Category «E-Government»

2008 Annual Report: Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds

Trustees Report & Trust Funds: “The Medicare Program is the second-largest social insurance program in the U.S., with 44.1 million beneficiaries and total expenditures of $432 billion in 2007. The Boards of Trustees for Medicare (also Boards) report annually to the Congress on the financial operations and actuarial status of the program. Beginning in 2002, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ OIG Audits: U.S. Marshals Service, Offices, Boards and Divisions, Assets Forfeiture Fund

United States Marshals Service Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-15, March 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Offices, Boards and Divisions Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-17, March 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Assets Forfeiture Fund and Seized Asset Deposit Fund Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-14, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Social Security Trustees Release 2008 Annual Report

News release: “The Social Security Board of Trustees today released its annual report on the financial health of the Social Security Trust Funds. While the key dates for program costs exceeding tax revenues and Trust Fund exhaustion remain unchanged, the 2008 Trustees Report shows improvement in the projected long-term financial status of the Social Security …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: No Child Left Behind Act, Native Hawaiian Education Act, Federal User Fees

No Child Left Behind Act: Education Actions Could Improve the Targeting of School Improvement Funds to Schools Most in Need of Assistance, GAO-08-380, February 29, 2008 Native Hawaiian Education Act: Greater Oversight Would Increase Accountability and Enable Targeting of Funds to Areas with Greatest Need, GAO-08-422, March 25, 2008 Federal User Fees: Substantive Reviews Needed …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Home Owners' Loan Corporation, and Federal Savings and Loan Corporation Annual Reports

“The annual reports and other documents relating to the Federal Home Loan Bank between 1933 and 1952 have been posted. These documents include reports on its related subsidiaries throughout that period – the Federal Home Loan Bank System and Administration, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan Association, the Federal Savings and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOT OIG: Assessment of FAA's Cost Accounting System and Practices

Assessment of FAA’s Cost Accounting System and Practices, Report Number: FI-2008-045. On March 21, 2008, we issued our final report on the Assessment of FAA’s Cost Accounting System and Practices. During FY 2006, FAA completed the implementation of the cost accounting system and, in FY 2007, finalized implementation of a labor distribution system. Overall, we …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ Closes Investigation of XM and Sirius Satellite Radio Merger

News release and analysis: “The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today after announcing the closing of its investigation into the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. – After a careful and thorough review of the proposed transaction, the Division concluded that the evidence does …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

NOAA Releases Report on Deep Sea Coral Program

“NOAA released the first report to Congress on the Implementation of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, called for in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (MSRA). Prepared under the auspices of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and in consultation with the Nation’s eight Regional Fishery Management Councils, the …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

Remarks With Indian Minister of External Affairs Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Remarks following meeting, Washington, DC, March 24, 2008: “India is the fastest-growing democracy in the world. It is also, perhaps, the fastest-growing export market for U.S. business and industry. Two-way trade and investment between our two countries is growing along with our …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

National Institute of Justice: The 'CSI Effect': Does It Really Exist

NIJ Journal Issue No. 259, March 2008: The ‘CSI Effect’: Does It Really Exist? “Many attorneys, judges, and journalists have claimed that watching television programs like CSI has caused jurors to wrongfully acquit guilty defendants when no scientific evidence has been presented. The mass media quickly picked up on these complaints. This so-called effect was …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents