Category «E-Government»

New GAO Reports: Homeland Security, Climate Change, Propane and Heating Oil,

Homeland Security: Addressing Weaknesses with Facility Security Committees Would Enhance Protection of Federal Facilities, GAO-10-901, August 05, 2010) Finanzas del Consumidor: Factores que Afectan la Educacion Financiera de las Personas con Conocimientos Limitados del Ingles, GAO-10-869, August 04, 2010 Climate Change: The Quality, Comparability, and Review of Emissions Inventories Vary Between Developed and Developing Nations, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

2010 Annual Report of Boards of Trustees of Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund

2010 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund “In 2009, 46.3 million people were covered by Medicare: 38.7 million aged 65 and older, and 7.6 million disabled. About 24 percent of beneficiaries have chosen to enroll in Part C private …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Defining Internet Freedom – eJournal – U.S. Department of State

Defining Internet Freedom – eJournal – U.S. Department of State, July 2010 “The first part of this journal addresses the difficulty agreeing on a universally applicable definition of Internet freedom. Nations impose many different kinds of restrictions. Some represent the efforts of authoritarian regimes to repress their opponents, but others instead reflect diverse political traditions …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Internet, Legal Research, Libraries

Release of Government Figures on Rate of Oil Spill Generates Controversy

NOAA: “The vast majority of the oil from the BP oil spill has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead or dispersed much of which is in the process of being degraded. A significant amount of this is the direct result of the robust federal response efforts. A third (33 percent) of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Verizon 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report

2010 Data Breach Investigations Report, A study conducted by the Verizon RISK Team in cooperation with the United States Secret Service “In some ways, data breaches have a lot in common with fingerprints. Each is unique and we learn a great deal by analyzing the various patterns, lines, and contours that comprise each one. The …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Internet, PC Security, Privacy

United States Institute of Peace Releases Review of Quadrennial Defense Report

News release: “On Thursday, July 29, the co-chairs of a select, bipartisan panel testified that their study of the Defense Departments 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) found that without needed reform the All-Volunteer Force may be unsustainable and that the nation needs a new national security strategic planning process that better incorporates civilian departments and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

National Declassification Center Issues First Report

News release: “The National Archives National Declassification Center (NDC) has issued its first status report, covering the reporting period of January 1- June 30, 2010. During this time, nearly 8 million pages of material were processed and made available to the public. The creation of the NDC is specified in the Executive Order on Classified …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Legal Research

New GAO Reports: For-Profit Colleges, Financial Assistance for Private Sector Companies, Highway Trust Fund

For-Profit Colleges: Undercover Testing Finds Colleges Encouraged Fraud and Engaged in Deceptive and Questionable Marketing Practices, GAO-10-948T, August 04, 2010 Financial Assistance: Ongoing Challenges and Guiding Principles Related to Government Assistance For Private Sector Companies, GAO-10-719, August 03, 2010 Highway Trust Fund: Nearly All States Received More Funding Than They Contributed in Highway Taxes Since …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

BEA: Personal Income and Outlays, June 2010

Bureau of Economic Analysis National Economic Accounts – Personal Income and Outlays, June 2010 Revised Estimates: 2007 Through May 2010 “Personal income increased $3.0 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $5.1 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in June, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

2010 Immigration-Related Laws and Resolutions in the States

2010 Immigration-Related Laws and Resolutions in the States (January-June 2010), National Conference of State Legislatures “With no federal immigration reform in the foreseeable future, state legislatures continue to step up to the plate to address the complex and challenging issue of immigration. In the first six months of 2010, every state in regular session considered …

Subjects: E-Government, Legal Research, Legislation

The Federal Government's Responsibilities and Liabilities Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act

The Federal Government’s Responsibilities and Liabilities Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act – Testimony before the House Committee on the Budget, July 27, 2010 “After signaling its intention to terminate a project to build a geologic repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountainthe only site where such waste is authorized to be stored under current …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Census Bureau Reports Number of U.S. Businesses Declines by Nearly 104,000 in 2008

News release: “U.S. businesses with paid employees lost almost 104,000 establishments in 2008, bringing the total number to 7.6 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. However, the total number of people they employed rose to 121 million, with businesses adding approximately 300,000 employees to their payrolls. These findings come from County Business Patterns: 2008, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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