Congressnow.com: “The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia today approved a bill to improve the oversight and implementation of the Government Accountability Office’s personnel system.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2008
New GAO Reports: Defense Acquisitions, Medicaid Financing, Yellowstone Bison
Defense Acquisitions: DOD’s Increased Reliance on Service Contractors Exacerbates Long-standing Challenges, GAO-08-621T, January 23, 2008 Defense Critical Infrastructure: DOD’s Risk Analysis of Its Critical Infrastructure Omits Highly Sensitive Assets, GAO-08-373R, April 2, 2008 Human Capital: Diversity in the Federal SES and Senior Levels of the U.S. Postal Service and Processes for Selecting New Executives, GAO-08-609T,… Continue Reading
Safe Harbor: Bringing People and Science Together to Improve the New York/New Jersey Harbor
News release: “After seven years of groundbreaking research and consensus building, the NY/NJ Harbor Consortium of the New York Academy of Sciences, a coalition of over 70 stakeholder organizations, unveiled its final report describing an innovative and collaborative process that brought stakeholders together to recommend and implement actions leading to a more sustainable NY/NJ Harbor… Continue Reading
DHS OIG General Management Reports on NAO and FEMA
OIG-08-35 – Letter Report: National Applications Office Privacy Stewardship, Unclassified Summary (PDF, 3 pages – New 04/03/2008: “We evaluated the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Applications Office (NAO) privacy stewardship to determine whether the NAO is conducting activities to instill and promote a culture of privacy, and its planned operations are in compliance with… Continue Reading
FBI: Reported Dollar Loss from Internet Crime Reaches All-Time High
News release: “According to the 2007 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 206,884 complaints of crimes perpetrated over the Internet during 2007. Of the complaints received, more than 90,000 were referred to law enforcement around the nation, amounting to nearly $240 million in reported losses. This represents a $40 million increase… Continue Reading
DHS Office of Immigration Statistics Reports on Legal Permanent Residents
U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2007 – “This report provides information on the number and characteristics of persons who became legal permanent residents during fiscal year 2007.” Data on Legal Permanent Residents: “Access data on immigrants who became legal permanent residents in fiscal year 2007 by class of admission, country of birth, state of residence, and… Continue Reading
New FTC Videos Help Consumers Spot Phishing Scams
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has released three 60-second videos to help alert consumers to phishing scams. Phishing uses deceptive spam to trick consumers into divulging sensitive or personal information, including credit card numbers and other financial data, through an email or a link to a copycat site. The goal of the videos is… Continue Reading
The Center for Public Integritys Buying of the President 2008
“The Center for Public Integritys Buying of the President series made its debut in 1996, with subsequent editions published in 2000 and again in 2004, when the book made The New York Times best-seller list. Like its three predecessors, the 2008 edition will explore the roles that money and special interests play in presidential politics… Continue Reading
NATO Progress Report on Afghanistan
Progress Report on Afghanistan, Report Prepared in Preparation of the April NATO Bucharest Summit, April 2-4, 2008. “August 2008 marks the fifth anniversary of NATOs presence in Afghanistan. Set against the devastating effect of decades of conflict, these five years have witnessed substantial progress in all spheres of Afghan life from a reasonably stable… Continue Reading
DoD Procurement Policy for Body Armor
03/31/2008 Report No. D-2008-067 DoD Procurement Policy for Body Armor (70 pages, PDF) “The Army and Marine Corps issued contracts and Federal Supply Schedule orders valued at more than $5.2 billion for body armor components. The Federal Acquisition Regulation requires contracting organizations to maintain adequate contract documentation to provide a complete acquisition history. Specific information… Continue Reading
Congressional Pig Book 2008: Annual Compilation of Pork-Barrel Projects in Federal Budget.
News release: “Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released the 2008 Congressional Pig Book, the latest installment in an 18-year exposé of pork-barrel spending…In fiscal year 2008, Congress stuffed 11,610 projects (the second highest total ever) worth $17.2 billion into the 12 appropriations bills. That is a 337 percent increase over the 2,658 projects in… Continue Reading
Diplomatic Security Releases 2007 Annual Report
The Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s latest annual report, the 2007 Diplomatic Security Year In Review, is now available online. Continue Reading
