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OIG-08-44 – Independent Review of The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Reporting of FY 2007 Drug Control Obligations (PDF, 9 pages) New 05/12/2008 OIG-08-43 – Independent Review of The U.S. Coast Guard’s Reporting of FY 2007 Drug Control Performance Summary (PDF, 10 pages) New 05/12/2008 OIG-08-42 – Independent Review of The U.S. Coast Guard’s Reporting …
H.R. 3548: Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2008 – To enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public, and for other purposes. [UsabilityNews.com via Darlene Fichter]
News release: “In a move that will disseminate faculty research and scholarship as broadly as possible, the Harvard Law School faculty unanimously voted last week to make each faculty members scholarly articles available online for free, making HLS the first law school to commit to a mandatory open access policy.” [John Palfrey via Darlene Fichter]
News release: “The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) today released a first-of-its kind report that examines the technical feasibility of harnessing wind power to provide up to 20 percent of the nations total electricity needs by 2030. Entitled 20 Percent Wind Energy by 2030 (248 pages, PDF), the report identifies requirements to achieve this goal …
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Strategic Plan for 2008 – 2012 (05/08/2008) “As the administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), FinCEN regulates the financial industry for anti-money laundering/counter terrorism financing (AML/CFT) purposes across a broad range of sectors, including banking, securities, insurance, money services businesses, casinos, and precious metals and jewelry dealers. The resulting public-private …
Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, March 2, 2008 (42 pages, PDF) “This report summarizes the work we have completed and initiated during this semiannual period on a number of important departmental activities, for example, NOAAs progress on the latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites and its efforts to protect marine …
DOD Business Systems Modernization: Military Departments Need to Strengthen Management of Enterprise Architecture Programs, GAO-08-519, May 12, 2008 “The enterprise architecture programs within the Departments of the Air Force, Navy, and Army have yet to advance to a level that can be considered fully mature. Specifically, all three departments are at the initial stage of …
D-2008-088 DoD IG Interim Report to Congress on Section 325 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, April 22, 2008 (Project No. D2008-D000CH-0166.000). “Section 325 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 prohibits the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from directing or requiring the Secretary of Defense or Secretary …
OIG-08-45 – Independent Review of The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Reporting of FY 2007 Drug Control Performance Summary (PDF, 14 pages)
News release: “The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of technical assistance for construction of facilities and infrastructure as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $450 million. The Government of Iraq has requested a …
News release: “Continuing a popular Mothers Day tradition, the federal governments top official for baby names, Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today jointly announced with Parade magazine the most popular baby names for 2007.”
A Little Grafting of Second Life into a Legal Research Class: Rob Hudson discusses how Second Life can be used to enhance legal research instruction. Experiments in full class lectures and other uses of Second Life in higher education offer a mixture of hype and excitement. Published May 9, 2008 CongressLine: Running for Congress: Paul …