Statement by OMB Director Jim Nussle on E-Budget: “In an effort to save taxpayer dollars and reduce unnecessary paper copies, I am pleased to announce the White House will release an E-Budget on Monday, February 4, 2008. This step to go paperless for the first time means the White House will not order hard copy… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Executive Order 13454 – Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
AP: “Lawmakers in 2008 will receive salaries of $169,300, a boost of $4,100 over the pay they have lived with since January 2006. That 2.5 percent increase is mirrored by similar raises for associate justices of the Supreme Court, who will see their pay go from $203,000 to $208,100, and Chief Justice John Roberts, whose… Continue Reading
DOJ FOIA Post: Congress Passes Amendments to the FOIA
“For the first time in well over a decade, Congress has enacted amendments to the Freedom of Information Act. No changes to the Acts nine exemptions were made. Rather, the amendments address a range of procedural issues impacting FOIA administration, including the codification of several provisions of Executive Order 13,392, Improving Agency Disclosure of Information.… Continue Reading
Google Maps – Getting From Here to There
Google Maps: enter the “start address” and the “end address.” [Google Blogoscoped] Continue Reading
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: Work to Secure the Nation Since September 11, 2001
Quick Guide to The Committees Work to Secure the Nation Since September 11, 2001: “The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is working with single minded vigor to strengthen the security of Americans here at home. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Committee has originated a series of bipartisan legislative initiatives enacted… Continue Reading
EPA: Cell Phone Recycling is an Easy Call
Press release: “The nation’s leading cell phone makers, service providers, and retailers have teamed up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to answer America’s call for easy cell phone recycling. As part of EPA’s Plug-In to eCycling program, partners supporting the cell phone recycling campaign include AT&T Wireless, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office… Continue Reading
Report to the President from the Public Interest Declassification Board Report
Improving Declassification – A Report to the President from the Public Interest Declassification Board Report, December 2007 (48 pages, PDF): “There are at least eight ways by which security classified national security information may become declassified, including through Freedom of Information Act requests and through automatic declassification under Executive Order 12958. The Board presents several… Continue Reading
Science and Technology in the 2008 Presidential Election
“Science and technology (S&T) play increasingly important roles in our society and for those who govern. From energy policy to the environment, from health care to economic competitiveness, and from science education to immigration, S&T research and its products are critical to many issues on the agendas of Congress and the Executive Branch. Yet, very… Continue Reading
UN E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance
UN E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance (257 pages, PDF) “The results of the global survey indicate that governments are moving forward in egovernment development around the world. However, given the high demands placed by e-government on a multitude of foundational pillars which include prerequisites of infrastructure, appropriate policies, capacity development, ICT applications,… Continue Reading
Measuring the Health of Nations: Updating an Earlier Analysis
“In a Commonwealth Fund-supported study comparing preventable deaths in 19 industrialized countries, researchers found that the United States placed last. While the other nations improved dramatically between the two study periods199798 and 200203the U.S. improved only slightly on the measure.” “In Measuring the Health of Nations: Updating an Earlier Analysis (Health Affairs, Jan./Feb. 2008), Ellen… Continue Reading
Magistrate Judge Rules White House Must Answer Questions About Missing White House E-mails
Follow up to postings on missing White House E-mail, from the National Security Archive: “In an Order issued today, Magistrate Judge Facciola of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the White House to answer questions about over 5 million missing e-mails generated between 2003-2005. Noting that the need for information… Continue Reading
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Reports U.S. Health Care Spending Growth Accelerated in 2006
Press release: “Health care spending growth in the United States accelerated slightly in 2006, increasing 6.7 percent compared to 6.5 percent in 2005, which was the slowest rate of growth since 1999. Health care spending, however, continues to outpace overall economic growth and general inflation, which grew 6.1 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively, in 2006.… Continue Reading
