Category «E-Government»

Statements of Administration Policy on House Consideration of Bills

OMB Statements of Administration Policy Index, 110th Congress First Session 01/11/07 HR 4 Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 01/11/07 House HR 3 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 01/11/07 House HR 2 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 (23k) 01/10/07 House HR 1 Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Global Integrity Index 2006

“The Global Integrity Index assesses the existence and effectiveness of anti-corruption mechanisms that promote public integrity. More than 290 discrete Integrity Indicators generate the Integrity Index and are organized into six key categories and twenty three sub-categories. Prepared by a lead researcher in the country and then blindly reviewed by additional in-country and external experts, …

Subjects: E-Government

Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade System

Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade System, January 11, 2007 (90 pages, PDF) “This report was prepared by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), in response to a September 27, 2006, request from Senators Bingaman, Landrieu, Murkowski, Specter, Salazar, and Lugar. The Senators requested that …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

HHS OIG Audits of Emergency Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Emergency Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Audit of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ Award Process for a Contract With MDB, Inc. (A-04-06-01036), January 11, 2007. Emergency Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Audit of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ Award Process for a Contract With Organization Development Systems, Inc. (A-04-06-01034), January 11, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Postal Service 2006 Annual Progress Report Available Online

Follow-up to January 10, 2007 posting, U.S. Postal Service: ‘Intelligent Mail’ Fully Operational by 2009, see today’s press release: “The U.S. Postal Service has achieved remarkable results and is better prepared than ever to help ensure a prosperous future for mail, according to a progress report on the organization’s transformation efforts. The 2006 Annual Progress …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Lantos Introduces Bill to Preserve Family Records of Descendants of Slaves

Press release, January 11, 2007: “Congressman Tom Lantos (D-San Mateo, San Francisco) today introduced legislation to ensure that many of the genealogical records involving the families of former slaves in this country will be preserved, digitized and catalogued…“Unlike most Americans, researching African-Americans family histories from the 19th Century has been hampered by the lack of …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

FirstGov is Now USA.gov

“In January 2007, FirstGov.gov announced that it changed its name to USA.gov. We did it because you asked us to. Feedback from the public told us that we need a name that is easier to understand and remember.” The FAQ is here. It includes the following important statement: “There are about 5 million links to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents