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Effectiveness of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Program in Iraq (SIGIR 07-016T), October 18, 2007, House Armed Services Committee – Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations “Description: SIGIR testifies on the release of its third audit of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Program, noting that progress has been made in certain geographic areas and in certain policy domains. …
Reuters: The new “DailyShow.com…presenting nearly the entire video archive of the show for the past nine years. The site contains more than 16,000 video clips spanning headlines, correspondent pieces and [selected] regular segments…”
Press release: Several of the worlds leading Internet and media companies today announced their joint support for a set of collaborative principles that enable the continued growth and development of user-generated content online and respect the intellectual property of content owners. The principles serve as a comprehensive set of guidelines to help user-generated content (UGC) …
CongressNow.com: “For the first time in more than three decades, a House committee has voted to update the non-discrimination laws, today approving the expansion of protections to include gays and lesbians in the workforce. By a 27-21 vote, the House Education and Labor Committee approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 3685), which would ban workplace …
Beginning Farmers: Additional Steps Needed to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of USDA Assistance GAO-07-1130, September 18, 2007 Digital Television Transition: Preliminary Information on Progress of the DTV Transition, GAO-08-191T, October 17, 2007 Intellectual Property: Risk and Enforcement Challenges, GAO-08-177T, October 18, 2007
“The majority of Americans agree, when it comes to grading the Federal government on fiscal responsibility and management efficiency, the Federal government gets nothing higher than a “C”. According to the recent America, Inc. study, sponsored by Primavera, the general public feels left in the dark as far as knowing how the government spends their …
“The Spartan Internet Political Performance (SIPP) Index is the first quantitative metric to measure the Internet-wide performance of each Presidential candidate for the 2008 election. The Index is comprised of over 650 quantitative factors measuring the level of support and how well each candidate is connecting with individuals across the Internet. The score for each …
“The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today announced a new interactive Web tool to serve as a resource for employers in complying with federal employee benefit laws. The ERISA Fiduciary Advisor is designed to help employers and others who provide services to private sector retirement plans understand their responsibilities. The advisor …
Press release: “A new report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations shows cancer death rates decreased on average 2.1 percent per year from 2002 through 2004, nearly twice the annual decrease of 1.1 percent per year from 1993 through 2002. The findings are in the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, …
Press release: “Access to state-level candidate campaign disclosure data continued to improve in states across the country, according to Grading State Disclosure 2007, a comprehensive evaluation of campaign finance disclosure laws and programs in the 50 states. The 2007 study, released today by the California Voter Foundation, found that Washington State ranks first in the …
OIG-07-78 – Agreed-upon Procredures on DHS’ 3rd Quarter Intragovernmental Activity and Balance (PDF, 11 pages), September 2007. OIG-07-77 – Evaluation of DHS’ Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2007 (PDF, 41 pages), September 2007 OIG-07-76 – Audit of CBP Export Control Activities (PDF, 6 pages), September 2007
“A new survey conducted jointly by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examines the publics views and opinions of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and the pending legislation surrounding its reauthorization. The survey assesses the publics familiarity with the SCHIP debate, whether or not they support the …