Defense Science Board Report: Future Need for VTOL/STOL Aircraft
Defense Science Board Report: Future Need for VTOL/STOL Aircraft, July 2007 (162 pages, PDF)
Category «E-Government»
Cost of Iraq War Far Exceeds Original Estimates
Few Economists Predicted True Cost of Iraq War, by Marilyn Geewax, Cox News Service, Sunday, October 07, 2007 “Five years ago this month, a Yale economist said something few in Washington wanted to hear: an Iraq war could cost nearly $1.6 trillion by 2012. William Nordhaus’s work was dismissed by Bush administration supporters, who believed …
FCC Announces Competitive Bidding Procedures for Auction of 700 MHz Licenses
Public notice, October 5, 2007: Competitive Bidding Procedures for Auction of 700 MHz Licenses (Auction 73) (122 pages, PDF). Attachment A: Excel | Acrobat and Attachment B: Excel | Acrobat
Guide to Finding Proposed Legislation Using EUR-Lex
European Information Association: “See also our guides to using OEIL and PreLex. Produced by the Commission and Parliament respectively, these two sources allow you to monitor the progress of proposed legislation through the various stages leading to adoption (or rejection – not all proposals are adopted). Proposals are generally published by the European Commission. They …
Library of Congress Launches Wise Guide Portal
“This Wise Guide portal was designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation’s library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government. The “Wise Guide” will be refreshed monthly, much like a magazine, offering links to the best of the Library’s online materials. …
Secretary Rice Directs Actions to Improve Operational Accountability and Control
Follow up to previous postings on private military contractors in Iraq, this State Department press release, October 5, 2007: “Secretary Rice has received an initial assessment of Blackwater operations in support of Embassy Baghdad from the first two team members. The balance of the team – General Joulwan and Ambassador Roy – will arrive in …
President Nixon's Library Now a Part of NARA
Nixon’s Library Now a Part of NARA – California Facility Will Hold All Documents and Tapes From a Half-Century Career in Politics, by James Worsham, NARA, Prologue, Fall 2007, Vol. 39, No. 3. “On July 11, 2007, the National Archiveswith the approval of Congressestablished the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in the private facility …
Department of Energy Launches DOEpatents Site
“DOepatents, the U.S. Department of Energy’s central collection of patent information, where research and development intersect with innovation and invention. This collection demonstrates the Department’s considerable contribution to scientific progress from the 1940s to today…This collection is growing as we continue to identify historic DOE patents, and to add ones recently issued. Currently, there are …
DOE OIG Report Consolidated Terrorism Watchlist Nomination Process Report
Inspection Report, The Consolidated Terrorism Watchlist Nomination Process at the Department of Energy, October 2007 (13 pages, PDF)
FCC OIG Report on Investigation Into Allegations Research Work was Suppressed or Destroyed
Press release, October 5, 2007: “The Inspector General of the Federal Communications Commission has released a report finding that the evidence did not substantiate allegations that two draft research reports of staff economists in the Commissions Media Bureau had been suppressed by senior managers at the Commission or that senior managers had ordered one of …
New GAO Reports: Cost of Prisons, Financial Audit Manual, Global Health, GSA Improvements, Census Bureau IT Risk Management
Cost of Prisons: Bureau of Prisons Needs Better Data to Assess Alternatives for Acquiring Low and Minimum Security Facilities, GAO-08-6, October 5, 2007 Financial Audit Manual: Volume 1, Exposure Draft, October 2007 – GAO-08-81G, October 1, 2007 Financial Audit Manual: Volume Two, Exposure Draft–October 2007 GAO-08-82G, October 1, 2007 General Services Administration: Improvements Needed in …
New House Report: Food from China: Can We Import Safely?
Press release: “Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Bart Stupak, Chairman of its Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today released a staff report entitled Food From China: Can We Import Safely? (11 pages, PDF). This report was compiled by Committee staff dispatched by Dingell and Stupak to …
