Category «Government Documents»

Recent SIGR Reports: Iraq Reconstruction Project Terminations, -Building Strategy for Iraq, Data on Iraqi Security Forces

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction 09-004 Iraq Reconstruction Project Terminations Represent a Range of Actions, October 27, 2008: “As of June 2008, SIGIR identified 1,262 DoD Iraq reconstruction projects that have been terminated, including 732 for the convenience of the government, and 530 for default on the part of the contractor. These terminated projects …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FBI Releases 2007 Hate Crime Statistics

News release: “Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released statistics which indicated that 7,624 criminal incidents involving 9,006 offenses were reported in 2007 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Hate Crime Statistics, 2007, published by the FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting Program, includes …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents

Preparing for Our Common Future: Policy Choices and the Economics of Climate Change

Preparing for Our Common Future: Policy Choices and the Economics of Climate Change, October 2008. CBO Director Peter Orszag’s presentation for the Goldman Lecture in Economics, Wellesley College. “Global climate change represents one of our most serious long-term risks.” Related postings on climate change

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOI Draft Regulations: Implementing Interagency Cooperation Under the Endangered Species Act

News release: “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service today announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment that analyzes a limited set of proposed revisions to regulations that apply to interagency consultation procedures under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. The Services are seeking public review and comment …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Export Controls, Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative

Export Controls: Challenges with Commerce’s Validated End-User Program May Limit Its Ability to Ensure That Semiconductor Equipment Exported to China Is Used as Intended, GAO-08-1095, September 25, 2008 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative: Further Progress Is Needed in Developing a Risk-Based Monitoring Approach to Help HHS Improve Program Oversight, GAO-08-1002, September 26, 2008

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report: Depressed Economy Wallops States

Depressed economy wallops states, By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer “Staggered by turbulent financial markets and anxious about a rapidly slumping economy, many state governments are slashing their budgets, frantically trying to stay afloat. After two years free of major fiscal worries, state policymakers in 2008 were hit by a triple-whammy: a Wall Street …

Subjects: Government Documents

New from OMB: Protecting Protecting American Taxpayers From Government Spending on Wasteful Earmarks, IT Governance, Spectrum Relocation

M-09-03, Guidance on implementing P.L. No. 110-329 in accordance with Executive Order 13457 on Protecting American Taxpayers From Government Spending on Wasteful Earmarks (October 23, 2008) M-09-02, Information Technology Management Structure and Governance Framework: “Organizational Structure and Reporting Relationships of IT Executives and Senior Managers – A. The Department or Agency has a designated executive-level …

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

DOT: New August Data Show Americans Drove 15 Billion Fewer Miles than a Year Ago

News release: “New federal data show Americans are continuing a 10-month-long decline in driving habits, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters announced… The decline is putting new pressure on the way road, bridge and transit projects are funded at a time of record growth in transit ridership, showing the need for a new approach for …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Reversal of Fortune: A New Look at Concentrated Poverty in the 2000s

“The Federal Reserve System and its 12 member banks partnered with the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program to produce a new, in-depth look at concentrated poverty in America. The two-year study, The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America – Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S., October 2008, profiles 16 high-poverty communities across the United …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Committee Holds Hearing on the the Role of Federal Regulators in the Financial Crisis

“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held holding a hearing titled, The Financial Crisis and the Role of Federal Regulators on, Thursday, October 23, 2008. The hearing examined the roles and responsibilities of federal regulators in the current financial crisis. A preliminary hearing transcript (201 pages, PDF) is available for download.” “Chairman Waxman: “Our …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

DHS Privacy Office Annual Report Annual Privacy Report to Congress, July 2007 to July 2008

DHS Privacy Office Annual Report Annual Privacy Report to Congress, July 2007 to July 2008 (100 pages, PDF)

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

World Economic Forum's Latest Report Focuses on How Financial Turmoil Will Affect Real Economy

News release: The World Economic Forums Global Risk Network launched today a new edition of its Europe@Risk – A Global Risk Network Briefing, which is published ahead of the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia (Istanbul, Turkey, 30 October – 1 November 2008). The report examines the global risks most pertinent to Europe, …

Subjects: Government Documents

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