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Press release: “A new report from the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) on congressional Web sites says the overall quality continues to be disappointing, with more than 40% of congressional Web sites earning a substandard or failing grade. The report also contains recognition and praise for the best Web sites on Capitol Hill with the announcement …
Follow up to January 8, 2008 posting, CA sues EPA, citing new technical report: Study demonstrates that CA’s standards more effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions than federal Energy Bill, today from the House Oversight Committee – Investigation Into EPA’s Denial of State Greenhouse Gas Regulations Advances: “Following EPAs failure to meet the Committees deadline …
Press release, January 11, 2009: “One of the biggest concerns weve had for the last several years, one we continue to have at the Department of Homeland Security, is how do we promote a secure form of identification across America? And Congress has spoken to this by passing the REAL ID Act several years ago, …
08-P-0055 EPA Should Continue to Improve Its National Emergency Response Planning [Report PDF – 27 pages] [At a Glance PDF] January 9, 2008: “We found that EPAs Emergency Response Business Plan did not disclose the basis for EPAs resource estimates. Additionally, EPA management stated they did not consider State and local resources in their resource …
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, November 2007: “The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced [January 11, 2008] that total November exports of $142.3 billion and imports of $205.4 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $63.1 billion, up from $57.8 billion …
Press release: “As of Dec. 10, the Army has safely destroyed 50 percent of the United States’ chemical-agent stockpile since beginning to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention April 29, 1997. Officially the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, the CWC is a …
Press release: “The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service; and the New York Department of State has prepared a final EIS for a liquefied …
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today a final rule establishing minimum security standards for state-issued drivers licenses and identification cards. The rule sets uniform standards that enhance the integrity and reliability of drivers licenses and identification cards, strengthen issuance capabilities, and increase security at drivers license and identification card production …
OIG-08-20 – The State of Florida’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004 (PDF, 28 pages) – New 01/11/2008 OIG-08-14 – Improved Administration Can Enhance Federal Emergency Management Agency Classified Laptop Computer Security, Unclassified Summary (PDF, 3 pages) – New 01/11/2008
“State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, and top commodities, exports, and counties for each state in the United States. Data last updated on January 11, 2008.”
Press release: “In October 2006, the Transportation Security Administration launched a website to help travelers whose names were erroneously listed on airline watch lists. This redress website had multiple security vulnerabilities: it was not hosted on a government domain; its homepage was not encrypted; one of its data submission pages was not encrypted; and its …
Audits of Public Companies: Continued Concentration in Audit Market for Large Public Companies Does Not Call for Immediate Action, GAO-08-163, January 9, 2008: “According to GAO’s survey, 82 percent of large public companies–the Fortune 1000–saw their choice of auditor as limited to three or fewer firms, and about 60 percent viewed competition in their audit …
