Category «E-Government»

National Fraud Awareness Week, November 11-17, 2007

“Fraud Awareness Week is dedicated to promoting fraud awareness and educating businesses and the public about the growing global impact of fraud. Therefore, this is an appropriate time to address and promote basic steps that can be taken to recognize, report, and reduce the risk of becoming a victim of fraudulent activities. In recognition of …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

New Report to Congress Demonstrates Rising Employment Numbers for Veterans in the Federal Civil Service

Press release: “U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Linda M. Springer today released the report titled Employment of Veterans in Federal Government: Fiscal Year 2006, which demonstrates a small increase in the number of armed forces veterans working for the Federal government. The report shows increases in both the number of veterans employed and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

E-Government Re-Authorization Act Requires Agencies to Ensure Transparency to Search Engines

Google Public Policy Blog: “Google has been working to make publicly available government information more accessible to the public. We’re doing so by helping government agencies implement the Sitemap Protocol, a technical standard that makes it easier for search engines to crawl and index pages on a website…The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee…[reported …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation, Search Engines

DNI Addresses the DNI's Office of Analytic Integrity and Standards Symposium

DNI Addresses the DNI’s Office of Analytic Integrity and Standards Symposium, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, November 13, 2007: Center Director Lee Hamilton: “…today’s meeting will help, we believe, those in the media gain a greater understanding of the extraordinary challenges facing the intelligence community.” Remarks and Q&A: Strengthening Analytic Practice: Lessons From the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Reserve Will Release Federal Open Market Committee Participants' Economic Projections Four Times Each Year

From speech delivered by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, November 14, 2007: “Because monetary policy affects spending and inflation with a lag, policy decisions must be based on an assessment of medium-term economic prospects. Thus, the Committee cannot fully explain its policy decisions without sharing its economic outlook with the public and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Assessing the State Department Inspector General

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: “The Committee held a hearing to assess the performance of State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard following a series of allegations that the Inspector General halted investigations, censored reports, and refused to cooperate with law enforcement agencies. Witness: The Honorable Howard J. Krongard, Inspector General, U.S. Department …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Undercover GAO Investigation Exposes Vulnerabilities in Airport Security

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: “An undercover GAO investigation of airport security checkpoints succeeded in passing through TSA screening checkpoints undetected with liquids and other materials that could be combined to make a dangerous improvised explosive device.” Testimony Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, United States Government Accountability …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Financial Market Perceptions of Recession Risk

Financial Market Perceptions of Recession Risk, Thomas B. King, Andrew T. Levin, and Roberto Perli, 2007-57 Abstract: “Over the Great Moderation period in the United States, we find that corporate credit spreads embed crucial information about the one-year-ahead probability of recession, as evidenced by both in- and out-of-sample fit. Furthermore, the incidence of “false positive” …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Fight Against Terrorism: stepping up Europe’s capability to protect citizens against the threat of terrorism

[November 6, 2007] “…the Commission adopted a new package of proposals aimed at improving the EU’s capabilities in the fight against terrorism. The package contains a series of proposals dealing with the criminalization of terrorist training, recruitment and public provocation to commit terrorist offences, the prevention of the use of explosives by terrorists and the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New JEC Report Reveals Total Economic Cost of War Could Exceed $3.5 Trillion

November 13, 2007: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) will join Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Chairman Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and JEC Vice Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today released a new report exposing the hidden costs of the war in Iraq. The Joint Economic Committee report investigates the …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation