Improving the Participation Rate of People with Targeted Disabilities in the Federal Work Force

Press release: “The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a comprehensive report addressing strategies to reverse the declining participation rate of federal employees with targeted disabilities. The full text of the report, Improving the Participation Rate of People with Targeted Disabilities in the Federal Work Force, is available here.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CDC To Launch Study on Unexplained Illness

Press release: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Division of Research launched a study to learn about an unexplained skin condition known as Morgellons. Persons who suffer from this condition report a range of symptoms including non-healing skin lesions associated with the emergence of fibers or …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Navy Granted Waivers In Sonar Program Impacting Marine Mammals

Follow up to January 5, 2008 posting, Federal Judge Orders Navy To Adopt Significant Mitigation Measures For Sonar Use, from the Natural Resources Defense Council, news that “the Bush administration yesterday attempted to override a federal court order requiring the U.S. Navy to minimize harm to whales and dolphins during upcoming sonar exercises off Southern …

Subjects: Legal Research

EPA To Set Up Human Resources Shared Service Centers – Questions Remain About Fate of Libraries

Follow up to postings on EPA library closures, this press release from January 10, 2008: EPA To Set Up Human Resources Shared Service Centers: “The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to establish shared service centers in three locations, beginning in June 2008, to process personnel and benefits actions for the agency’s 17,000 employees. The …

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

New GAO Report on Iran Sanctions

Iran Sanctions: Impact in Furthering U.S. Objectives Is Unclear and Should Be Reviewed, GAO-08-58, December 18, 2007. “The 2006 U.S. National Security Strategy stated that the United States faces challenges from Iran, including Iran’s proliferation efforts and involvement in international terrorism. To address these concerns, the United States employs a range of tools, including diplomatic …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Global E-Government Survey 2008

“The UN E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance (246 pages, PDF) assesses the e-government readiness of the 192 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment. ICTs can help reinvent government in such a way that existing institutional …

Subjects: E-Government

New Publication Helps Judges On Classified Information

“Most federal judges come into contact with classified information infrequently, if at all, but when they do, they are faced with the dilemma of how to protect government secrets in the context of an otherwise public proceeding. This pocket guide is designed to familiarize federal judges with statutes and procedures established to help public courts …

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

New CBO Reports:Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness, Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations

Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness, January 2008 A Comparison of Science and Technology Funding for DOD’s Space and Nonspace Programs, January 15, 2008 Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations (House Version), January 2008 Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations (Senate Version), January 2008 Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations, (Appropriations Version), January 2008 Effects of Gasoline …

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

Outcome, Cost, and Oversight of Reconstruction of Taji Military Base and Baghdad Recruiting Center

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Audit: Outcome, Cost, and Oversight of Reconstruction of Taji Military Base and Baghdad Recruiting Center, Report Number 08-004, January 15, 2008. “This audit is the second in a series of focused contract reviews of the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund conducted by SIGIR. In January 2004, at the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents