NTSB Safety Report – Lessons Learned and Lives Saved, 1967 – 2007

Lessons Learned and Lives Saved, 1967 – 2007, NTSB Number SR-07/01 NTIS Number PB2007-917001 (54 pages, PDF) Abstract: “To help mark the NTSB’s 40th anniversary, this report highlights some of the thousands of transportation safety improvements that have resulted from NTSB accident investigations and recommendations. Accidents have been prevented, lives saved and injuries reduced because …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports Cover Defense Acquisitions, Immigration Benefits, ID Theft and More

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Quality Guidelines Generally Followed for Police-Public Contact Surveys, but Opportunities Exist to Help Assure Agency Independence GAO-07-340, March 30, 2007 Defense Acquisitions: Missile Defense Agency’s Flexibility Reduces Transparency of Program Cost GAO-07-799T, April 30, 2007 Defense Management: High-Level Leadership Commitment and Actions Are Needed to Address Corrosion Issues GAO-07-618, April 30, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, ID Theft

Wiretaps Up Slightly in 2006

Federal Judiciary News Release: “A total of 1,839 orders were issued by federal and state courts in 2006 authorizing or approving the interception of wire, oral or electronic communications, also known as wiretaps. This is a 4 percent increase over the 1,773 orders issued in 2005, according to The 2006 Wiretap Report. The complete report …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Federal Register Notice Issued on Authorized Generic Drug Study

FTC press release: “The Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register Notice regarding the agency’s planned study of authorized generic pharmaceuticals, which was first announced last year. As detailed in the Notice…the Commission proposes to undertake a study to examine both the likely short-term competitive effects of authorized generic drug entry and, to the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Google and Four US States Improve Public Access to Government Websites

Google press release: “Google Inc. today announced partnerships with the states of Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia to make it easier to search for hard-to-find public information on state government websites. These partnerships developed as both Google and officials with the four state governments recognized that the public is increasingly turning to search engines like …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

"America's Birth Certificate" Transferred to the Library of Congress

America’s Birth Certificate” — to the Library of Congress Library of Congress: “Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 world map grew out of an ambitious project in St. Dié, near Strasbourg, France, during the first decade of the sixteenth century, to document and update new geographic knowledge derived from the discoveries of the late fifteenth and the first …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

E-Mail With Direct Link to Issued Trademark Office Actions and Appeal Briefs

Press release: E-Mail with Direct Link to Issued Trademark Office Actions and Appeal Briefs to Replace E-Mailed Office Actions/Appeal Briefs: “On or about May 26, 2007, the USPTO will notify applicants who have authorized e-mail communication with the USPTO of each issued Trademark Office action or Examining Attorney’s Appeal Brief by an e-mail message containing …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Patent and Trademark