Category «E-Government»

Federal Reserve Releases Beige Book

Federal Reserve Beige Book July 26, 2006 – summary includes links to data on individual districts. “Reports from all twelve Federal Reserve Districts generally indicated continued economic growth during June through mid-July, with numerous individual reports pointing to evidence that the pace of growth has slowed. Several Districts characterized the overall pace of economic growth …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

House Passes 21st Century Emergency Communications Act of 2006

Fact Sheet on H.R. 5852 Committee on Homeland Security: “Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 5852, The 21st Century Emergency Communications Act of 2006. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Reps. Dave Reichert (WA) and Bill Pascrell (NJ) originally part of the Committee on Homeland Security’s Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned legislation, takes the necessary …

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

GAO Reports Spotlight Lack of Controls on Public Access to Sensitive Military Equipment

DOD Excess Property: Control Breakdowns Present Significant Security Risk and Continuing Waste and Inefficiency, Full-text GAO-06-981T, and Highlights, July 25, 2006 DOD Excess Property: Control Breakdowns Present Significant Security Risk and Continuing Waste and Inefficiency, Full-text GAO-06-943, and Highlights, July 25, 2006: “GAO investigators posing as private citizens purchased several sensitive military equipment items from …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Letter Report on Electronic Voting

Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB Letter Report on Electronic Voting, July 2006 (Download the 13 page report from this page). “Many jurisdictions will face unprecedented challenges as they prepare to use new electronic voting equipment for the November 2006 elections. Because it will be the first time electronic voting is used on a large …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DHS IG Audit of Customs and Border Protection Biometric Program

Review of CPB Actions Taken to Intercept Suspected Terrorists at U.S. Ports of Entry (PDF, 11 Pages), July 25, 2006. “We reviewed the procedures employed by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to prevent known and suspected terrorists from entering the United States through the country’s 324 air, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Digital Governance in Municipalities Survey

“The survey, Digital Governance in Municipalities Worldwide – 2005 (110 pages PDF), was conducted by the E-Governance Institute of Rutgers University-Newark and the Global e-Policy e-Government Institute of the Graduate School of Governance, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. It was co-sponsored by the United Nations Division of Public Administration and Development Management and the American Society for …

Subjects: E-Government

World Trade Organization Negotiations and Related Reports

CRS Report – World Trade Organization Negotiations: The Doha Development Agenda, updated July 10, 2006 (21 pages, PDF) Doha Development Agenda (DDA) – Fact Sheet – USTR, July 24, 2006 WTO World Trade Report focuses on subsidies: “Government subsidies can be useful instruments in correcting market failures and working towards social objectives but can also …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents