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EPIC: “The White House has announced a new “Clear Notice and Personal Choice” policy for the use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies for government web sites. The policy is remarkable in that there does not appear to be any legal basis to allow federal agencies to routinely disclose personal information of citizens to private …
News release: “On June 22, 2010 the lead Cabinet secretaries from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) from the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Veterans Affairs (VA) joined Executive Director of the USICH Barbara Poppe to unveil and submit to …
“The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC); Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, (Board or Federal Reserve); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury (OTS), (collectively, the Agencies) are adopting final guidance designed to help ensure that incentive compensation policies at banking organizations do not encourage imprudent …
Prisoners at Yearend 2009 – Advance Counts, Heather C. West, June 23, 2010. NCJ 230189 “Presents data on prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities on December 31, 2009, collected from the National Prisoner Statistics series. This report compares changes in the prison population during 2009 to changes from yearend 2000 through yearend …
House Financial Services Committee press release: “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – Create a Sound Economic Foundation to Grow Jobs, Protect Consumers,Rein in Wall Street, End Too Big to Fail, Prevent Another Financial Crisis: “Americans have faced the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Millions have lost their jobs, businesses have …
UK Central Office of Information released audit results on June 24, 2010: “The Central Office of Information (COI) has delivered the standards and guidance requested and the report should be read in conjunction with them: Measuring website costs Measuring website usage Measuring website quality Delivering inclusive websites The 2009/10 report covers websites run by ministerial …
News release: “Senator Chuck Grassley released a staff report of the Committee on Finance on the practice of medical ghostwriting and is urging the National Institutes of Health to incorporate its findings in new, final disclosure guidelines. The committee staff report is based on a two-year review of the role that pharmaceutical and medical device …
OMB Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies, June 25, 2010, M-10-22 “As the Internet continues to evolve, the Federal Government has new opportunities to promote these commitments by engaging with citizens, explaining what Federal agencies are doing, seeking public comments, and improving the delivery of services. In the private sector, it …
The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative: “President Obama has identified cybersecurity as one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation, but one that we as a government or as a country are not adequately prepared to counter. Shortly after taking office, the President therefore ordered a thorough review of …
Warfighter Support: Preliminary Observations on DOD’s Progress and Challenges in Distributing Supplies and Equipment to Afghanistan, GAO-10-842T, June 25, 2010 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Implications of Recent Legislative and Economic Changes for State Programs and Work Participation Rates, GAO-10-525, May 28, 2010 Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials Are Widely Used in Commerce, but EPA Faces Challenges in …
News release: “The Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, has today pledged to scrap hundreds of unnecessary and expensive government websites and slash the cost of the remaining sites to save millions of pounds. In autumn 2006 the Government committed to dramatically culling the number of websites. In March 2010 there were still 794 …
Office of Inspector General Department of the Treasury – OIG-10-042 Safety and Soundess: Material Loss Review of BankUnited, FSB, June 22, 2010 “This report presents the results of our material loss review of the failure of BankUnited, FSB (BankUnited), of Coral Gables, Florida, and of the Office of Thrift Supervisions (OTS) supervision of the institution. …
