Category «Government Documents»

New GAO Reports: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Aviation Security, DCAA Audits, Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Federal Real Property

Assessment of the Explanation That Immigration and Customs Enforcement Provided for Its Subsequent Transfer from the Spectrum Relocation Fund, GAO-08-846R, September 9, 2008 Aviation Security: TSA Is Enhancing Its Oversight of Air Carrier Efforts to Identify Passengers on the No Fly and Selectee Lists, but Expects Ultimate Solution to Be Implementation of Secure Flight, GAO-08-992, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Interior OIG Investigations of Minerals Management Service Employees

“This memorandum conveys the final results of three separate Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations into allegations against more than a dozen current and former Minerals Management Service (MMS) employees. In the case of one former employee, Jimmy Mayberry, he has already pled guilty to a criminal charge. The cases against former employees, Greg Smith …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CBO: Budgetary Issues Governing the Leasing of Oil and Gas Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf

Budgetary Issues Governing the Leasing of Oil and Gas Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf, September 10, 2008. Letter to the Honorable Nick J. Rahall II, Chairman – Committee on Natural Resources: “You asked for information about the budgetary implications of a recent administrative action and potential legislative changes in policies governing the leasing of …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Former 9/11 Commissioners Release New WMD Terror Report Card

Advisory Board members and former 9/11 Commissioners Lee Hamilton and Slade Gorton announce Partnership for a Secure America’s new WMD Terror Report Card: “A nuclear, chemical or biological weapon in the hands of terrorists remains the single greatest threat to our nation.” To view the full WMD Report Card click here. To view the Nuclear …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Doing Business 2009: Comparing Regulation in 181 Countries

World Bank Doing Business Project: “For the fifth year in a row Eastern Europe and Central Asia led the world in Doing Business reforms. Twenty-six of the regions 28 economies implemented a total of 69 reforms. Since 2004 Doing Business has been tracking reforms aimed at simplifying business regulations, strengthening property rights, opening up access …

Subjects: Government Documents

UN Trade and Development Report 2008: Commodity prices, capital flows and the financing of investment

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development – Trade and Development Report 2008: Commodity prices, capital flows and the financing of investment, September 4, 2008 (234 pages, PDF) “The Trade and Development Report 2008, subtitled “Commodity Prices, Capital Flows and the Financing of Investment highlights the paradox that the capital poor developing world is exporting …

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Aviation Security, Bureau of Indian Education, Labs That Test Voting Systems

Aviation Security: TSA Is Enhancing Its Oversight of Air Carrier Efforts to Screen Passengers against Terrorist Watch-List Records, but Expects Ultimate Solution to Be Implementation of Secure Flight, GAO-08-1136T, September 9, 2008 Bureau of Indian Education: Improving Interior’s Assistance Would Aid Tribal Groups Developing Academic Accountability Systems, GAO-08-1125T, September 9, 2008 Elections: Federal Programs for …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, September 2008

The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, September 2008 – “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the deficit for 2008 will be substantially higher than it was in 2007, rising from $161 billion last year to $407 billion this year. Furthermore, CBOs projections indicate that if current laws and policies remain in place, deficits …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Homeland Security Cmte. Report Examines Administration's Performance on Requirements in Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007

“Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced the release of a report prepared by the Majority Staffs of the Committees on Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs. The report, entitled Wasted Lessons of 9/11: How the Bush Administration Has Ignored the Law and Squandered Its Opportunities to Make our Country Safer, examines the …

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

National Security Archive and Historians Secure Long Secret Rosenberg Grand Jury Testimony

News release: “More than 50 years after the historic but controversial execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were convicted of atomic espionage, the U.S. government this Thursday, September 11, is expected to make public long shrouded grand jury testimony from its prosecution of the Rosenbergs, which will be the subject of a press briefing …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Bear Stearns and EMC Mortgage to Pay $28 Million to Settle FTC Charges of Unlawful Mortgage Servicing and Debt Collection Practices

News release: “The Bear Stearns Companies, LLC and its subsidiary, EMC Mortgage Corporation, have agreed to pay $28 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they engaged in unlawful practices in servicing consumers home mortgage loans. The companies allegedly misrepresented the amounts borrowers owed, charged unauthorized fees, such as late fees, property inspection fees, …

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

Treatment of Agency Records Maintained For an Agency By a Government Contractor for Purposes of Records Management

DOJ FOIA Post: “In light of Section 9 [Section 9 amends 5 U.S.C. § 552(f), the definitions provision of the FOIA, by including in the definition of record any information maintained for an agency by an entity under Government contract, for the purposes of records management. This provision makes clear that records, in the possession …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

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