“The United States tops the overall ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008. Switzerland is in second position followed by Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Finland and Singapore, respectively. The rankings are calculated from both publicly available data and the Executive Opinion Survey, a comprehensive annual survey conducted by the World Economic Forum together with its network of Partner Institutes (leading research institutes and business organizations) in the countries covered by the Report. This year, over 11,000 business leaders were polled in a record 131 countries.”
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Daily Archives: November 4, 2007
New DHS OIG Reports
Progress Has Been Made But More Work Remains in Meeting Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 Requirements, OIG-08-01 (PDF, 34 pages) – New 11/02/2007 Technical Security Evaluation of U.S. Citizenship Activities at the Chet Holifield Federal Building, OIG-08-02 (PDF, 42 pages) – New 11/02/2007 Continue Reading
Report Advises Congress to Build a Modern Food Safety System
Press release: “Import legislation under consideration by the House Energy and Commerce Committee (H.R. 3610, the Food and Drug Import Safety Act) would be valuable, but would still only partially solve the food safety problems threatening Americans, according to a new white paper published today by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest.… Continue Reading
2007 Digital Future Report
“The Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School is pleased to present the results of the sixth year of our project, “Surveying the Digital Future.” The six years of longitudinal research comprise an absolutely unique data base that completely captures broadband at home, the wireless Internet, on-line media, user-generated content and, now,… Continue Reading
2007 Leadership in Customer Service: Delivering on the Promise
accenture 2007 Leadership in Customer Service: Delivering on the Promise, Executive Summary – “For nearly a decade, Accenture has tracked the progress governments have made in moving toward high performance through leadership in customer service. In this, our eighth and most far-reaching report to date…we find governments at an important crossroads. After years of focusing… Continue Reading
New CRS Reports: Medicaid Citizenship Documentation, Retirement Savings Accounts, Electronic Rulemaking in the Federal Government
October 17, 2007 – Medicaid Citizenship Documentation October 17, 2007 – Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Federal Civil Service Annuities October 17, 2007 – Retirement Savings Accounts: Fees, Expenses, and Account Balances October 16, 2007 – Electronic Rulemaking in the Federal Government October 15, 2007 – Crop Insurance and Disaster Assistance: 2007 Farm Bill Issues October 15,… Continue Reading
DHS Publishes Chemicals of Interest List for Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards
Fact Sheet: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards: Appendix A “The Department of Homeland Security today released Appendix A of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS), a critical element of its chemical security efforts. The appendix contains a list of chemicals that, if possessed by a facility in a specified quantity, trigger a requirement to complete and… Continue Reading
Web Source Aggregates Links for Finding Canadian Statistics
Finding Canadian Statistics, sponsored by JournalismNet.com, includes the following topical categories: state sponsored news on country, Provincial and territorial statistics; profiles of cities, districts; census data; economic data. Continue Reading
Report to Congress on FY 2007 Competitive Sourcing Efforts
M-08-02, Report to Congress on FY 2007 Competitive Sourcing Efforts (October 31, 2007) (14 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
CRS Report – National Strategy for Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress
Via FAS, National Strategy for Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress, November 1, 2007 (19 pages, PDF): “Inherent in the National Strategy are a number of issues for Congress. These include (1) democratization as a counterterrorism strategy; (2) the validity of the Strategys assumptions about terrorists; (3) whether the Strategy adequately addresses the situation… Continue Reading
