Category «Government Documents»

National Infrastructure Advisory Council: Insider Threat to Critical Infrastructures Report and Recommendations

Transmittal Letter: “The insider threat to critical infrastructures constitutes a real and significant threat because of the potential a trusted insider has to inflict serious damage, including cascading and cross-sector effects and economic interruptions from critical infrastructure service losses. While many critical infrastructure operators have programs or measures in place addressing this threat to some …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, PC Security

HHS OIG: Medical Review of Claims for the Fiscal Year 2006 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Program

Medical Review of Claims for the Fiscal Year 2006 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Program, August 22, 2008 | Audit A-01-07-00508 Executive Summary: “In two reviews of beneficiaries’ medical records, KePRO, an independent medical review contractor, identified errors in claims for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DME) that the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers

Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers “focuses on the phenomena of electronic aggression. Electronic aggression is defined as any kind of harassment or bullying that occurs through email, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, blogs, or text messaging. The brief summarizes what is known about young people and electronic …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

Library of Congress Country Profile – Afghanistan

Library of Congress Federal Research Division Country Profile: Afghanistan, August 2008

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CDT: Limits Needed On DHS Border Crossing and Driver Information Databases

CDT: “In comments filed with the Department of Homeland Security today, CDT highlighted privacy concerns implicated by DHS’ new system of databases to record personal information and border crossing history. CDT called on DHS to reduce the 15-year period for retaining records of the date, time and place an American re-enters the United States at …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Hurricane Katrina, Medicare Part D

Hurricane Katrina: Continuing Debris Removal and Disposal Issues, GAO-08-985R, August 25, 2008 Medicare Part D: Some Plan Sponsors Have Not Completely Implemented Fraud and Abuse Programs, and CMS Oversight Has Been Limited, GAO-08-760, July 21, 2008

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FBI Innocence Lost National Initiative

“In June 2003, the FBI in conjunction with the Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children launched the Innocence Lost National Initiative. Their combined efforts were aimed at addressing the growing problem of domestic sex trafficking of children in the United States. In the five …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New on LLRX.com: The Government Domain: Back to School for Constitution Day 2008

The Government Domain: Back to School for Constitution Day 2008 – E-gov expert Peggy Garvin guides researchers, educators and librarians to key online resources available for teaching, training and educational activities associated with the September 17, 2008 celebration of Constitution Day in the United States.

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Libraries

Beyond Ideology, Politics, and Guesswork: The Case for Evidence-Based Policy

Urban Institute: “U.S. public policy has increasingly been conceived, debated, and evaluated through the lenses of politics and ideology. The fundamental questionWill the policy work?too often gets short shrift or even ignored. A remedy is evidence-based policya rigourous approach that draws on careful data collection, experimentation, and both quantitative and qualitative analysis to determine what …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Gannett News Service Survey of 9,000 Public Library Systems Nationwide

“Gannett News Service compiled 2002 data from the National Center for Education Statistics on more than 9,000 public library systems nationwide. To make a five-year comparison, GNS also obtained 2006 data from each state and the District of Columbia that were not available from NCES. The federal government requires states to report library information in …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Department of Labor initiative aids employment of veterans with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder

News release: “The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a new online resource to help employers in their employment of veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), two increasingly common battlefield conditions. The new America’s Heroes at Work Web site provides information about TBI and PTSD as well as tools and …

Subjects: Government Documents

The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap: Costs and Consequences in 2007

Kaiser Family Foundation: “This study quantifies, for the first time, the number of Medicare Part D plan enrollees in 2007 who reached a gap in their prescription drug coverage known as the “doughnut hole,” as well as the changes in beneficiaries’ use of medications and out-of-pocket spending after they reached that gap. The analysis excludes …

Subjects: Government Documents

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