Category «Government Documents»

State Climate Initiatives Are Focus of Pew Center Site

Pew Center on Global Climate Change – What’s Being Done in the States – “Across the country, states and regions are adopting policies to address climate change. These actions include increasing renewable energy generation, selling agricultural carbon sequestration credits, and encouraging energy efficiency. Such policies reduce vulnerability to energy price spikes, promote state economic development, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors: 2006

Washington Technology: The Billion-Dollar Club – To be a member, focus on defense, homeland security, health IT, outsourcing as hot opportunities.” See also, Small companies build market muscle – The Top 100 isn’t exclusively the land of giants. Many small and midsized businesses elbow their way onto the list each year.

Subjects: Government Documents

Free, Open Source Site Covering Congressional Bills, News, Gossip and Elected Officials

“OpenCongress brings together official government information with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind what’s happening in Congress. Small groups of political insiders and lobbyists know what’s really going on in Congress. Now, everyone can be an insider. OpenCongress is a free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission …

Subjects: Blogs, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile

Quarterly Banking Profile – “Provides the earliest comprehensive summary of financial results for all FDIC-insured institutions. This report card on industry status and performance includes written analyses, graphs and statistical tables.” See also the FDIC Annual Report, February 20, 2007 – The 2006 review of policy, activity, and financial status.

Subjects: Government Documents

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Issues Guidance For Common Geospatial Standards

February 12, 2007 press release: “The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has issued a new document that provides guidance and direction to develop an overall baseline for common geospatial standards used to share, manipulate, and exploit digital geospatial data. (NGA0701)” Geospatial Intelligence Standards: Enabling a Common Vision , November 2006.

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

U.S. Attorney Resignations Focus on Clashes With Administration Policies

Follow-up to my February 22, 2007 posting New Report Shows No Precedent for Mass U.S. Attorney Firings, see this related Washington Post article, February 24, 2007, Justice Department Fires 8th U.S. Attorney: “An eighth U.S. attorney announced her resignation yesterday, the latest in a wave of forced departures of federal prosecutors who have clashed with …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

Oversight Committee Requests Information on TSA Traveler Identity Verification Website

Follow up to February 21, 2007 posting, DHS Announces Traveler Redress Inquiry Program, today Rep. Henry Waxman, Chair of Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to TSA requesting “explain why a TSA website that collected Social Security numbers and personal information from the public operated for several days without basic security measures.”

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