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The eHealth Initiative Blueprint: Building Consensus for Common Action

Press release: “The eHealth Initiative Blueprint: Building Consensus for Common Action represents multi-stakeholder consensus on a shared vision and a set of principles, strategies and actions for improving health and healthcare through information and information technology (IT). Through a collaborative process led by eHIs multi-stakeholder leadership, development of the Blueprint involved nearly 200 organizations representing …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Arrest-Related Deaths in the United States, 2003-2005

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Arrest-Related Deaths in the United States, 2003-2005, 10/07: “Presents the first findings from the law enforcement collection of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP), which is the largest resource of information ever collected on arrest-related deaths. The report provides counts of all arrest-related deaths reported by State authorities in over …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

U.S. Law and Legal Research

Pat Court, U.S. Law and Legal Research (October 8, 2007). Cornell Law School. Starr Workshop Series. Paper 3.

Subjects: Legal Research

Medicaid Enrollment Declines For First Time In Nearly Ten Years

“Enrollment in Medicaid declined for the first time in nearly a decade, according to a new 50-state survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundations Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU). But faced with an improving economy, 42 states expect to expand coverage to the uninsured in the next year.”

Subjects: Government Documents

New from the Energy Information Administration

Country Energy Balances for the International Energy Annual 2005 (10/10/2007): “Country-level energy balances for the most recent year for which complete data are available.” Electric Power Monthly (10/10/2007): “The latest EPM issue (October 2007) is now available on EIA’s Electricity page. Data being published in the October 2007 EPM include July 2007 data. Historical copies …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOD's Base Structure Report (Listing of Facilities) Fiscal Year 2007

DOD’s Base Structure Report (Listing of Facilities) Fiscal Year 2007 (221 pages, PDF), Report Prepared by the Department of Defense’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment.

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Hearing and Markup: H.R. 2631, the Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act

Vahid Majidi, Assistant Director, WMD Directorate, Federal Bureau of Investigation – Statement Before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, October 10, 2007 “The number one priority of the FBI is to protect the nation from terrorist attacks. Within that priority, the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legislation

DOD OIG Report: Review of Contract Costs – Emergency Disaster Services

Review of Contract Costs – Emergency Disaster Services, Contract No. HSFE04-05-7233, FEMA Disaster No. 1604-DR-MS, Report No. DA-07-13 (PDF, 3 pages) released October 10, 2007.

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Six Years Later: Assessing Long-Term Threats, Risks and the U.S. Strategy for Security in a Post-9/11 World

On October 10, 2007 “The Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs held hearing entitled, Six Years Later: Assessing Long-Term Threats, Risks and the U.S. Strategy for Security in a Post-9/11 World. This hearing will be the first in a series of bipartisan hearings into long-term U.S. national security strategy six years after 9/11 and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government

House Intelligence Cmte. Approves Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Overhaul Opposed by White House

Follow up to October 9, 2007 posting, Conyers, Reyes Introduce FISA Revision Legislation, today’s press release: “The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted 12-7 today to send the RESTORE Act (H.R. 3773) to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.”

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Legislation, Privacy

France Abolishes Death Penalty

“France has today ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits the use of the death penalty in all circumstances. Ambassador Bruno Gain, the French Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, completed the formal ratification process on the first European Day against the Death Penalty (10 October), organised by the …

Subjects: Legal Research

DOD OIG Journal of Public Inquiry

“Welcome to the on-line version of the Inspector General, DoD Journal of Public Inquiry. The Journal is published semi-annually by the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General on behalf of the Presidents Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) and the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE). The Journal contains articles of interest …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

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