Category «Government Documents»

SIGIR Audit: Interim Report on Efforts and Further Actions Needed to Implement a Financial Management System in Iraq

Interim Report [Number 08-001] on Efforts and Further Actions Needed to Implement a Financial Management System in Iraq, October 24, 2007 “This report discusses a contract between the U.S. Agency for International Development and Bearing Point, Inc. for a broad range of tasks related to economic and financial reforms for Iraq. One of the task …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ OIG Statement – Senate Hearing on Building an Effective Terrorist Screening System

Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs concerning Watching the Watchlist: Building an Effective Terrorist Screening System, October 24, 2007. Available in either PDF or HTML. Related government documents: Press release: “Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn, …

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

New GAO Reports: CFTC, VA and DOD Medical Info Sharing, Private Pensions, Secure Border Initiative

Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Trends in Energy Derivatives Markets Raise Questions about CFTC’s Oversight, GAO-08-174T, October 24, 2007 Information Technology: VA and DOD Continue to Expand Sharing of Medical Information, but Still Lack Comprehensive Electronic Medical Records, GAO-08-207T, October 24, 2007 Measuring Our Nation’s Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability: Highlights of a Forum Jointly Convened …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Climate Science Watch Posts Draft CDC Testimony Edited Prior to Delivery

Government Accountability Project (GAP): “The White House is coming under fire for “watering down” Senate testimony from the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention delivered yesterday regarding the impact climate change is having on public health. Climate Science Watch, a GAP program focused on holding public officials accountable for the ways climate …

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

SIGIR Audit: Controls Over Unliquidated Obligations in the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Audit: Controls Over Unliquidated Obligations in the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, October 23, 2007 (33 pages, PDF) “This report was to determine the amount of IRRF unliquidated obligations retained by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development and whether …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

OMB Report Shows Agencies Significantly Improved Management of IT Investments

OMB, October 22, 2007: “Agencies are more effectively managing their Information Technology investments, according to a report released today by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). According to the updated information on the Management Watch List and High Risk List, Federal agencies have shown progress in planning, managing, and monitoring their IT investments.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

National Personnel Records Center Opens more than Six Million New Military Personnel Files

Press release: “The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC website) will open for the first time all of the individual Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) of Army, Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard military personnel who served and were discharged, retired or died while in the service, prior to 1946. …

Subjects: Government Documents