Category «E-Government»

BLS Releases Monthly Stats on Occupational Wages in the U.S. and Monthly Layoffs

NCS: Occupational Wages in the United States, June 2006 — Summary (26 pages, PDF) 06/19/2007 Mass Layoffs (Monthly) 06/22/2007 Employer Costs for Employee Compensation 06/21/2007 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) 06/19/2007 See also: EU Minimum wages 2007 – variations from 92 to 1570 euro gross per month – Issue number 71/2007, release date …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Oversight Committee Reports Cheney Exempts His Office from Requirements for Protecting Classified Info

Press release: “The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President asserts that his office is not an “entity within the executive branch.” As described in a letter …

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

New GAO Reports and House Hearing on Misuse of Social Security Numbers

Social Security Numbers: Federal Actions Could Further Decrease Availability in Public Records, though Other Vulnerabilities Remain, GAO-07-752, June 15, 2007: “Various public records in the United States, including some generated by the federal government, contain Social Security numbers (SSN) and other personal identifying information that could be used to commit fraud and identity theft. Public …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

EU: eGovernment in the European countries

EU: eGovernment in the European countries, 19 June 2007: “As part of its mission to inform the European eGovernment community about key issues of common interest, the eGovernment Observatory maintains a series of Factsheets presenting the situation and progress of eGovernment in 32 European countries: EU-27, Croatia, Turkey, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, providing for each …

Subjects: E-Government

Hearing on Inspectors General: Independence and Accountability

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement held a hearing entitled, “Inspectors General: Independence and Accountability,” on Wednesday, June 20, 2007. In connection with the hearing, Chairman Towns issued a fact sheet detailing recent situations that raise questions about independence and accountability of IGs.

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

Council of Economic Advisors Report on Immigration’s Economic Impact

Council of Economic Advisors, June 20, 2007: Immigration’s Economic Impact: “In 2006, foreign-born workers accounted for 15% of the U.S. labor force, and over the last decade they have accounted for about half of the growth in the labor force. That immigration has fueled U.S. macroeconomic growth is both uncontroversial and unsurprising – more total …

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

Amended Copy of AG's Report to the President on Executive Order 13,392

Attorney General’s Report to the President on Executive Order 13,392 (June 1, 2007). This report is now available electronically on the Department of Justice’s FOIA Web site here. The accessible version which is in compliance with Section 508 of the Disabilities Act is available here. (posted 6/8/07; supplemented 6/20/07). “In the Executive Order, the President …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

FBI Posts Online Case Files on Watergate

“The FBI investigated the break-in of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters (DNCH) that occurred on June 17, 1972, at the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C. A security guard discovered evidence of illegal activity and the hidden electronic listening devices in the conference room area of the DNCH, which violated the Federal Interception of Communications Law. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research