Category «E-Government»

Executive Order: Further Amendments to Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities

Executive Order: Further Amendments to Executive Order 12333, United States Intelligence Activities – “1.1 Goals. The United States intelligence effort shall provide the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council with the necessary information on which to base decisions concerning the development and conduct of foreign, defense, and economic policies, and the …

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

Global Internet Freedom Consortium Offers China-Based Reporters Software to Break Through Internet Blockade

News release: “The Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC) announced today that their anti-censorship software tools are ready to help journalists and tourists during the Olympics, to circumvent China’s Internet blockade. The software, which is available free of charge, can be downloaded onto a hard drive or USB drive to safely and effectively overcome the Internet …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Internet

Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matters of The TJX Companies, Inc., Reed Elsevier, Inc. and Seisint, Inc.

Follow up to March 27, 2008 posting, FTC Announces Settlement of Action Against Data Brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint for Failing to Provide Adequate Security for Consumers’ Data, this August 1, 2008 FTC news release: “Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order and authorized the staff …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

New Bureau of Justice Statistics Reports

8/3/08: “State parole agencies reported 65,000 full-time and 2,900 part-time employees at midyear 2006.” The report, Characteristics of State Parole Supervising Agencies, 2006, (NCJ 222180), was written by BJS statistician Thomas P. Bonczar. 7/31/08: “In 2005 and 2006 more than 4,000 allegations of sexual violence were reported in juvenile facilities — About one in five …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

SEC Advisory Committee Makes Recommendations to Improve Financial Reporting for Investors

Follow up to February 14, 2008 posting, SEC: Progress Report of Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting, this August 1 news release: “Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox…received the final report of an SEC advisory committee containing 25 recommendations to make financial information more useful and understandable to investors. Last year, Chairman Cox …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CBO Testimony: Navy’s Surface Combatant Programs

CBO Testimony, Statement of Eric J. Labs, Senior Analyst, The Navy’s Surface Combatant Programs before the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, July 31, 2008. “The total cost of the Navy’s shipbuilding program through the period covered by the Department of Defense’s 2009–2013 Future Years Defense Program …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Summary, July 2008

News release: “The unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down in July (-51,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing, and several service-providing industries, while health care and mining continued to add jobs. Average hourly …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FCC Orders Comcast to End Discriminatory Network Management Practices

RE: Formal Complaint of Free Press and Public Knowledge Against Comcast Corporation for Secretly Degrading Peer-to-Peer Applications; Broadband Industry Practices, Petition of Free Press et al. for Declaratory Ruling that Degrading an Internet Application Violates the FCC’s Internet Policy Statement and Does Not Meet an Exception for “Reasonable Network Management,” File No. EB-08-IH-1518, WC Docket …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Privacy

NRC Solicits Public Input Into How It Can Increase Public Access to Security Information

News release: “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking suggestions from the public on how it can increase its level of openness related to security at nuclear power plants and certain other facilities while still protecting sensitive information. A summary of the feedback will be posted on the NRC’s Web site, provided to the Commission and …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Libraries, Patriot Act

New GAO Reports: Combating Terrorism, Rebuilding Iraq, Veterans Affairs

Combating Terrorism: Actions Needed to Enhance Implementation of Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership, GAO-08-860, July 31, 2008 Information Technology: Agencies Need to Establish Comprehensive Policies to Address Changes to Projects’ Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals, GAO-08-925, July 31, 2008 Rebuilding Iraq: DOD and State Department Have Improved Oversight and Coordination of Private Security Contractors in Iraq, but …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents