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Fusion Center – Developing and Sharing Information and Intelligence in a New Era – Guidelines for Establishing and Operating Fusion Centers at the Local, State, and Federal Levels Law Enforcement Intelligence, Public Safety, and the Private Sector: “The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) collaborated in the development …
Congressional Budget Office Presentation to the National Governors Association’s Health and Human Services Committee: The Outlook for Spending on Health Care and Long-Term Care, February 24, 2008
“The C-SPAN Congressional Chronicle is an index to the C-SPAN video recordings of the House and Senate floor proceedings. The video recordings are matched with the text of the Congressional Record as soon as the Record is available. It only includes members who appeared on the floor to deliver or insert their remarks. The text …
Committee Holds Hearing on Electronic Records Preservation at the White House, Chairman Waxman’s Opening Statement, February 26, 2008: “…When President Clinton left office and President Bush came into office, the White House had in place a system for archiving White House e-mails that complied with the Presidential Records Act…In its place, the White House adopted …
Customer Relationship Managers (CRM): “The purpose of the Cash Management Made Easy guidebook (136 pages, PDF) is to provide a high-level overview of federal government cash management tools. This guide will assist Federal agency cash managers in improving the management of the Governments finances.” “Improving cash management practices is one of the most important issues …
February 2008 Report No. AUD-08-005, FDICs Consideration of Commercial Real Estate Concentration Risk in FDIC-Supervised Institutions, Audit Report. “This report presents the results of our audit of the FDICs consideration of commercial real estate (CRE) concentration risk in FDIC-supervised institutions. CRE loans are land development and construction loans (including 1- to 4-family residential and commercial …
Report From the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight – Widespread House Declines in the Fourth Quarter, February 26, 2008: “U.S. home prices fell in the fourth quarter of 2007 according to OFHEOs seasonally-adjusted purchase-only house price index. The index, which is based on data from home sales, was 1.3 percent lower on a seasonally-adjusted …
President Bush Calls On Congress To Open Markets For American Workers And Entrepreneurs By Approving Free Trade Agreements, Starting With Colombia: “Today, President Bush met with former Cabinet Secretaries and senior government officials and discussed the need for pro-growth economic policies, including opening new markets for U.S. exports through free trade agreements. Open markets contribute …
Aviation Weather: FAA Is Reevaluating Services at Key Centers; Both FAA and the National Weather Service Need to Better Ensure Product Quality, GAO-08-258, January 11, 2008 Aviation Weather: Services at Key Aviation Facilities Lack Performance Measures, but Improvement Efforts Are Under Way, GAO-08-491T, February 26, 2008 Defense Acquisitions: Assessment of DOD Efforts to Enhance Missile …
News release: “he National Governors Association 2008 Winter Meeting concluded today with a closing plenary session reinforcing the role of states in advancing a clean energy future for America and highlighting the recent successes of NGA’s Securing a Clean Energy Future Initiative (SCEF Initiative)…Building on the SCEF Initiative’s growing momentum, governors unveiled Greening the Capitols, …
“On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the full Committee on Government Oversight and Reform will hold a hearing entitled Electronic Records Preservation at the White House.” Related postings on missing White House email
Summaries of New Decisions – January 2008, posted 2/25/2008 “..up-to-date summaries of new court decisions..broken down by FOIA Exemption or procedural element and internal citations and quotations have been omitted. OIP provides these case summaries as a public service; due to their nature as summaries, they are not intended to be authoritative or complete statements …
