OMB: PART Assessments Improve Transparency and Accountability – “The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today announced that the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) has helped increased transparency and accountability. The most recent PART results and assessment scores can be found at: www.Expectmore.gov. Over the past six years, more than 1000 programs (or 98 percent… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2007
Information Quality Government-wide Initiatives: Updated Principles for Risk Analysis
Press release: “…the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP) issued an updated memorandum outlining principles for conducting analyses of health, safety, and environmental risk. This memorandum reaffirms risk analysis principles previously released by OMB in 1995 and reinforces them with more recent guidance from the scientific community,… Continue Reading
Do Not Call Listings Expire After Five Years – Be Sure to Renew
FTC Consumer Alert – Q&A: The National Do Not Call Registry How long does my phone number stay registered? “Your phone number will remain on the registry for five years from the date you register (unless you choose to take it off the registry or your phone number is disconnected). If you register online, you… Continue Reading
New Online Guide to House and Senate Members of the 110th Congress
GPO: “This online Guide to the House and Senate Members of the 110th Congress is intended to be a single point of access for Member information from several different official sources. Both congressional offices and the public will be able to: Access data concerning House and Senate Members from various publications including: the Congressional Pictorial… Continue Reading
Washington Post: About the "Fact Checker"
“The purpose of this website, and an accompanying column in the Post, is to “truth squad” the national political debate in the period leading up to the 2008 presidential election. Our goal is to shed as much light as possible on controversial claims and counter-claims involving important national issues, such as the war in Iraq,… Continue Reading
Pillars of the First Amendment: Foundation of the Constitution
U.S. Courts: “This package of First Amendment cases provides examples of the six pillars of the First Amendment considered the foundation of the Constitution. Each freedom religion, speech, press, assembly, petition, and association is illustrated by a high-profile case that has an impact on today’s teens. These cases are presented in a way… Continue Reading
Agencies Issue Final Rules On Expanded Examination Cycle
Federal Reserve Board press release: “The federal bank and thrift agencies issued final rules on Friday expanding the range of small institutions eligible for an extended 18-month on-site examination cycle. The final rules allow well-capitalized and well-managed banks and savings associations with up to $500 million in total assets and a composite CAMELS rating of… Continue Reading
National Marine Fisheries Service Report on Threatened Loggerhead Turtle
Report: Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) – Endangered Species Act (ESA) – Threatened: “Loggerheads face threats on both nesting beaches and in the marine environment. The greatest cause of decline and the continuing primary threat to loggerhead turtle populations worldwide is incidental capture in fishing gear, primarily in longlines and gillnets, but also in trawls, traps… Continue Reading
Book Review: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
New York Times: September 23, 2007, Meet the Supremes, by David Margolick: “But to anyone who watches the court, or watches those who watch it, Toobins descriptions afford something else, arguably even more interesting: the chance to ponder which of those justices talked to him for this book, and which did not. And talk to… Continue Reading
Pew Report on Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of U.S. Public Schools
Pew Hispanic Center: “The 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June to strike down school desegregation plans in Seattle and Louisville has focused public attention on the degree of racial and ethnic integration in the nation’s 93,845 public schools. A new analysis of public school enrollment data by the Pew Hispanic Center finds… Continue Reading
One Web Day – September 22
The mission of OneWebDay is to create, maintain, advance and promote a global day to celebrate online life: September 22. Continue Reading
New CBO Testimony – Mortgage Markets, Performance Budgeting, Costs of Maintaining Military Presence in Iraq
Testimony on Turbulence in Mortgage Markets: Implications for the Economy and Policy Options, September 19, 2007 (33 pages, PDF) Testimony on Performance Budgeting: Applications to Health Insurance Programs and Tax Policy, September 20, 2007 The Possible Costs to the United States of Maintaining a Long-Term Military Presence in Iraq, September 20, 2007 Continue Reading
