DHS OIG Audit on Coast Guard National Security Cutter
Acquisition of the National Security Cutter, U.S. Goast Guard, OIG-07-23 (PDF, 139 pages), January 29, 2007.
Category «E-Government»
GAO Report Highlights Need for Increased Recycling Efforts
Follow up to previous postings on e-waste, see this GAO report, released today: Recycling: Additional Efforts Could Increase Municipal Recycling, Full text GAO-07-37, and Highlights, December 29, 2006. “Although recycling can generate environmental and economic benefits, the national recycling rate has increased only slightly since 2000, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). While local …
Homeland Security Committee Agenda for 110th Congress
Press release: “Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, delivered a roll out address at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute. The address, entitled “The Real Deal for Homeland Security, laid out his agenda for the 110th Congress.”
NRC Approves Final Rule Amending Security Requirements
Press release: “The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved a final rule that enhances its security regulations governing the design basis threat (DBT) the latest in a series of actions addressing security at nuclear power plants. This rule, the first of several planned rules related to security, imposes generic security requirements similar to those …
GAO Report on Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief: Prevention Is the Key to Minimizing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Recovery Efforts, Full-text GAO-07-418T, and Highlights, January 29, 2007. Related postings on hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Investment Bank and Securities Dealing Receipts Up 25 Percent
Investment Bank and Securities Dealing Receipts Up 25 Percent, Census Bureau Reports: “Revenue in the investment banking and securities dealing industry reached $158.9 billion in 2005, a 25 percent increase from $127.3 billion in 2004, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This industry is rebounding from two years of declining …
Defense Science Board Task Force on Critical Homeland Security Infrastructure Protection
Department of Defense’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics – Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Critical Homeland Security Infrastructure Protection (45 pages, PDF).
DOJ OIG Report on US AG Critical Incident Response Plans
Follow-up Review of the Critical Incident Response Plans of the United States Attorneys’ Offices, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2007-001, January 2007 (Full Report, 87 pages, PDF), issued January 26, 2007.
FTC Issues Annual Financial Acts Enforcement Report to Federal Reserve
Text of the Commission Report, released January 26, 2007: Enforcement Activities of the Federal Trade Commission Under the Truth In Lending Act, the Consumer Leasing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act During 2006
DHS Posts Annual Report on Congress After Delay
Follow up to November 20, 2006 posting, DHS Privacy Office Annual Report to Congress Released After One Year Delay [EPIC posted the report] – note that this report has now been posted to the DHS Privacy Office website: Annual Privacy Report to Congress, July 2004 to July 2006 (PDF, 38 pages).
Federal Chief Information Officer Council Strategic Plan FY 2007-2009
Federal Chief Information Officer Council Strategic Plan FY 2007-2009 (28 pages, PDF), January 17, 2007. “The CIO Council works to improve agency practices related to the acquisition, modernization, use, sharing, and performance of Federal government information resources.”
DOD OIG Report on Defense Base Closure Regarding Cecil Field
Department of Defense Inspector General’s Report No. D-2007-051 on the “2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission’s Report Recommendation #193 Regarding Cecil Field, Florida”, released January 25, 2007.
