Category «E-Government»

Report: Overseas Intellectual Property Rights Attache Program Is Generally Working Well, but a Comprehensive Operating Plan Is Needed

Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General – United States Patent and Trademark Office, The Overseas Intellectual Property Rights Attaché Program Is Generally Working Well, but a Comprehensive Operating Plan Is Needed, Final Report IPE-19044/July 2008. “According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, IPR theft costs at least $200 billion per year and the loss …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Legal Research

Social Security Administration Retirement Estimator

“The Retirement Estimator produces estimates that are based on your actual Social Security earnings record. Retirement estimates are just that, estimates. They will vary slightly from the actual benefit you may receive in the future because: Your Social Security earnings record is constantly being updated; Our calculators use different parameters and assumptions (e.g., different stop …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOD GWOT Audit: Challenges Impacting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Reported

DOD Support to the Global War On Terror (GWOT) – D-2008-086 Challenges Impacting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Reported by Major Oversight Organizations Beginning FY 2003 through FY 2007, July 18, 2008 (Project No. D2007-D000XA-0249.000) “Over the course of conducting Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, DoD experienced, at times, significant and recurring challenges in …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Audit of Legislative and Public Affairs Expenses in the Department of Justice

Audit of Legislative and Public Affairs Expenses in the Department of Justice, Audit Report 08-25, July 2008.

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CBP Releases Intellectual Property Rights Seizure Statistics for Mid-Fiscal Year 2008

News release: “U.S. Customs and Border Protections Office of International Trade announced today that the domestic value of counterfeit and pirated products seized by CBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement increased by 2.7 percent in mid-fiscal year 2008 to $113.2 million compared to $110.1 million in mid-FY 2007. The number of large-scale seizures also …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Intellectual Property

DHS: Essential Technology Task Force

Department of Homeland Security: Essential Technology Task Force, June 25 2008 (PDF, 24 pages) “The Department is suffering from systemic weaknesses in its ability to accept and manage change in technologies essential to its missions. Many of these ongoing weaknesses have been identified in GAO reports, Congressional oversight hearings, and media reports. A contributing factor …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Monograph Updated For Key Civil Rights Law

“The Federal Judicial Center has published an updated monograph on a key civil rights law, Section 1983 of the U.S. Code’s Title 42. The law authorizes lawsuits against state and municipal officials, municipal entities, and even some private parties. Monograph.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

DHS OIG: Info Tech Mangement Letter Audits

OIG-08-72 – Information Technology Management Letter for the FY 2007 Transportation Security Administration Balance Sheet Audit (Redacted) New 07/18/2008 OIG-08-50 – Information Technology Management Letter for the FY 2007 Customs Border and Protection Financial Statement Audit (Redacted) New 07/18/2008

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Naturalizations in the United States: 2007

DHS Office of Immigration Statistics: Data on Naturalizations – “Access data on persons who became American citizens in fiscal year 2007 by country of birth, state of residence, and other characteristics.” See also Naturalizations in the United States: 2007

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Working Paper and Note

07/18/2008 OFHEO Working Paper 08-2 Enterprise Credit Default Swaps and Market Discipline: Preliminary Analysis: “Financial regulators are interested in harnessing market information and market discipline to improve the supervision and performance of financial institutions. Recent growth in the market for credit default swaps (CDS), derivative instruments that allow for the trading of credit risk, presents …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

WTO Panel Finds Against Chinas Taxation of U.S. Auto Parts

News release: “The WTO, on 18 July 2008, issued the reports of the panel that had examined, respectively, complaints by the European Communities, the United States and Canada regarding China Measures Affecting Imports Of Automobile Parts (DS339, DS340 and DS342).” Related news release: “U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab announced today that the first …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EIA: Additions to Capacity on the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network: 2007, Wholesale Market Data

Additions to Capacity on the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network: 2007 (07/17/2008): “This report examines new natural gas pipeline capacity added to the U.S. natural gas pipeline system during 2007 and the areas of the country where those additions were concentrated. In addition, it discusses and analyzes proposed natural gas pipeline projects that may be …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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