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Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today a series of proposed rule modifications to provide employers with a streamlined hiring process for temporary and seasonal agricultural workers under the H-2A program…The proposed modifications to the rule reduce current limitations and certain delays faced by U.S.employers and relax the current limitations on their …
DOD Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Auditing, Contingency Planning for DoD Mission-Critical Information Systems, February 5, 2008 (117 pages, PDF). “The information in DoD Information Technology Portfolio Repository (DITPR) on contingency planning is not reliable on the basis of sample results. We projected that, of 436 mission-critical information systems requiring information assurance certification …
Information Economy Report 2007-2008 (386 pages, PDF): “The Information Economy Report 2008 – Science and technology for development: the new paradigm of ICT, analyses the current and potential contribution of information technology to knowledge creation and diffusion. It explores how ICTs help generate innovations that improve the livelihoods of the poor and support enterprise competitiveness. …
Treasury press release: “Americans say direct deposit tops both ATM cards and checkbooks as their most important tool for managing personal finances. Yet approximately one in three Americans still do not use direct deposit, including nearly 10.5 million Social Security recipients, despite the widespread opinion that direct deposit is reliable and safe. The national survey …
Senate Budget Committee hearing, The President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget and Revenue Proposals, February 6, 2008. Senator Conrad — Opening Statement Charts Used at Hearing with Treasury Secretary Paulson Paulson Opening Statement on the President’s FY09 Budget Before the Senate Committee on Finance Related postings on the FY09 Budget
News.com: “Real ID’s scope is surprisingly broad. Jurors could potentially be denied entrance to federal courthouses. So could prospective students visiting the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis or the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Tours of federal buildings such as the Pentagon and the Treasury Department could be affected, as could public hearings, conferences, …
Department of the Interior, Office of Inspector General Assessment of the United States Park Police, February 2008, PI-EV-NPS-0001-2007. “This memorandum transmits our report detailing the results of our assessment of the United States Park Police (USPP). This assessment is part of our continuing efforts to evaluate the management of Department of the Interior law enforcement …
In a statement to the House of Commons, the PM said that the Government would look at ways of using intercept evidence as advised by the Chilcot Report. Guidelines would be drawn up to ensure that the interests of national security were never compromised, he said. The PM said: “The use of intercept in evidence …
Press release: “Reps. Henry A. Waxman, John D. Dingell, Bart Stupak, and Frank Pallone, Jr., called on members of one of FDAs own advisory committees to provide Congress with its assessment of the resources needed to remedy the crisis at the agency stemming from years of chronic underfunding…The Science Board recently released a report concluding …
“This webpage is hosted by Attorney General Mike Cox as a clearinghouse of information that allows users to track how Michigan tax dollars are being spent by the Attorney General’s office. Currently, users can search the total amount the Michigan Department of Attorney General spends on salary, benefits, rent, browse a detailed list of contracts, …
Air Travel Consumer Report, February 2008: The Air Travel Consumer Report is a monthly product of the Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (OAEP). The report is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by the airlines. This page was last updated on Feburary 5, 2008, and …
Annual Accounting and Authentication of Drug Control Funds and Related Performance – Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-05, January 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Office of Justice Programs, State and Local Emergency Preparedness Grant Awarded to the Maryland Department of State Police, Grant Number 2003-DD-BX-0002, Audit Report GR-30-08-001, January 2008 (Executive Summary Only) Office of …
