Category «Government Documents»

New on LLRX.com for July 2007

Documents, Leaks and the Boundaries of Expression, by Susan Nevelow Mart Librarians as Change Agents, by Mary Alice Baish Scanning and OCR with Acrobat 8, by Rick Borstein Guide to Short Form Open Access Legal Publications, by Ken Strutin Elder Resources on the Internet, by Marcus P. Zillman Gay/Lesbian Law Pathfinder, by Mark Plotkin The …

Subjects: Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

DOJ OIG Reports on Office of Justice Programs Grants and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Grants

Office of Justice Programs Grants Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant No. 2001-IP-BX-0002, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Scottsdale, Arizona, Audit Report GR-60-07-005, June 2007 (Executive Summary Only) Violence Against Women Grants Administered by Anishinabe Legal Services, Inc., Cass Lake, Minnesota, Audit Report GR-50-07-004, June 2007 (Executive Summary Only) Forensic Casework DNA …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Present Law And Background Information Relating to Financing of Airport And Airway Trust Fund And Airports

“In connection with a hearing scheduled by the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the House Committee on Ways and Means for August 1, 2007, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Present Law And Background Information Relating To Financing Of The Airport And Airway Trust Fund And Airports (JCX-58-07).”

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Special IG for Iraq Reconstruction Fact Sheet on Sources and Uses of U.S. Funding Provided in FY 2006

Fact Sheet on Sources and Uses of U.S. Funding Provided in Fiscal Year 2006 for Iraq Relief and Reconstruction, July 27, 2007 (52 pages, PDF). See also the following recent SIGIR reports: Fact Sheet on the Roles and Responsibilities of U.S. Government Organizations Conducting IRRF-funded Reconstruction Activities, July 26, 2007, (63 pages, PDF) Status of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Fourth Climate Action Report to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

“The fourth CAR provides an update on key activities conducted by the U.S. since the third CAR, an inventory of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and sinks, an estimate of the effects of mitigation measures and policies on future emissions levels, and a description of U.S. leadership and involvement in international programs, including associated contributions and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

NASA Findings of Astronaut Health Reviews

Press release: “NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale said the agency is moving forward to implement many of the recommendations contained in two studies released Friday about astronaut health and behavioral assessments. The two reviews were made public prior to a news conference in Washington, five months after the agency requested that an independent external committee …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOT OIG Report: Baseline Report on Major Project Monitoring of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project

Baseline Report on Major Project Monitoring of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, July 27, 2007. “On Jul 27, 2007, we issued our baseline report resulting from our initial monitoring of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. The objectives of the monitoring were to (1) assess the status of the project, including costs, funding, and schedule and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: DOD Business Transformation, Federal Timber Sales, Info Security, Public Transport Projects

DOD Business Transformation: Lack of an Integrated Strategy Puts the Army’s Asset Visibility System Investments at Risk, GAO-07-860, July 27, 2007 Federal Timber Sales: Forest Service Could Improve Efficiency of Field-Level Timber Sales Management by Maintaining More Detailed Data, GAO-07-764, June 27, 2007 Government Auditing Standards: July 2007 Revision, GAO-07-731G, July 2, 2007 Information Management: …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New Report Details International Assistance Offers in Wake of Hurricane Katrina

Press release: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released the most comprehensive matrix available to date detailing all offers of assistance from around the world in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. CREW’s matrix is based on 25,000 Department of State (DOS) documents it received as a result of a lawsuit filed …

Subjects: Government Documents