DHS OIG Report: Hurricane Katrina: A Review of Wind Versus Flood Issues
OIG-08-97 – Hurricane Katrina: A Review of Wind Versus Flood Issues (Mandatory) (PDF, 53 pages)
Category «E-Government»
Pew Study Finds State Elections Web Sites Have Significant Room for Improvement
“State elections Web sites are often too difficult for voters to find and use to answer questions such as whether they are registered to vote, where to vote and what will be on the ballot, according to a new study released today by the Pew Center on the States. Being Online is Not Enough: State …
Federal Reserve issues guidance for consolidated supervision of bank holding companies and combined U.S. operations of foreign banking organizations
News release: “The Federal Reserve on Thursday issued enhanced guidance that refines and clarifies its programs for the consolidated supervision of bank holding companies and the combined U.S. operations of foreign banking organizations (FBOs). The Federal Reserve also released guidance clarifying supervisory expectations with respect to firmwide compliance risk management. While initiation of these efforts …
Annual Arctic Report Card Shows Stronger Effects of Warming
News release: “Temperature increases, a near-record loss of summer sea ice, and a melting of surface ice in Greenland are among some of the evidence of continued warming in the Arctic, according to an annual review of conditions in the Arctic issued today by NOAA and its university, agency, and international partners…One example of these …
U.S. Air Quality Standards for Lead Now 10 Times Stronger
News release: “EPA dramatically strengthened the nation’s air quality standards for lead, improving public health protection, especially for children. The new standards tighten the allowable lead level 10 times to 0.15 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air (ug/m3)…This decision marks the first time the lead standards have changed in 30 years. EPA strengthened …
GAO Report: Biosafety Laboratories: Perimeter Security Assessment of the Nation's Five BSL-4 Laboratories
Biosafety Laboratories: Perimeter Security Assessment of the Nation’s Five BSL-4 Laboratories, GAO-08-1092, September 17, 2008
CBO: New Ideas About Human Behavior in Economics and Medicine
New Ideas About Human Behavior in Economics and Medicine, CBO Director Peter Orszag’s presentation at the Eighth Annual Marshall J. Seidman Lecture, Harvard Medical School, October 16, 2008.
Social Security Announces 5.8 Percent Benefit Increase for 2009
News release: “Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 55 million Americans will increase 5.8 percent in 2009, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 5.8 percent increase is the largest since 1982…The 5.8 percent Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits that over 50 million Social Security beneficiaries receive in …
Census – Profiles of Older Workers: 2004
The Census Bureau, in partnership with 31 states, has launched a series of reports on workers 55 and older. The Pennsylvania report is expected to be released in late October. Previously released reports are available here. The Washington state report is here.
HHS Preparing to Open FDA Offices in China, India, Europe, and Latin America This Year
News release: “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will send the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff to China, India, Europe, and Latin America before the end of 2008, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced today…Increasing our presence overseas will provide greater protections to American consumers at home and benefit our host …
Justice Department Now Tracking Criminal Mortgage Fraud Cases
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC): “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that for the first ten months of FY 2008, the federal government reported filing 151 criminal mortgage fraud cases. The DOJ has only recently created a category for tracking such cases. Because of natural court delays, however, the government said that …
FBI Report: Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
“The FBI publishes Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted [Resources, data tables, and figures, 2007] each year to provide information about the officers who were killed, feloniously or accidentally, and those officers who were assaulted while performing their duties. The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.”
