Category «Government Documents»

DHS OIG: U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team Makes Progress in Securing Cyberspace, but Challenges Remain

U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team Makes Progress in Securing Cyberspace, but Challenges Remain, OIG-10-94, June 2010 “This report addresses the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Teams (US-CERT) efforts to coordinate national cyber analyses and warnings against and response to attacks within the nations critical infrastructure…US-CERT is hindered in its ability to provide an effective analysis and …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents

World Health Organization Model Formulary for Children provides information on how to use over 240 essential medicines

News release: “The first ever WHO Model Formulary for Children released by the WHO provides information on how to use over 240 essential medicines for treating illness and disease in children from 0 to 12 years of age. This means that for the first time medical practitioners worldwide have access to standardized information on the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Hired Guns: Views About Armed Contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Hired Guns – Views About Armed Contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom, by Sarah K. Cotton, Ulrich Petersohn, Molly Dunigan, Q Burkhart, Megan Zander-Cotugno, Edward O’Connell, Michael Webber “The use of armed private security contractors (PSCs) in the Iraq war has been unprecedented. Not only government agencies but also journalists, reconstruction contractors, and nongovernmental organizations frequently …

Subjects: Government Documents

NIH: Vitamin D Status is Not Associated with Risk for Less Common Cancers

News release: “Despite hopes that higher blood levels of vitamin D might reduce cancer risk, a large study finds no protective effect against non-Hodgkin lymphoma or cancer of the endometrium, esophagus, stomach, kidney, ovary, or pancreas. In this study, carried out by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of …

Subjects: Government Documents

Sunlight Foundation Showcases Best Redesigned .Gov Sites and How A Bill Becomes a Law

“The Design for America contest led to the most compelling, interesting visualizations of any of our contests. With about 72 entries, the design community stepped up and showed amazing ways for us to view government and imagine new ways for government to serve citizens. [The winners are here] The category most illustrative of how government …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

HHS: Changing Substance Abuse Patterns among Older Admissions: 1992 and 2008

The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Report, Changing Substance Abuse Patterns among Older Admissions: 1992 and 2008 “Treatment admissions aged 50 or older increased from 6.6 percent of all admissions 12 years of age or older in 1992 to 12.2 percent in 2008. Between 1992 and 2008, the proportion of older admissions that reported primary …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

UNODC report: International criminal markets have become major centres of power

News release: “A report released by UN Office on Drugs and Crime shows how organized crime has globalized and turned into one of the world’s foremost economic and armed powers. The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment, released at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York, looks at major trafficking flows …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Government Documents, Legal Research

More State AGs Launch Investigations into Google Street View

Follow up to Several State Attorneys General Announce Probes of Google Wireless Data Collection, an update via EPIC: “Several state attorneys general have opened investigations of Google, following disclosures that the company captured and stored Wi-Fi data in addition to digital images. These states include Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Missouri. Maryland and New York …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

FBI Posts Edward Ted M Kennedy's File

News release includes links to referenced documents: “Edward Ted Moore Kennedy served as U.S. senator for the state of Massachusetts from November 7, 1962 until his death. He was a long-time leader in the Democratic Party and candidate for that partys presidential nomination. During his senate tenure, Kennedy served in several senior leadership positions, including …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

American Banker: Bank Regulators to Discourage Reliance on Rating Agencies

Bank Regulators to Discourage Reliance on Rating Agencies, American Banker, Friday, June 18, 2010 – By Jeff Horwitz: “The big three credit rating agencies have long made the disclaimer that investors should not use ratings as a substitute for independent judgment. Now regulators want banks to prove they aren’t doing that. Regulators told American Banker …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: High Speed Rail, hallenges of Managing Electronic Records, Oil and Gas Management, Secure Border Initiative

High Speed Rail: Learning From Service Start-ups, Prospects for Increased Industry Investment, and Federal Oversight Plan, GAO-10-625, June 17, 2010 Information Management: The Challenges of Managing Electronic Records, GAO-10-838T, June 17, 2010 Oil and Gas Management: Key Elements to Consider for Providing Assurance of Effective Independent Oversight, GAO-10-852T, June 17, 2010 Secure Border Initiative: DHS …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

White House: Ending Lobbyist Appointments to Agency Boards and Commissions

News release: “For too long, lobbyists have wielded disproportionate influence in Washington. Its one thing for lobbyists to represent their clients interests in petitions to the government, but its quite another, and not appropriate, for lobbyists to hold privileged positions could enable them to advocate for their clients from within the government. It was for …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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