Category «Government Documents»

New GAO Reports: Defense Acquisitions, Dept. of Labor Performance, Federal Judgeships, Highway Safety

Defense Acquisitions: Timely and Accurate Estimates of Costs and Requirements Are Needed to Define Optimal Future Strategic Airlift Mix, GAO-09-50, November 21, 2008 Department of Labor: Better Cost Assessments and Departmentwide Performance Tracking Are Needed to Effectively Manage Competitive Sourcing Program, GAO-09-14, November 21, 2008 Federal Judgeships: General Accuracy of District and Appellate Judgeship Case-Related …

Subjects: Government Documents

New on LLRX.com: CongressLine: Presidential Patronage

CongressLine: Presidential Patronage – Paul Jenks’ commentary addresses the background of the scramble for thousands of presidentially appointed offices within the government that accompanies a new administration. The selection process has evolved over the past couple of hundred years and every position outside of the new presidents personal staff requires Senate approval.

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

DHS OIG: Maryland State Police Use of DHS Grants, DHS' Plan for Implementing Secure Systems of Transportation

OIG-09-04 – Letter Report: Maryland State Police Use of DHS Grants (PDF, 12 pages) New 11/21/2008 – “Since 2002, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has distributed more than $19 billion in preparedness grants to enhance the nations ability to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

President Bush Signs H.R. 6867 Into Law: On Friday, November 21, 2008, the President signed into law: H.R. 6867, the “Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008,” which extends Emergency Unemployment Compensation to 20 weeks, and creates a second tier of 13 weeks of compensation for individuals in States with high unemployment rates. Public Law 110-449 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

DOE IG: The Resolution of Significant Finding Investigation Recommendations

DOE OIG: The Resolution of Significant Finding Investigation Recommendations (U). This document is the unclassified memorandum attached to the classified report. November 2008. “Maintaining and enhancing the safety, reliability and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile is vital to national security. The Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Plan, issued annually by the President, directs the Department …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Forged in the Fire, Lessons Learned During Military Operations 1994-2008

Forged in the Fire – Lessons Learned During Military Operations (1994-2008), September 2008 “Judge Advocates have used these resources for over a decade and they continue to be in demand today. A recurring comment from the field, however, concerns the difficulty encountered when trying to research an issue on a specific topic such as claims, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Report on Challenges and Recommendations for United States Overhead Architecture

Report on Challenges and Recommendations for United States Overhead Architecture authored by the Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, Report 110914 “The Subcommittee produced this report to document the issues and challenges facing the development, acquisition, and execution of a space architecture to serve the demands of the U.S. Intelligence Community and DOD. This report …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information at DHS

Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive Personally Identifiable: Information at DHS, October 2008 (PDF, 19 pages): The DHS Privacy Office Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive PII at DHS applies to every DHS employee, contractor, detailee and consultant. The document sets minimum standards for how personnel should handle Sensitive PII in paper and electronic form during their everyday work …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

FDIC Loan Modification Program Guide "Mod in a Box"

“This guide provides an overview of the FDIC’s program to assist bankers, servicers, and investors in this process. It outlines FDIC program terms at IndyMac Federal Bank, offers insight into the specific portfolio characteristics that drive modification modeling at that bank, and provides a framework for developing and implementing a similar program at your institution. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

2008 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Annual Report

News release: “China relies on heavy-handed government control over its economy to maintain an export advantage over other countries. The result: China has amassed nearly $2 trillion in foreign exchange and has increasingly used its hoard to manipulate currency trading and diplomatic relations with other nations. These are among the concusions in the sixth Annual …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

National Intelligence Council Report – Global Trends 2025- A Transformed World

Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World, November 2008 – “We prepared Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World to stimulate strategic thinking about the future by identifying key trends, the factors that drive them, where they seem to be headed, and how they might interact. It uses scenarios to illustrate some of the many ways in …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Recent CRS Reports on the Financial Crisis

The U.S. Financial Crisis: The Global Dimension with Implications for U.S. Policy, November 18, 2008 Reporting Requirements in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, updated November 13, 2008 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and Current Financial Turmoil: Issues and Analysis, October 31, 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Preliminary Analysis of Oversight Provisions, October 31, …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Thank you!