Sen. Landrieu’s Statement on the Establishment of an 8/29 Commission to Investigate Katrina Levee Failures: (August 9) “Since the early days following Hurricane Katrina, I have joined with Levees.org in calling for a comprehensive, independent 8/29 commission to take a targeted look at the collapse of the levee system and examine the steps we must… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Five simple ways to save electricity with your computer
Five simple ways to save electricity with your computer by Darren Yates. See also the Climate Savers Computing Initiative: “Intel Corporation and Google Inc. joined with Dell, EDS, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, PG&E, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and more than 25 additional organizations [June 12, 2007] announced the Climate Savers… Continue Reading
Survey of Law Firm Librarians Focuses on Expanded Role
Electronic 2007 Law Librarian Survey from ALM Research – Survey Says Librarians Like Their Jobs but Are Displeased With Vendors – “Electronic research was supposed to replace books and lower costs, but it’s done neither — and librarians aren’t happy about it.” THE CHARTS The Librarian’s Expanding Role Finances Resources Staffing Electronic Research Continue Reading
E-ZPass System Provides Information Used in Civil and Criminal Cases
AP: “Of the 12 states in the Northeast and Midwest that are part of the E-ZPass system, agencies in seven states provide electronic toll information in response to court orders in criminal and civil cases, including divorces, according to an Associated Press survey.” Continue Reading
Statehealthfacts.org Updates Data on Medicare Advantage, Employer-Based Health Premiums, Diabetes, SSDI, SSI, and More
“Statehealthfacts.org has updated information on Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for 2007 based on analysis of the latest Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data. Other updates include: the latest data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) on employer-based health insurance premiums, 2004 diabetes mortality rates by… Continue Reading
DHS Annnounces Efforts to Improve Border Security, Immigration within Existing Law
DHS Fact Sheet: Improving Border Security and Immigration Within Existing Law – “Today, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Announced a Series of Reforms the Administration Will Pursue to Address Border Security and Immigration Challenges. The following reforms represent steps the Administration can take within the boundaries of existing law to… Continue Reading
GAO Report on DHS Integrated Financial Management Systems Challenges
Homeland Security: Responses to Posthearing Questions Related to the Department of Homeland Security’s Integrated Financial Management Systems Challenges, GAO-07-1157R, August 10, 2007 “The consolidation of an entity as large and diverse as DHS poses significant management challenges, including integrating a myriad of redundant financial management systems and addressing existing and newly identified weaknesses in the… Continue Reading
File Transfer Services Gain Users as Bandwidth Increases
Via PCWorld.com, Sending Large Files Via the Internet: “A number of services capitalize on free-falling storage prices and cheap bandwidth to allow users to send large files instantly through the Internet.” Continue Reading
DOD OIG Audit of Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services Contract
D-2007-115 Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services Contract (August 9, 2007) (Project D2006-D000AS-0173.000) PDF and Summary. Continue Reading
New W3C Markup Validator Unveiled
“W3C’s most popular service just got better, prettier, faster, and smarter. The W3C Markup Validator has a new user interface and a validation engine with improved accuracy and performance. Among new features are an automatic cleanup option using HTML Tidy, and checking of HTML fragments. Driven by W3C as an open-source software project, the markup… Continue Reading
Recent Presentations by GAO Comptroller General
Transforming Government to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century, Federal Midwest Human Resources Council and the Chicago Federal Executive Board, Chicago, Illinois, August 7, 2007, GAO-07-1188CG U.S. Financial Condition and Fiscal Future Briefing, American Accounting Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 7, 2007, GAO-07-1189CG Continue Reading
Combatting the Surveillance Industrial Complex
ACLU press release: “The U.S. security establishment is rapidly increasing its ability to monitor average Americans by hiring or compelling private-sector corporations to provide billions of customer records. The explosive growth in surveillance by government and business is creating a Surveillance-Industrial Complex (PDF) that threatens all of our privacy.” Continue Reading
