Exclusive TowerGroup Research Report: Bank Tech Spending in 2008: “Though banks IT budgets are likely to shrink if economic conditions worsen, demand for technologies that improve efficiency and integration, client engagement, and security and fraud management will continue, according to TowerGroup research.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
CRS Report – Border Searches of Laptops and Other Electronic Storage Devices
RL34404 – Border Searches of Laptops and Other Electronic Storage Devices, March 05, 2008 Summary: “The Fourth Amendment generally requires a warrant to support most searches and seizures conducted by the government. Federal courts have long recognized that there are many exceptions to this general presumption, one of which is the border search exception. The… Continue Reading
FOI in Practice: Analysis of the Mexican FOI System
“In celebration of Sunshine Week, the National Security Archive’s Mexico Project publishes today a new study of Mexico’s transparency law: FOI in Practice: Measuring the Complexity of Information Requests and Quality of Government Responses in Mexico. The study represents the first comprehensive analysis of the Mexican freedom of information law: what information requesters have sought… Continue Reading
Preparing for Their Future: A Look at the Financial State of Gen X and Gen Y
News release: “Members of Generations X and Y, acknowledging that they need to pick up the slack when it comes to planning for their futures, are thinking about retirement and have defined financial goals according to a report released today by the Divided We Fail group (AARP, Business Roundtable, National Federation of Independent Business and… Continue Reading
CRS Report – Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans
CRS Report RS22826 – Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans, March 04, 2008 Summary: “Energy-related expenditures include spending for utilities and fuel to operate, heat, and cool homes and spending for gasoline and motor oil for private transportation. Energy prices to consumers have increased 70% between 2000 and 2007, driven largely by growth… Continue Reading
State Department Acknowledges Unauthorized Access to Passport Records of Presidential Candidates
AP: “At least four State Department workers pried into the supposedly secure passport files of presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain, abashed officials admitted Friday in a revelation that had Condoleezza Rice promising a full investigation and telephoning the candidates to apologize personally.” Questions Taken at the March 21, 2008 Daily… Continue Reading
White House Discloses Destruction of Computer Hard Drives
Follow up to previous postings on litigation and hearings on missing White House email and violations of the Presidential Records Act, news today from AP: “Older White House computer hard drives have been destroyed, the White House disclosed to a federal court Friday in a controversy over millions of possibly missing e-mails from 2003 to… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Audit of Airport Passenger and Checked Baggage Screening Performance
OIG-08-25 – Audit of Airport Passenger and Checked Baggage Screening Performance (Unclassified Summary), February 2008 (PDF, 8 pages): “The number of tests conducted, the names of the airports tested, and the quantitative and qualitative results of our testing are classified. We have shared that information with the Department, the Transportation Security Administration, and appropriate congressional… Continue Reading
Fact Sheet: New York City Congestion Mitigation Plan
News release: “Governor David A. Paterson announced today that he has submitted a Governors program bill, that follows the recommendations of the New York City Traffic Mitigation Commission report of January 31, 2008 to allow for the City Council and State Legislature to consider a bill that meets the requirements of the United States Department… Continue Reading
The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2008
Congressional Budget Office: The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans:Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2008 – All Funding in Billions of 2008 Dollars “This presentation updates the analysis of current defense plans contained in the Congressional Budget Offices (CBOs) April 2007 Web document The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook, U.S. Coins
The Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: January 2008 Update, GAO-08-591R, March 21, 2008: “Our updated simulations continue to illustrate that the long-term fiscal outlook is unsustainable. Despite a 3-year decline in the unified budget deficit, the federal government still faces large and growing structural deficits driven primarily by rising health care costs and known demographic trends.… Continue Reading
Report to Congress on Financial Implications of U.S. Participation in the International Monetary Fund
Department of the Treasury – Report to Congress on Financial Implications of U.S. Participation in the International Monetary Fund, March 21, 2008. Continue Reading
