USGS WaterWatch
Current water resources conditions – Map of real-time streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the day of the year (United States).
Category «E-Government»
Summaries of Competitive Food Defense Research Reports, 2005
Summaries of Competitive Food Defense Research Reports, 2005 – released June 2006. “Following the conduct of vulnerability assessments with industry on a variety of foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration a number of research questions were generated. The commodities evaluated were dairy products, fruit juices, bottled water, water used for food processing, and …
GAO Report Critical of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oversight
GAO Report released July 3, 2006 – Medicaid Financial Management: Steps Taken to Improve Federal Oversight but Other Actions Needed to Sustain Efforts, Full-text GAO-06-705, and Highlights, June 22, 2006.
All 50 States Linked to DOJ National Sex Offender Public Registry Site
DOJ press release, July 3, 2006: “All 50 states are now participating in the National Sex Offender Public Registry (NSOPR) Web site, the Justice Department announced today. South Dakota and Oregon have now been added to the Web site, which provides real-time access to public sex offender data nationwide with a single Internet search. The …
Air Force Funds Blog Study
“The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has begun funding a new research area that includes a study of blogs. Blog research may provide information analysts and warfighters with invaluable help in fighting the war on terrorism. Drs. Brian Ulicny, senior scientist, and Mieczyslaw Kokar, president, Versatile Information Systems Inc., Framingham, Mass., will receive approximately …
GAO Reports Address Government Document Classification
Managing Sensitive Information: Actions Needed to Ensure Recent Changes in DOE Oversight Do Not Weaken an Effective Classification System, Full-text GAO-06-785, and Highlights, June 30, 2006: “DOE’s Office of Classification’s systematic training, comprehensive guidance, and rigorous oversight programs had a largely successful history of ensuring that information was classified and declassified according to established criteria. …
Consumer Protection Safety Commission Video Clips
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) video clips, along with press releases and transcripts. [Michael Ravnitzky]
SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure Website
“You can search for an investment adviser firm on this website and view that firms Form ADV. Investment advisers file Form ADV to register with the SEC and/or the states. Form ADV contains information about an investment adviser and its business operations. Form ADV also contains disclosure about certain disciplinary events involving the adviser and …
Database of Domestic Calls Compiled by NSA Without Complete Telecom Cooperation
USAToday.com: “Members of the House and Senate intelligence committees confirm that the National Security Agency has compiled a massive database of domestic phone call records. But some lawmakers also say that cooperation by the nation’s telecommunication companies was not as extensive as first reported by USA TODAY on May 11.” BellSouth Statement on Governmental Data …
OSHA Launches New Safety and Health Topics Page
Press release: “The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently launched a new topics page on its Web site aimed at assisting employers and employees with information on OSHA workplace standards for steel product manufacturing. Basic Steel Products, a new Safety and Health topic, is a product of Alliances with The Steel Group and the …
Report On Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities
Treasury: “The final results from the annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at end-June 2005 are released today and posted on the U.S. Treasury web site. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.” …
Senate Report on DHS Appropriations Bill
Senate Report 109-273 – Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (127 pages, PDF), June 29. 2006
