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New GAO Reports: Aviation Weather, Defense Acquisitions, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Federal Real Property, Hedge Funds

Aviation Weather: FAA Is Reevaluating Services at Key Centers; Both FAA and the National Weather Service Need to Better Ensure Product Quality, GAO-08-258, January 11, 2008 Aviation Weather: Services at Key Aviation Facilities Lack Performance Measures, but Improvement Efforts Are Under Way, GAO-08-491T, February 26, 2008 Defense Acquisitions: Assessment of DOD Efforts to Enhance Missile …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Governors Highlight Role of States in Securing a Clean Energy Future

News release: “he National Governors Association 2008 Winter Meeting concluded today with a closing plenary session reinforcing the role of states in advancing a clean energy future for America and highlighting the recent successes of NGA’s Securing a Clean Energy Future Initiative (SCEF Initiative)…Building on the SCEF Initiative’s growing momentum, governors unveiled Greening the Capitols, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Recent CRS Reports: Corporate Mergers, Hate Crime Legislation, FDA Fast Track, Federal Pollution Controls

February 21, 2008 – FDA Fast Track and Priority Review Programs February 20, 2008 – Constitutional Limits on Hate Crime Legislation February 20, 2008 – Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers: Current Issues and Legislation February 20, 2008 – Federal Pollution Control Laws: How Are They Enforced? February 20, 2008 – Privacy and Civil Liberties …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legislation, Privacy

Snowe Introduces Bi-Partisan Legislation Aimed at Protecting Nation's Internet Users

News release: “A bi-partisan group of Senators from the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee led by U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Bill Nelson (D-Florida) and the Committees Ranking Member Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), introduced today bi-partisan legislation aimed at ending the deceptive practice known as phishing. The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008 would prohibit …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, ID Theft, Legislation

Committee to Hold Hearing on Electronic Records Preservation at the White House

“On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the full Committee on Government Oversight and Reform will hold a hearing entitled Electronic Records Preservation at the White House.” Related postings on missing White House email

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents

DOJ Office of Information Privacy FOIA Posts

Summaries of New Decisions – January 2008, posted 2/25/2008 “..up-to-date summaries of new court decisions..broken down by FOIA Exemption or procedural element and internal citations and quotations have been omitted. OIP provides these case summaries as a public service; due to their nature as summaries, they are not intended to be authoritative or complete statements …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

FTC Announces Workshop on Green Guides and Packaging

News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today announced the second in a series of public workshops being held as part of the agencys regulatory review of the Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, commonly known as the Green Guides. The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will be held in …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DHS OIG Reviews: FEMA's Use of Proceeds From the Sales of Emergency Housing Unit, Pine Electric Power Association

DA-08-04 – Review of Southern Pine Electric Power Association, FEMA Disaster No. 1604-DR-MS (PDF, 4 pages) OIG-08-23 – Review of FEMA’s Use of Proceeds From the Sales of Emergency Housing Unit (PDF, 22 pages): “Starting in fiscal year 2005, and continuing through early 2007, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials used funds received from the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Pew Research Center: U.S. Religious Landscape Survey Reveals a Fluid and Diverse Pattern of Faith

“An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious affiliation of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape. Based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and older, the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey finds that religious affiliation in the …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Social Security Administration's Income and Resource Verification Process for Individuals Applying for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs

The Social Security Administration’s Income and Resource Verification Process for Individuals Applying for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs, A-06-06-16135, February 19, 2008. “SSA income and resource verifications for individuals applying for help with Medicare prescription drug plan costs were not always effective. Our review of a sample of denied subsidy applications found that …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Have People Delayed Claiming Retirement Benefits?

Have People Delayed Claiming Retirement Benefits? Responses to Changes in Social Security Rules, by Jae Song and Joyce Manchester, Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 67 No. 2, February 2008. “This article examines changes in the age at which people claim Social Security retirement benefits in response to two recent changes in the Social Security rules: the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FCC Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements

Wireless E911 location accuracy requirements: Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements, Federal Register, February 14, 2008, Volume 73, Number 31, Rules and Regulations, Page 8617, 47 CFR Part 20, PS Docket No. 07-114, CC Docket No. 94-102, WC Docket No. 05-196, FCC 07-166, Final rule. [Courthouse News] “Summary: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) amends …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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