Category «E-Government»

Watch the Swearing-in Ceremony on the Web

Presidential Inaugural Committee: “Don’t miss it when Barack Obama takes the Oath of Office next Tuesday, January 20th. As part of our commitment to making this the most open inauguration in history, we’ll be streaming the swearing-in ceremony on our site using Microsoft’s Silverlight. You can view high quality Silverlight streams, in full screen, and …

Subjects: E-Government, Internet

NIST: Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information

Guide to Protecting the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) (Draft), Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, January 13, 2009. “Breaches of personally identifiable information (PII) have increased dramatically over the past few years and have resulted in the loss of millions of records. Breaches of PII are hazardous to both individuals …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft

Report: The Accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2009

Follow up to January 7, 2009 posting, Bush Administration Releases Highlights of Accomplishments and Results, the next report in what appears to be a series, The Accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2009 “Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Department made combating terrorism its top priority. This shift required a significant revision …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

DOD OIG Report: Examination of Allegations Involving DoD Office of Public Affairs Outreach Program

Inspector General, Department of Defense: Examination of Allegations Involving DoD Office of Public Affairs Outreach Program, Jauary 14, 2009. “We initiated this review to further examine issues that were raised in an April 2008 New York Times article entitled, Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand. The article documented a DoD public affairs outreach program that …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2007-08

News release: “In the first 21 months of operation, the Human Trafficking Reporting System (HTRS) recorded information on more than 1,200 alleged incidents of human trafficking, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced. The HTRS contains data collected by 38 federally funded human trafficking task forces on alleged incidents of human …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents

National Archives Opens 9/11 Commission Textual Materials

News release: The National Archives…open[ed] more than 150 cubic feet of records of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission, an independent, bipartisan commission created by Congress. The Commission’s mandate was to provide a “full and complete accounting” of the attacks of September 11, 2001, and recommend …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Spending on Cell Phone Services Has Exceeded Spending on Residential Phone Services

News release: “Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) show that cellular phone expenditures increased rapidly from 2001 through 2007. Cellular phone expenditures surpassed spending on residential landline phone services beginning in 2007…annual expenditures for cellular phone services per consumer unit increased from $210 in 2001 to $608 in 2007, an …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Treasury, Federal Reserve and the FDIC Provide Assistance to Bank of America

News release: “The U.S. government entered into an agreement today with Bank of America to provide a package of guarantees, liquidity access and capital as part of its commitment to support financial market stability. Treasury and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will provide protection against the possibility of unusually large losses on an asset pool …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EPA Releases Report on Sea Level Rise

News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with other agencies, has released a report that discusses the impacts of sea level rise on the coast, coastal communities, and the habitats and species that depend on them. The report, Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region, examines multiple opportunities for …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents