Category «E-Government»

New GAO Reports: Military Readiness, Overseas Contingency Operations, 401(k) Plans, NASA Constellation Program

Military Readiness: DOD Needs to Strengthen Management and Oversight of the Defense Readiness Reporting System, GAO-09-518, September 25, 2009 Overseas Contingency Operations: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense, GAO-09-1022R, September 25, 2009 401(k) Plans: Policy Changes Could Reduce the Long-term Effects of Leakage on Workers’ Retirement Savings, GAO-09-715, August 28, 2009 NASA: Constellation Program …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CBO Social Security Analyses

Social Security Analyses Overview Social Security Outlook Policy Analyses Individual Accounts and Investments in Private Assets Retirement Saving AP: Job losses, early retirements hurt Social Security Related postings on financial system

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

U.S. and Switzerland Sign Agreement to Bolster Tax Information Exchange

News release: “As part of the Obama Administration’s aggressive efforts to enforce U.S. tax laws and reduce offshore tax evasion, the U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Swiss Ambassador to the United States Urs Ziswiler signed a protocol updating the current income tax treaty between the United States …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Social Networking and Constituent Communication: Member Use of Twitter During a Two-Week Period in the 111th Congress

CRS Report – Social Networking and Constituent Communication: Member Use of Twitter During a Two-Week Period in the 111th Congress

Subjects: Blogs, Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

White House Leads Top Ten Lists of Agencies Using Facebook and Twitter

“Federal Computer Week has compiled lists of the top 10 federal agencies using Facebook and Twitter.”

Subjects: E-Government, Knowledge Management

New GAO Reports: DCAA Audits, HIV/AIDS Care, Federal Protective Service, Recovery Act

DCAA Audits: Widespread Problems with Audit Quality Require Significant Reform, GAO-09-468, September 23, 2009 DCAA Audits: Widespread Problems with Audit Quality Require Significant Reform, GAO-09-1009T, September 23, 2009 See also Government Executive article: “The Defense Contract Audit Agency needs a complete overhaul, including new leadership and more independence from the Pentagon, according to testimony from …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Additional Information on Insurance Coverage for Unauthorized Immigrants Under Proposed Health Care Legislation

CBO: Additional Information on Insurance Coverage for Unauthorized Immigrants Under Proposed Health Care Legislation, September 22, 2009 – Letter to the Honorable Chuck Grassley “Under current law, CBO projects that the non elderly unauthorized immigrant population will total about 14 million in 2019. Of those individuals, nearly 60 percent (about 8 million) will be uninsured. …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

Wired: Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online Newly Declassified Files Detail Massive FBI Data-Mining Project

“A fast-growing FBI data-mining system billed as a tool for hunting terrorists is being used in hacker and domestic criminal investigations, and now contains tens of thousands of records from private corporate databases, including car-rental companies, large hotel chains and at least one national department store, declassified documents obtained by Wired.com show. Headquartered in Crystal …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

BLS: Mass Layoffs Summary, August 2009

News release: “Employers took 2,690 mass layoff actions in August that resulted in the separation of 259,307 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer. The number of mass …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

HHS – Fighting Back Against Cancer: Health Insurance Reform & Cancer in America

Fighting Back Against Cancer: Health Insurance Reform & Cancer in America, September 2009 “Rising health care costs leave a growing number of Americans either uninsured or with insurance that does not provide the coverage they need and deserve especially the 11 million Americans with cancer. The results of a recent survey estimated that 72 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Housing Costs for Homeowners With Mortgages: 2007 and 2008 American Community Surveys

Housing Costs for Homeowners With Mortgages: 2007 and 2008 American Community Surveys, American Community Survey Reports Issued September 2009: “This report presents data on median selected monthly housing costs for homeowners with mortgages at the national and state levels based on the 2007 ACS and 2008 ACS. It also ranks the states by their 2008 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Men's and Women's Earnings by State: 2008 American Community Survey

Mens and Womens Earnings by State: 2008 American Community Survey, American Community Survey Reports, issued September 2009: “This report is one of a series produced to highlight results from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS). The report series is designed to cover a variety of economic topics, such as poverty, occupation, home values, and labor …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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