Category «Government Documents»

New GAO Reports: Combating Terrorism, Rebuilding Iraq, Veterans Affairs

Combating Terrorism: Actions Needed to Enhance Implementation of Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership, GAO-08-860, July 31, 2008 Information Technology: Agencies Need to Establish Comprehensive Policies to Address Changes to Projects’ Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals, GAO-08-925, July 31, 2008 Rebuilding Iraq: DOD and State Department Have Improved Oversight and Coordination of Private Security Contractors in Iraq, but …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOD National Defense Strategy 2008

Department of Defense, 2008 National Defense Strategy: “The NDS describes our overarching goals and strategy. It outlines how DoD will support the objectives outlined in the NSS, including the need to strengthen alliances and build new partnerships to defeat global terrorism and prevent attacks against us, our allies, and our friends; prevent our enemies from …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

SEC, Labor Department Enhance Efforts to Protect Retirement Savings and Investments

News release: “Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox and U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today agreed to make permanent their agencies’ longstanding relationship of sharing information on retirement and investments to protect the $5.8 trillion in retirement assets of American workers, retirees and their families held in employee benefit plans by signing …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DHS – National Emergency Communications Plan Released

News release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released today the National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) to address gaps and determine solutions so that emergency response personnel at all levels of government and across all disciplines can communicate as needed, on demand, and as authorized. The NECP is the nation’s first strategic plan to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Airline Industry, Ballistic Missile Defense, Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual

African American Children in Foster Care: HHS and Congressional Actions Could Help Reduce Proportion in Care, GAO-08-1064T, July 31, 2008 Airline Industry: Potential Mergers and Acquisitions Driven by Financial and Competitive Pressures, GAO-08-845, July 31, 2008 Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Process for Identifying and Addressing Combatant Command Priorities, GAO-08-740, July 31, 2008 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

House Approves Consumer Product Safety Legislation

News release: “The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the Conference Report on H.R. 4040 the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act under suspension of the rules…This conference report represents the most significant overhaul of U.S. consumer product safety laws since the creation of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, said House Committee on Energy and Commerce …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legislation

SEC Provides Guidance to Open Up Use of Corporate Web Sites for Disclosures to Investors

News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to provide new guidance to public companies about how to comply with the securities laws while developing their Web sites to serve as an effective means for disseminating important information to investors.” Speech by SEC Staff: Commission Guidance on the Use of Company Web Sites …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

President Bush Signs Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 Into Law

Follow up to Senate Passes American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, from the White House July 30, 2008 as the President signed the bill: “The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which authorizes the Department of the Treasury to purchase obligations of housing Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs); reforms the regulatory supervision …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

New GAO Reports: Post-Government Employment Restrictions and Foreign Agent Registration, Veterans Affairs, Food Stamp Program

Post-Government Employment Restrictions and Foreign Agent Registration: Additional Action Needed to Enhance Implementation of Requirements, GAO-08-855, July 30, 2008 Examples of Job Hopping by Commercial Drivers After Failing Drug Tests, GAO-08-829R, June 30, 2008 Veterans Affairs: Health Information System Modernization Far from Complete; Improved Project Planning and Oversight Needed, GAO-08-805, June 30, 2008 Food Stamp …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Politicized Hiring at the Department of Justice

Follow up to July 28, 2008 Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica Goodling and Other Staff in the Office of the Attorney General, the Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing concerning Politicized Hiring at the Department of Justice, July 30, …

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

FTC Report Sheds New Light on Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents

News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a study on food marketing to children and adolescents. The report, Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation [see also Appendices A-F], finds that 44 major food and beverage marketers spent $1.6 billion to promote their products …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Marketing

NASA and Internet Archive Launch Historical Online Library of Images, Video, Audio

NASA Images is a service of Internet Archive, a non-profit library, to offer public access to NASA’s images, videos and audio collections. NASA Images is constantly growing with the addition of current media from NASA as well as newly digitized media from the archives of the NASA Centers. The goal of NASA Images is to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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