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Secure Border Initiative Fence Construction Costs, GAO-09-244R, January 29, 2009 Brain Injury: Better DOD and VA Oversight Can Help Ensure More Accurate, Consistent, and Timely Decisions for the Traumatic Injury Insurance Program, GAO-09-108, January 29, 2009 U.S. Postal Service: Deteriorating Postal Finances Require Aggressive Actions to Reduce Costs, GAO-09-332T, January 28, 2009
FDA posted this corporate news release today: “Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) is voluntarily recalling all peanuts and peanut products processed in its Blakely, Georgia facility since Jan. 1, 2007. Previously, PCA announced a recall of peanut butter and peanut paste. PCA sells its products to institutional and industrial users for service in large institutions …
Homeland Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace, GAO-09-184, January 27, 2009 Medicare: Callers Can Access 1-800-MEDICARE Services, but Responsibility within CMS for Limited English Proficiency Plan Unclear, GAO-09-104, December 29, 2008 Electronic Health Records: DOD’s and VA’s Sharing of Information Could Benefit from Improved Management, GAO-09-268, …
News release: “The House Oversight Committee asked the nations IGs to identify all recommendations made between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2008 that had not been implemented by federal agencies. The information provided shows that the Bush Administration failed to implement 13,847 recommendations since 2001, which could have saved taxpayers $25.9 billion. Almost half …
Testimony, CBO, Statement of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, The State of the Economy and Issues in Developing an Effective Policy Response before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, January 27, 2009. “The economy is currently enduring a recession that started more than a year ago. CBO projects that, in the absence of …
“House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) sent a letter today to the TARP Special Inspector General praising him for his work in providing greater transparency for the TARP Program. Franks letter…is in response to a letter from Inspector General Barofsky, where the IG stated, Specifically, we [Treasury Special Inspector General] will be sending …
Audit Report – Management Controls over the Department’s Excess Weapons Inventories and Selected Sensitive Equipment used by Protective Forces, January 2009. “The Department of Energy (Department) was not always properly managing its excess weapons inventories and and selected high risk/sensitive equipment used by protective forces. Specifically, our testing revealed large inventories of weapons that were …
Accenture – Leadership in Customer Service Report: Creating Shared Responsibility for Better Outcomes “In our Leadership in Customer Service research this year, we identified a new imperative for governments to move beyond a focus on the quality of the service transaction to develop a new kind of relationship with citizens. This relationship should foster deeper …
Follow up to postings on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, this CBO report released today: H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the House of Representatives on January 26, 2009 “H.R. 1 would specify appropriations for a wide range of federal programs and …
News release: “CDT today released a major policy paper intended to move the health privacy debate from its outdated focus on patient consent to a comprehensive framework that will provide more effective privacy protection. CDT is advocating for the inclusion of privacy protections in the President’s economic stimulus bill, which contains at least $20 billion …
“Starting on January 5, 2009, DOL archived all DOL agency Web sites as they existed at that time. Please remember that this is archived material and that any guidance contained within the pages may have been superceded. The content available is no longer being updated and as a result you may encounter hyperlinks which no …
VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment: Better Incentives, Workforce Planning, and Performance Reporting Could Improve Program, GAO-09-34, January 26, 2009 Developing Countries: The United States Has Not Fully Funded Its Share of Debt Relief, and the Impact of Debt Relief on Countries’ Poverty-Reducing Spending Is Unknown, GAO-09-162, January 26, 2009 Update of State and Local Government …
