Category «Government Documents»

New GAO Reports: Environmental Satellite Acquisitions, Retirement Decisions, DOD's High-Risk Areas, Unmanned Aircraft Systems,

Defense Logistics: Efforts to Improve Distribution and Supply Support for Joint Military Operations Could Benefit from a Coordinated Management Approach, GAO-07-807, June 29, 2007 DOD’s High-Risk Areas: Efforts to Improve Supply Chain Can Be Enhanced by Linkage to Outcomes, Progress in Transforming Business Operations, and Reexamination of Logistics Governance and Strategy, GAO-07-1064T, July 10, 2007 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EEOC Amends Age Bias Regulations To Conform With Supreme Court Ruling

Press release: “The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued revised regulations on age discrimination in the workplace in accordance with a 2004 Supreme Court decision, General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline. The updated regulations, published in [July 6, 2007] Federal Register. The revised regulations clarify that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act …

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

White House Claims Executive Privilege as Congressional Investigation into U.S. Attorney Firings Continues

Press release: “The White House sent a letter [July 9, 2007] to Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) reiterating its assertion of executive privilege in response to congressional subpoenas, but declining to provide a complete basis for its assertion. Chairman Leahys comment on the letter.” Attorney for former White House counsel Harriet Miers states in …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

Government Oversight Committee Hearing on the Surgeon General's Vital Mission

“On Tuesday, July 10, the Committee held a hearing focusing on the importance of the Surgeon Generals Office, the need to preserve the Surgeon Generals independence, and recent limitations on the Surgeon Generals ability to carry out its public health education mission.” The Surgeon General’s Vital Mission: Challenges for the Future – Chairman Waxman’s Opening …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

GAO Review of DHS Critical Infrastructure Plans Finds Continued Vulnerabilities

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Sector Plans and Sector Councils Continue to Evolve, GAO-07-706R, July 10, 2007. “In 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, damaging critical infrastructure, such as oil platforms, pipelines, and refineries; water mains; electric power lines; and cellular phone towers. The infrastructure damage and resulting chaos disrupted government and business functions alike, producing …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FTC Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions

Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions: “A two-day conference that will bring together experts from the business, government, and technology sectors, consumer advocates, and academics to explore consumer protection issues surrounding spam, phishing and malware. The agenda and a list of participants can be found here.”

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, Government Documents, Privacy

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Cuts Funds for VP's Office

Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government today approved SGW 112, “A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Treasury, District of Columbia, The Judiciary, Executive Office of the President and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes…” Durbin Moves to Withhold Funding …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legislation

OMB Adds New Features to Earmarks Database

On July 10, 2007 the OMB Earmarks Database “Added earmarks contained in selected authorization bills resulting in expenditures in FY 2005…[and] estimates on the number and cost of earmarks in the individual FY 2008 Appropriations bills as they move through the legislative process.” OMB press release with additional information on earmarks database.

Subjects: Government Documents

Special IG for Iraq Reconstruction Audit – Logistics Civil Augmentation Program Task Order 130: Requirements Validation, Government Oversight, and Contractor Performance

Logistics Civil Augmentation Program Task Order 130: Requirements Validation, Government Oversight, and Contractor Performance, June 22, 2007 (71 pages, PDF) “The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) performed a review, at the request of the Management Counselor, U.S. Embassy-Iraq, to determine whether the U.S. government is receiving the services paid for under the U.S. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOE Report: Short-Term Energy Outlook July 2007

Short-Term Energy Outlook July 2007 (07/10/2007) – “Quarterly short-term energy projections for supply, demand, and price for the major fuels through 2008 for the U.S. International oil forecasts are included.” Annual Oil Market Chronology 2006 (07/09/2007) – “For information about the latest developments in world oil markets, please see the updated Annual Oil Market Chronology. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

USGS Report Identifies Asbestos Localities in the Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S.

“A report published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) contains a regional map and associated database that inventory 61 locations of reported natural asbestos and fibrous amphibole occurrences in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States, including the states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming. The map is based on a search …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Problems With FBI Use of NSL Revealed in New FOI Document Release

EFF press release: “…The FBI’s use of NSLs was expanded under the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001, allowing federal agents to gather private records about anyone’s domestic phone calls, emails, and financial transactions without any court approval — as long as an FBI agent claims that the information could be related to a terrorism or …

Subjects: Courts, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

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