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“The Committee for Economic Development (CED)…released a new report Harnessing Openness to Transform American Health Care (94 pages, PDF) that focuses on how to improve health care by giving people more access to information and making the information more responsive to their contributions. The report touches on the entire production system for health …
Utility Automation & Engineering T&D: “The Exacter 20,000-Mile Survey shows that failing electrical distribution equipment may be much worse than suggested by the Department of Energys 2003 Study by a factor of nearly 2-to-1, said the president of Exacter Inc., whose company measured failure signatures across more than 20,000 miles of distribution lines in 2007. …
Press release: “According to findings of a national survey of 200 public safety officials and first responders by Motorola and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International, the ability to respond to a natural disaster is the top concern of 65 percent of the officials, far surpassing crime and terrorism concerns.” Future Technology 08 …
Press release: “The California State Senate passed a bill Friday that would allow prosecution for identity theft cases in the county where the victim resides. State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, co-authored Senate Bill 612 and praised fellow senators Friday for voting 40-0 in favor of the legislation. Current law permits prosecution in the county …
Foreign Direct Investment in U.S. Energy 2005 (02/06/2008): “Today the Energy Information Administration released the report, Foreign Direct Investment in U.S. Energy 2005. This report describes the role of direct foreign ownership of U.S. energy enterprises with respect to their energy operations, capital investments, and net foreign investment flows (including net loans). In addition, since …
Electric Reliability Data – Selected Years (02/07/2008): “Provides detailed North American Electric Reliability Council (and Corporation) regional information for selected years on electric reliability, including: monthly regional peak-hour demand 1990-2006; annual net energy for load for the actual base year and five future years; annual seasonal peak demand and energy for the base year and …
Google Book Search: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly, 1/1/2008, By Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology. “Forget everything you believe about Google’s book digitization project. Once you get past the freakishly high numbers bandied about, the two-dozen-plus distinguished institutions that have signed on, the legal paranoia and the ultra-ultra-secret processes and technologies involved-you’ll find that …
2007 Task Force on Strategic Communication Study, January 4, 2008
Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 5, 2008 (Unclassified)
Audit of Veterans Health Administration Blood Bank Modernization Project [06-03424-70], February 8, 2008
Capitol Visitor Center: Update on Status of Project’s Schedule and Cost as of February 7, 2008, GAO-08-475T, February 7, 2008 Defense Acquisitions: DOD’s Practices and Processes for Multiyear Procurement Should Be Improved, GAO-08-298, February 7, 2008 Defense Business Transformation: Sustaining Progress Requires Continuity of Leadership and an Integrated Approach, GAO-08-462T, February 7, 2008 Defense Logistics: …
Department of Commerce OIG – Census Has Improved Accountability for Laptops and Other Personal Property, But Additional Improvements Are Needed — Audit: Census-18387-1 [PDF] Report