Category «Government Documents»

Treasury Department Releases New Guidance on Health Savings Accounts

“The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today released Notice 2008-59, which provides employers and employees with a new set of formal questions and answers on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Since HSAs were created as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, Treasury and the IRS have issued a …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

President Bush rescinds North Korea's designation as a state sponsor of terror

President Bush Discusses North Korea: “The policy of the United States is a Korean Peninsula free of all nuclear weapons. This morning, we moved a step closer to that goal, when North Korean officials submitted a declaration of their nuclear programs to the Chinese government as part of the six-party talks…First, I’m issuing a proclamation …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Defense Production Act, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Individual Retirement Accounts, Peacekeeping

Defense Production Act: Agencies Lack Policies and Guidance for Use of Key Authorities, GAO-08-854, June 26, 2008 Critical Infrastructure Protection: Further Efforts Needed to Integrate Planning for and Response to Disruptions on Converged Voice and Data Networks, GAO-08-607, June 26, 2008 Individual Retirement Accounts: Government Actions Could Encourage More Employers to Offer IRAs to Employees, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Statutes at Large 109th Congress, 2nd Session Available Online

“The United States Statutes at Large, typically referred to as the Statutes at Large, is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress. The Statutes at Large is prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Every public and private …

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

Interior OIG Evaluation of Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program Highly Redacted

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) posted the PDF version: [Y-RR-FWS-0007-2007] Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) — Progress Evaluation of the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Endangered Species Program, that was released on June 25, 2008. This statement appears on the cover page, “Portions of this report have been redacted pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5) …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Worldwide Governance Indicators Show Some Countries Making Progress in Governance and in Fighting Corruption

News release: “This year’s updated version of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) compiled by World Bank researchers shows many developing country governments making important gains in control of corruption, and some of them matching rich country performance in overall governance measures…This year’s study is the seventh update of the WGI, a decade-long effort by the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

U.S. Copyright Office Releases New Technology to Process Applications Online

News release: “Handling about 550,000 copyright claims annually, the U.S. Copyright Office in the Library of Congress is making it much easier for the public to register and protect its collective creativity. On July 1, the Copyright Office will enter the next phase in the implementation of its multi-year business process re-engineering effort to modernize …

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

National Intelligence Assessment on the National Security Implications of Global Climate Change to 2030

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 25 June 2008. National Intelligence Assessment on the National Security Implications of Global Climate Change to 2030. Statement for the Record of Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. “We …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

EIA: Monthly Energy Review

Monthly Energy Review (06/25/2008): “EIA’s primary report of recent energy statistics: total energy production, consumption, and trade; energy prices; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and international petroleum; and data unit conversions. In the first quarter of 2008, total net imports of energy as a share of consumption in the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EIA: International Energy Outlook 2008

Report #:DOE/EIA-0484(2008) – Release Date: June 2008 “World marketed energy consumption is projected to increase by 57 percent from 2004 to 2030. Total energy demand in the non-OECD countries increases by 95 percent, compared with an increase of 24 percent in the OECD countries. In the IEO2008 reference case—which reflects a scenario where current laws …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Border Security, Deepwater Management and Oversight, Medicare Advantage Organizations, Risk Management

Border Security: State Department Expects to Meet Projected Surge in Demand for Visas and Passports in Mexico, GAO-08-931T, June 25, 2008 Coast Guard: Change in Course Improves Deepwater Management and Oversight, but Outcome Still Uncertain, GAO-08-745, June 24, 2008 Medicare Advantage Organizations: Actual Expenses and Profits Compared to Projections for 2005, GAO-08-827R, June 24, 2008 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents