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New GAO Reports: Federal Disability Programs, Combating Terrorism, IRS's Internal Controls, Alien Detention Standards

Federal Disability Programs: Coordination Could Facilitate Better Data Collection to Assess the Status of People with Disabilities, GAO-08-872T, June 04, 2008 Combating Terrorism: Guidance for State Department’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program Is Limited and State Does Not Systematically Assess Outcomes, GAO-08-875T, June 04, 2008 Management Report: Improvements Needed in IRS’s Internal Controls, GAO-08-368R, June 04, 2008 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

OECD Economic Outlook No. 83, June 2008

OECD Economic Outlook No. 83, June 2008: Twice a year, the OECD Economic Outlook analyses the major trends and examines the economic policies required to foster high and sustainable growth in member countries. This issue will cover the outlook to end-2009. This issue contains a special chapter entitled The implications of supply-side uncertainties for economic …

Subjects: Government Documents

Search U.S. Forces Deaths in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom

From the poughkeepsiejournal.com, users may search the U.S. forces deaths database for more than 4,500 men and women who have died in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Search fields include: Last name, Home state or province, Service branch, year of death, and conflict (Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom).

Subjects: Internet

Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention in Today's Enterprise, 2008

Proofpoints Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention in Todays Enterprise, 2008 report – [“the survey was fielded in the US, UK, France, Germany and Australia to explore global concerns.] “Email remains the most important medium for communications both inside and outside the enterprise. But the convenience and ubiquity of email as a business communications tool …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Mail, PC Security, Privacy

Expanding E-Government – Achieving Results for the American People

Executive Office of the President: Expanding E-Government – Achieving Results for the American People, May 2008. “The Federal Government continues to improve services and deliver results through the adoption and implementation of the E-Government (E-Gov) initiatives and common government wide solutions. The departments and agencies continue to make great improvements in the area of security …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New Study Sheds Light on the Growing U.S. Wind Power Market

News release: “For the third consecutive year the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Specifically, U.S. wind power capacity increased by 46 percent in 2007, representing a $9 billion …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Managing Space Radiation Risk in the New Era of Space Exploration

National Academies, Managing Space Radiation Risk in the New Era of Space Exploration, Committee on the Evaluation of Radiation Shielding for Space Exploration, National Research Council, 2008. “Summary Space exploration is a risky enterprise. Rockets launch astronauts at tremendous speeds into a harsh, unforgiving environment. Spacecraft must withstand the bitter cold of space and the …

Subjects: Government Documents

Rand: The Challenge of Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries

The Challenge of Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries, by David Ochmanek, Lowell H. Schwartz “North Koreas test of a nuclear weapon in 2006 shows that such weapons are within reach of determined regional powers. Thus, defense planners in the United States and elsewhere must begin now to confront the new security challenges posed by nuclear-armed regional adversaries. …

Subjects: Government Documents

FAA OIG: Audit Initiated of the Web Applications Security in Air Traffic Control Systems

Audit Initiated of the Web Applications Security in Air Traffic Control Systems, June 02, 2008. Project ID: 07F3018F000 “Summary: The Office of Inspector General is initiating an audit of web applications security in air traffic control (ATC) systems in response to a request made by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. …

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

EU – Report on the Future of European Home Affairs Policy

Freedom, Security, Privacy European Home Affairs in an open world – Report of the Informal High Level Advisory Group on the Future of European Home Affairs Policy (“The Future Group”), June 2008

Subjects: E-Government, EU Data Protection, Government Documents

DOE Marks Milestone in Submitting Yucca Mountain License Application

News release: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced submittal of a license application (LA) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) seeking authorization to construct Americas first repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The 8,600 page application describes DOEs plan to safely isolate spent nuclear fuel …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

A Status Report to Congress, the Renovation of the Pentagon, March 1, 2007

A Status Report to Congress, the Renovation of the Pentagon, March 1, 2007. Prepared by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. [Russ Kick]

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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