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Conyers, House Judiciary Members Introduce Bill to Protect Creative and Intellectual Property Rights

Press release: “In an effort to strengthen laws protecting creative and intellectual property, leaders of the House Judiciary Committee today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve federal agency enforcement efforts and provide more resources to those efforts. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX), Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and …

Subjects: Congress, Intellectual Property, Legislation

Hearing Examines Executive Pay and Compensation Consultants

“On Wednesday December 5th the [House Oversight and Government Reform] Committee held a hearing to examine the role played by compensation consultants in determining the pay packages of senior executives at the largest publicly traded corporations. Corporate governance experts, institutional investors, and compensation consulting firms testified regarding the role of consultants in setting executive pay, …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

DHS OIG Audits: Financial Reporting, Financial Controls, USCIS Benefit Fraud Referral Process

OIG-08-13 – FY 2007 Audit of DHS’ Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (PDF, 7 pages) – New 12/04/2007 OIG-08-12 – Independent Auditor’s Report on DHS’ FY 2007 Financial Statement (PDF, 30 pages) – New 12/04/2007 OIG-08-09 – Review of the USCIS Benefit Fraud Referral Process, (Redacted) (PDF, 74 pages) – New 11/29/2007

Subjects: Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Information on Low-Income Veterans' Housing Conditions, Aviation Runway and Ramp Safety

Rental Housing: Information on Low-Income Veterans’ Housing Conditions and Participation in HUD’s Programs, GAO-08-324T, December 05, 2007 Aviation Runway and Ramp Safety: Sustained Efforts to Address Leadership, Technology, and Other Challenges Needed to Reduce Accidents and Incidents, GAO-08-29, November 20, 2007: “FAA and aviation stakeholders have taken steps to address runway and ramp safety, including …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Oversight Committee Now Posting Preliminary Hearing Transcripts

Via Dan Froomkin, news that the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has begun to post preliminary transcripts of selected hearings on its website. However, links to these transcripts is currently circuitously provided by conducting a search on Google, documented here by Dan.

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Legislation, Search Engines

CRS Report – Botnets, Cybercrime, and Cyberterrorism

Botnets, Cybercrime, and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress, Updated November 15, 2007. “Cybercrime is becoming more organized and established as a transnational business. High technology online skills are now available for rent to a variety of customers, possibly including nation states, or individuals and groups that could secretly represent terrorist groups. The increased …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Government Documents, Internet, PC Security

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Economic and Employment Projections

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Economic and Employment Projections, December 4, 2007 – “Projections of industry and occupational employment, labor force, and economic growth covering the 2006-16 decade were released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor. The 10-year projections are widely used in career guidance, in education and training program …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FTC Offers Tutorial for Businesses on Protecting Personal Information

“Protecting the personal information of customers, clients, and employees is good business. The Federal Trade Commission has a new online tutorial to alert businesses and other organizations to practical and low- or no-cost ways to keep data secure. The tutorial, Protecting Personal Information: A Guide for Business, at www.ftc.gov/infosecurity, takes a plain-language, interactive approach to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Florida Governor Announces New Initiatives for Open Government

Press release: “Governor Crist…announced two new open government initiatives that will improve Floridians ability to access public documents and meetings. The first initiative involves a Bill of Rights for all Floridians trying to access public records. The list of rights was compiled by the Commission on Open Government, established by the Governor on June 19, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Search Engines

States, Cities and Environmental Groups Urge EPA to Reduce Global Warming Pollution from Aircraft

Press release: “A coalition of environmental groups, states and regional governments filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today urging the agency to address the effects of vast amounts of global warming pollution from the world’s aircraft fleet. The petitions are the first step in a process that requires the EPA to evaluate the current …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007

Press release: “Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) Tuesday introduced bipartisan, revised legislation to increase government transparency and provide the first major reforms to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in more than a decade. The Senate passed an earlier version of the Leahy-Cornyn bill — the Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National …

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

Report: Global climate change, war, and population decline in recent human history

Global climate change, war, and population decline in recent human history, Global climate change, war, and population decline in recent human history, David D. Zhang, Peter Brecke, Harry F. Lee, Yuan-Qing He, and Jane Zhang. Published online before print November 28, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703073104 – PNAS | December 4, 2007 | vol. 104 | no. 49 …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

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