Category «E-Government»

New GAO Reports: Herbal Dietary Supplements, National Airspace System, Recovery Act

Herbal Dietary Supplements: Examples of Deceptive or Questionable Marketing Practices and Potentially Dangerous Advice, GAO-10-662T, May 26, 2010 Internal Revenue Service: Assessment of Budget Justification for Fiscal Year 2011 Identified Opportunities to Enhance Transparency, GAO-10-687R, May 26, 2010 National Airspace System: Setting On-Time Performance Targets at Congested Airports Could Help Focus FAA’s Actions, GAO-10-542, May …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

House Energy and Commerce Committee Send Letter to Google About Gathering Data Sent over Private Wi-Fi networks

News release: “Today, Chairman Henry A. Waxman, Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey, and Ranking Member Joe Barton sent a letter to Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO of Google, regarding recent reports of data collection over private Wi-Fi networks in conjunction with Google’s Street View product. The Committee is concerned about the accuracy and completeness of Google’s …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Privacy, Search Engines, Wireless Web

FTC Submits Statement to Congress on Deceptive Marketing of Dietary Supplements

News release: “The Federal Trade Commission submitted a statement today to the U.S. Senate describing the agency’s work to protect consumers from false or misleading claims about dietary supplements. This work includes law enforcement actions, coordination with the Food and Drug Administration, and consumer education. Submitted to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, the …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Energy Committee Committee Releases Details of BP's Internal Incident Investigation

Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “Today House Energy and Commerce Chairmen Henry A. Waxman and Bart Stupak sent a memo to Committee members summarizing the information presented by BP to Committee staff on the progress of its internal investigation of the causes of the blowout and oil …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Federal Courthouse Construction,Accountability Challenges, Challenges for the Audit Community

Federal Courthouse Construction: Preliminary Results Show Better Planning, Oversight, and Courtroom Sharing Could Help Control Future Costs, GAO-10-753T, May 25, 2010 Anticipating and Meeting Accountability Challenges in a Dynamic Environment, GAO-10-752CG, May 19, 2010 Key Trends and Challenges for the Audit Community, GAO-10-749CG, May 18, 2010

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CBO: The Budgetary Impact and Subsidy Costs of the Federal Reserve's Actions During the Financial Crisis

The Budgetary Impact and Subsidy Costs of the Federal Reserve’s Actions During the Financial Crisis, May 2010 “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study — prepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee — describes the various actions by the Federal Reserve to stabilize the financial markets and how those actions …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: DOD Business Systems Modernization, Contracting Strategies, Food Safety

Business Systems Modernization: Scope and Content of DOD’s Congressional Report and Executive Oversight of Investments Need to Improve, GAO-10-663, May 24, 2010 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program: Fraud Prevention Controls Needed to Improve Program Integrity, GAO-10-740T, May 24, 2010 Contracting Strategies: Data and Oversight Problems Hamper Opportunities to Leverage Value of Interagency and Enterprisewide Contracts, …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

President Obama Establishes Bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this Executive Order — National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling From the Weekly Address by President Obama, May 22, 2010: “The bipartisan National Commission is tasked with providing recommendations on how we can prevent – and mitigate the impact …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

National Academies: Strong Evidence on Climate Change Underscores Need for Action

News release: “As part of its most comprehensive study of climate change to date, the National Research Council today issued three reports emphasizing why the U.S. should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop a national strategy to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change. The reports are part of a congressionally …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

EPA Releases Draft Dioxin Report for Peer Review and Public Comment

News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a significant milestone toward the completion of the agency’s dioxin reassessment with the public release of its draft scientific report, EPA’s Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments. The draft dioxin report is EPA’s response to key comments and …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents
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