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HHS OIG Audit Report: State and Local Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Medical Surge, September 2009: “An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of a highly infectious influenza virus that can cause serious illness in humans. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimates that even a mild influenza pandemic could cause between 2 and 7.4 …
Executive Office of the President – National Economic Council – Office of the President National Economic Council, Office of Science and Technology Policy: A Strategy for American Innovation: Driving Toward Sustainable Growth and Quality Jobs, September 2009 “Since taking office, President Obama has taken historic steps to lay the foundation for the innovation economy of …
Brookings: “Recognizing the need to expand the U.S. broadband network to ensure Americas infrastructure and economic development, Congress tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with developing a national broadband plan by February 17, 2010. On September 21, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski delivered remarks [link to transcript – 22 pages, PDF] on the national broadband plan …
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today released the latest American Community Survey (ACS) data, providing a statistical portrait of the characteristics of the nations population in 2008. / Detailed tables / ACS Media Toolkit / 2008 ACS Questionnaire. According to the new snapshot, one-in-four people in Texas (24.1 percent) lacked health insurance in 2008, …
High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight Is Needed, GAO-09-574, September 21, 2009 Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Government Assistance Provided to AIG, GAO-09-975, September 21, 2009 Flood Insurance: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight of the WYO Program, GAO-09-455, August 21, 2009 Low-Income and Minority Serving Institutions: Management Attention to Long-standing Concerns Needed to Improve …
News release: “With national unemployment topping 9 percent and many Americans seeking online information and new technology skills that can help keep them and their families afloat in hard times, U.S. public libraries are first responders in a time of economic uncertainty. Libraries Connect Communities 3: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2008-2009, a …
EU Project INDECT – “The main objectives of the INDECT project are: to develop a platform for: the registration and exchange of operational data, acquisition of multimedia content, intelligent processing of all information and automatic detection of threats and recognition of abnormal behaviour or violence, to develop the prototype of an integrated, network-centric system supporting …
OIG-09-97 – Transportation Security Administration Privacy Stewardship (PDF, 36 pages), August 28, 2009 “We performed an audit of the Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) privacy stewardship. Our audit objective was to determine whether TSAs plans and activities instill and promote a privacy culture and comply with federal privacy laws and regulations. As part of this audit, …
In following this January 9, 2009 memo, Legal Issues Relating to the Testing, Use and Deployment of an Intrusion-Detection System (EINSTEIN 2.0) to Protect Unclassified Computer Networks in the Executive Branch, this DOJ memo released September 18, 2009: Legality of Intrusion-Detection System To Protect Unclassified Computers Networks In Executive Branch – “Operation of the EINSTEIN …
News release: “Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in August. Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia reported over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 16 states registered rate decreases, and 7 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states …
Homeland Defense: Greater Focus on Analysis of Alternatives and Threats Needed to Improve DOD’s Strategic Nuclear Weapons Security, GAO-09-828, September 18, 2009 Ryan White CARE Act: Effects of Certain Funding Provisions on Grant Awards, GAO-09-894, September 18, 2009
News release: “Obama Administration officials today released the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report for a 30-day public review and comment period. The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, consists of 24 senior-level officials from Administration agencies, departments, and offices. The report provides proposals …
