29, 2010 “The Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook (STEWFO) for the 2010-2011 winter heating season projects that American consumers should expect to see heating expenditures rise by 2.5% on average compared to last winter. Average expenditures for …
Department of Energy Office of Inspector General, Management Challenges at the Department of Energy, November 2010 “As the largest civilian contracting agency in the Federal government, the Department awards contracts to industrial companies, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations that operate a broad range of Department facilities. In fact, a substantial portion of the Department’s operations …
“The FDsys”: the new GPO Access – “GPO Access will be going away soon as the U.S. Government Printing Office rolls out the Federal Digital System (FDsys), an advanced digital system that will enable GPO to manage Government information from all three branches of the U.S. Government. Learn about the new system and its features, …
News release: “Today, the FBI released 2009 statistics which indicated that 6,604 criminal incidents involving 7,789 offenses were reported as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Hate Crime Statistics, 2009, published by the FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting Program, includes data from hate crime …
News release: “The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness announced [November 19, 2010] the names of 14 people who will serve on the Department of Defense Task Force for Care, Management, and Transition of Recovering Wounded, Ill, and Injured Members of the Armed Forces. The four year mission of the …
Fact Sheet: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to propose new rules entailing how security-based swap transactions should be reported and publicly disseminated. The rules are proposed under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which generally authorizes the SEC to regulate security-based swaps. The proposed rules (Regulation …
Nuclear Weapons: National Nuclear Security Administration’s Plans for Its Uranium Processing Facility Should Better Reflect Funding Estimates and Technology Readiness, GAO-11-103, November 19, 2010 Defense Logistics: Additional Oversight and Reporting for the Army Logistics Modernization Program Are Needed, GAO-11-139, November 18, 2010 District of Columbia Public Education: Agencies Have Enhanced Internal Controls Over Federal Payments …
