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Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR): Key Recurring Management Issues Identified in Audits of Iraq Reconstruction Efforts, July 27, 2008 “As of July 2008, the U.S. Congress had appropriated approximately $50 billion for all relief and reconstruction activities. As of July 31, 2008, SIGIR and its predecessor (CPA-IG) have issued 122 …
New York Times, July 28, 2008 – Worried Banks Sharply Reduce Business Loans Federal Reserve Board Current Survey: “The April 2008 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices addressed changes in the supply of, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and households over the past three months.1 Special questions in the survey …
Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems, Final Report, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.6, U.S. Climate Change Science Program And the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, July 2008 [284 pages, PDF]. “This report focuses on impacts of global climate change, especially impacts on three broad dimensions of …
Failed Bank Information – First National Bank of Nevada, Reno, NV, July 25, 2008: “This Bank was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Subsequently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. All deposits have been assumed by Mutual of Omaha Bank, Omaha, NB. Failed Bank Information – First …
Via The Memory Hole, “On a subpage of their Freedom of Info Act website, the Defense Department today has posted 127 pages of documents concerning embedded media. The file may be downloaded here: DOD FOIA Reading Room.” Related article from the New York Times, July 26, 2008 – 4,000 U.S. Deaths, and a Handful of …
Follow up to July 23, 2008 posting on the House passage of H.R. 3221, on July 26 the Senate passed the bill, which now goes to the President for signature. CBS/AP: “Congress approved mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners Saturday as part of an election-year housing plan that also aims to calm jittery financial markets …
Government Performance: 2007 Federal Managers Survey on Performance and Management Issues: (GAO-08-1036SP, July 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-1026T, GAO-08-1036SP, July 24, 2008 Government Performance: Lessons Learned for the Next Administration on Using Performance Information to Improve Results, GAO-08-1026T, July 24, 2008 Nuclear Material: DOE Needs to Take Action to Reduce Risks Before Processing Additional Nuclear …
OIG-08-77 – Information Technology Management Letter for the FY 2007 DHS Financial Statement Audit (Redacted) (PDF, 162 pages) New 07/25/2008 OIG-08-48 – Challenges Remain In Executing the Department of Homeland Securitys Information Technology Program For Its Intelligence Systems (PDF, 4 pages) New 07/25/2008
“This second Annual Report to the Congress on the Information Sharing Environment (ISE) describes the state of the ISE, highlights areas where there has been measurable progress in improving information sharing, and demonstrates the value of the ISE to the Nation’s broader counterterrorism (CT) mission. In particular, the President’s October 2007 National Strategy for Information …
Final Audit Report, Abandoned Mine Lands in the Department of the Interior, July 2008 (No. C-IN-MOA-0004-2007) “This final report presents the results of our audit of abandoned mine lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Park Service (NPS). We visited approximately 45 areas with abandoned mines from March 2007 through April …
D-2008-111 DoD IG Report to Congress on Section 324 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, Review of DoD Guidelines on Considering Civilians for New and Contracted Functions, July 23, 2008 (Project No. D2008-D000CH-0165.000) “Section 343 of the FY 2006 National Defense Authorization Act required DoD to issue guidelines and procedures for …
News release: “The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Homeland Security (DHS) released [a] guidance on allocating and targeting pandemic influenza vaccine. The guidance provides a planning framework to help state, tribal, local and community leaders ensure that vaccine allocation and use will reduce the impact of a pandemic on public health …
