Category «E-Government»

Election Assistance Commission Provides Spanish Language Glossary of Election Terms

Press release: “The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today voted to adopt a glossary that provides a translation of key election terms from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English. The glossary is available at www.eac.gov and EAC will distribute copies to jurisdictions throughout the nation.” Spanish Language Glossary of Election Terms Glossary of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System

Press release: “The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 required the Attorney General to establish the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). This name check system is utilized by Federal Firearms Licensees to conduct background checks on potential buyers of firearms or explosives. The purpose of the background check is to ensure national …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

PBS Reports on Security versus Liberty: America at a Crossroads

“Following 9/11, the U.S. government adopted some controversial new tactics intended to prevent future terrorist attacks, including warrantless eavesdropping on Americans’ phone calls, secret demands for records under the Patriot Act, and FBI sting operations against people thought to be potential terrorists. The Bush Administration contends these tactics have helped to save American lives, but …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Libraries, Patriot Act

HHS Report on Abstinence Education Programs

Impacts of Four Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs, Final Report, April 2007 by: Christopher Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, Ken Fortson, Lisa Quay, Justin Wheeler, and Melissa Clark, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Contract No.: HHS 100-98-0010 MPR Reference No.: 8549-110 Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

USA.gov Launches Redesigned Site

Follow up to January 11, 2007 posting, FirstGov is Now USA.gov, today USA.gov relaunched with a new design, navigation and accessibility platform that significantly enhances user interface with the site. The site maintains a red, white a blue theme, with topical tabs running across the top of each page [For Citizens, For Business and Nonprofits, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Report Card for the First Quarter

House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Report Card for the First Quarter, April 19, 2007. Press release: “Today, Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Bob Filner (D-CA) announced an ambitious agenda focused on providing funds for the warrior, reaching out to American’s veterans and providing Congressional oversight with results. In the first 100 days of the …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Legislation

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Crime and the Nation's Households, 2005

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Crime and the Nation’s Households, 2005 – “Presents information on households or persons in households who experienced one or more violent or property victimizations in 2005. Measuring crime by counting the affected households gives an understanding of whether crime is concentrated in fewer households or spread among more households in the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ OIG Reports on Equitable Sharing Grants and Justice Program Grants

Use of Equitable Sharing Revenues by the Boulder County Drug Task Force Boulder, Colorado, Audit Report GR-60-07-003, April 2007 Use of Equitable Sharing Assets by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Audit Report GR-70-07-003, March 2007 Office of Justice Programs Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative Funding Received by the Yuma County Attorney’s Office, Yuma, Arizona, Audit Report …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents