Category «E-Government»

What Happened to Blue Collection Mailboxes Throughout America?

Mail collection boxes on street corners, and those located in shopping and business districts throughout our country have methodically, silently, vanished over the course of the past decade. The large blue, free standing mailboxes many of us grew up using regularly to assist in the delivery of written correspondence, and of course birthday cards, are …

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

Amazon Providing Free Gov Docs for Kindle

News release: “Amazon.com today announced that the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2011, and Economic Report of the President, will both be available beginning tomorrow as free wireless downloads in Amazon’s Kindle Store…”Our customers have always been heavy readers of books about current events and economic issues,” said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President, …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

FCC Releases New Census Tract-Level Data on High-Speed Internet Services

News release: “The Federal Communications Commission today released the first High-Speed Services for Internet Access report Report [see also the related Maps] to be based on the new census tract-based Form 477 data collection requirements. The FCC has collected information from facilities-based broadband service providers since 2000. In 2008, the FCC released orders implementing significant …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

FDA Unveils Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging

News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced an initiative to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from three types of medical imaging procedures: computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine studies, and fluoroscopy. These procedures are the greatest contributors to total radiation exposure within the U.S. population and use much higher radiation doses than other radiographic …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FCC Releases Latest Telephone Subscribership Report

News release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its latest report on telephone subscribership levels in the United States [see also zip files]. The report presents subscribership statistics based on the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the Census Bureau in November 2009. The report also shows subscribership levels by state, income level, race, age, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Wave of Refinancing Could Overwhelm an Already Weakened Financial System Community Banks at Greatest Risk

News release: “The Congressional Oversight Panel’s February oversight report, “Commercial Real Estate Losses and the Risk to Financial Stability”, expresses concern that a wave of commercial real estate loan losses over the next four years could jeopardize the stability of many banks, particularly community banks. Commercial real estate loans made over the last decade – …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FinCEN Expansion of Special Info Sharing Procedures To Deter Money Laundering and Terrorist Activity

“FinCEN is issuing this final rule to amend the relevant Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) information sharing rules to allow certain foreign law enforcement agencies, and State and local law enforcement agencies, to submit requests for information to financial institutions. The rule also clarifies that FinCEN itself, on its own behalf and on behalf of other …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EEOC Issues New Data on Job Patterns in Private Sector

News release: “The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has posted extensive new data on job patterns in the private sector, as part of the Obama Administration’s Open Government Initiative. The EEOC posted 11 new aggregate data sets from the most recent edition of its report Job Patterns for Minorities and Women in Private Industry, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Department of Veterans Affairs IT Product Delivery Dashboard

“To provide greater transparency into cost, schedule and overall performance of IT projects, OI&T information is currently being collected as part of the Internal Monthly Performance Review. OMB provides status information on the IT investments of 28 agencies (VA included) at their website. This information is limited to “Exhibit 300” – detail level (a total …

Subjects: E-Government

Census: 2008 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey

“2008 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey — These data provide preliminary estimates of business spending for new and used structures and equipment at the sector level based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System. These figures are critical to evaluate productivity growth, the ability of U.S. business to compete with foreign business, changes in industrial …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

“On behalf of the National Science and Technology Council, the U.S. Global Change Research Program is pleased to transmit to the President and the Congress this state of knowledge report: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States. This report summarizes the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change on the United …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management