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DHS' Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Progress in Integrating Detection Capabilities and Response Protocols

OIG-08-18 – DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Progress in Integrating Detection Capabilities and Response Protocols (PDF, 46 pages ) New 01/10/2008 “This report addresses DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office programs and initiatives to support the integration of domestic radiological and nuclear detection, notification, and response systems, including its coordination efforts with other federal and state …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

National Taxpayer Advocate's 2007 Annual Report to Congress

Press release: “National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson today released her National Taxpayer Advocate’s 2007 Annual Report to Congress, focusing particular attention on the consequences of changes to the tax code enacted late in the year and the need for a coordinated IRS approach to combat the cash economy portion of the tax gap. Olson …

Subjects: Government Documents

Census Bureau Releases Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts

Census press release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2005 poverty estimates for each of the nations almost 14,000 Title I-eligible school districts. The estimates are produced in order for the Department of Education to implement provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The school district data, part of the Small Area …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Social Security Reform: Benchmarks for Assessing Fairness and Benefit Adequacy

“Treasury today released the third in a series of papers on Social Security. Issue Brief No. 3 is entitled Social Security Reform: Benchmarks for Assessing Fairness and Benefit Adequacy.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Updated Fact Sheets on Women's Health Insurance Coverage from the Kaiser Family Foundation

“The Women’s Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheet provides new statistics on health coverage and describes the major sources of health insurance for non-elderly adult women, including employer-sponsored coverage, Medicaid, individually purchased insurance, and Medicare. It also summarizes the major policy challenges facing women in obtaining health coverage, and provides data on the more than 17 …

Subjects: Internet

New study estimates 151,000 violent Iraqi deaths since 2003 invasion

Press release: “A large national household survey conducted by the Iraqi government and WHO estimates that 151 000 Iraqis died from violence between March 2003 and June 2006. The findings, published today on the web site of the New England Journal of Medicine, are based on information collected during a wider survey of family health …

Subjects: Government Documents

Election Technology Council Releases Industry Guidelines for Safeguarding the Vote in 2008

Press release: “The Election Technology Council today announced the release of industry guidelines outlining best practices for election officials to adopt in response to potential and perceived threats to electronic voting systems. In releasing the guidelines, David Beirne, Executive Director of the Election Technology Council, said, The Council recognizes that no voting technology is invulnerable, …

Subjects: E-Government

Status of Protection for Polar Bears Remains Unresolved

Follow up on January 7, 2008 posting Federal Fish and Wildlife Statement for Polar Bear Decision, additional information and links. San Francisco Chronicle: Groups cite oil leases in U.S. delay on rating polar bear’s status, by Jane Kay: “Environmental groups fear that political meddling and a rush to sell oil leases in Arctic waters are …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Pew Survey Reports Increased Use of Video-Sharing Sites

Pew Internet Project Data Memo, Video Sharing Websites, January 9, 2008: “The audience for YouTube and other internet video sites has risen sharply the past year. Nearly half of online adults now say they have visited such sites. On a typical day at the end of 2007, the share of internet users going to video …

Subjects: Copyright, Internet

White House Releases E-Budget on Monday, February 4, 2008

Statement by OMB Director Jim Nussle on E-Budget: “In an effort to save taxpayer dollars and reduce unnecessary paper copies, I am pleased to announce the White House will release an E-Budget on Monday, February 4, 2008. This step to go paperless for the first time means the White House will not order hard copy …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Executive Order 13454 – Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

AP: “Lawmakers in 2008 will receive salaries of $169,300, a boost of $4,100 over the pay they have lived with since January 2006. That 2.5 percent increase is mirrored by similar raises for associate justices of the Supreme Court, who will see their pay go from $203,000 to $208,100, and Chief Justice John Roberts, whose …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ FOIA Post: Congress Passes Amendments to the FOIA

“For the first time in well over a decade, Congress has enacted amendments to the Freedom of Information Act. No changes to the Acts nine exemptions were made. Rather, the amendments address a range of procedural issues impacting FOIA administration, including the codification of several provisions of Executive Order 13,392, Improving Agency Disclosure of Information. …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Legislation

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