Effectiveness of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Program in Iraq (SIGIR 07-016T), October 18, 2007, House Armed Services Committee – Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations
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Daily Archives: October 18, 2007
Daily Show Launches Website With Nine Year Video Archive
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…” Continue Reading
Industry Coalition Issues Copyright Principles for User Generated Content Services
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)… Continue Reading
House Approves Employment Non-Discrimination Act
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… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Beginning Farmers, Digital TV Transition, IP Risk and Enforcement
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 Continue Reading
Americans "in the dark" on Government Spending According to New Report
“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… Continue Reading
Website Tracks Internet Performance of 2008 Presidential Candidates
“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… Continue Reading
Dept. of Labor Launches New Website on Retirement Laws
“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… Continue Reading
Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer
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,… Continue Reading
Nationwide Study Grades and Ranks Campaign Disclosure
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… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Audits: Intragovernmental Activity, Info Security Program, CBP Export Control Activities
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 Continue Reading
