News release: “The National Archives announces publication of World War II: Guide to Records Relating to U.S. Military Participation compiled by retired staff archivist and subject specialist Timothy P. Mulligan. Dr. Mulligan has prepared eight previous guides and other finding aids to captured German and related records and is the author of three books, as… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Treasury: First Annual Report on the Latin America Small Business Lending Initiative
U.S. Treasury: First Annual Report on the Latin America Small Business Lending Initiative (PDF), August 29, 2008. “The three-part initiative is jointly supported by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Each of these entities has complementary roles to play in the Initiative. The first pillar… Continue Reading
Louisiana Citizen Awareness and Disaster Evacuation Guides
State of Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Louisiana Citizen Awareness and Disaster Evacuation Guides Southeast – New Orleans, Slidell Southwest – Lake Charles, Lafayette Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: FAA Airspace Redesign, Grants Management, Military Personnel
FAA Airspace Redesign: An Analysis of the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Project, GAO-08-786, July 31, 2008 Grants Management: Attention Needed to Address Undisbursed Balances in Expired Grant Accounts, GAO-08-432, August 29, 2008 Military Personnel: DOD’s and the Coast Guard’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Programs Face Implementation and Oversight Challenges, GAO-08-924, August 29, 2008 Continue Reading
Treasury: Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holding of Foreign Securities
Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holding of Foreign Securities, August 29, 2008. “Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2007 are released today and posted on the U.S. Treasury web site at here (209 pages, PDF). Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as… Continue Reading
Striking Jump in Consumers Seeking Health Care Information
Center for Studying Health System Change: Striking Jump in Consumers Seeking Health Care Information, Tracking Report No. 20, August 2008, Ha T. Tu, Genna Cohen In 2007, 56 percent of American adultsmore than 122 million peoplesought information about a personal health concern, up from 38 percent in 2001, according to a new national study by… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Survey: Podcast Downloading 2008
Pew Internet and American Life Project – Podcast Downloading 2008, 8/28/2008, Mary Madden Sydney Jones “As gadgets with digital audio capability proliferate, podcast downloading continues to increase. Currently, 19% of all internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they could listen to it or view it later. This most recent percentage is up… Continue Reading
State Department OIG Report: Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operation
Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG): Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (ISP-I-08-34) Aug 2008 [208 pages, Sensitive but Unclassified] “The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) successfully completed 54 new embassy compounds (NEC) and annex office buildings under the Construction Security Program, placing… Continue Reading
Joint Economic Committee Report: U.S. Families Are in Worse Economic Shape Now Than in 2000
News release: “Senator Charles E. Schumer and Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairman and Vice-Chair of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released statements in reaction to troubling new data from the U.S. Census Bureau on household incomes, health care coverage, and poverty. While wages have risen slightly from 2006 to 2007 and fewer families are without… Continue Reading
Health Plans Ramp Up Hospital-Physician Price and Quality Transparency Tools
News release: “While health plans are developing tools to help consumers compare price and quality information across hospitals and physicians, the tools’ pervasiveness and usefulness are limited, according to a study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). Responding to large employers’ interest in greater health care price and quality transparency,… Continue Reading
Justice Department Revises Charging Guidelines for Prosecuting Corporate Fraud
News release: “Department of Justice is revising its corporate charging guidelines for federal prosecutors throughout the country. The new guidance revises the Departments Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations, which govern how all federal prosecutors investigate, charge, and prosecute corporate crimes. The new guidelines address issues that have been of great interest to prosecutors… Continue Reading
Realizing the Global Promise of the Internet – The Future of Internet Governance
Realizing the Global Promise of the Internet: The Future of Internet Governance, Constance Ledoux Book, Janna Quitney Anderson, Michele Hammerbacher, Anne Nicholson, Dannika Lewis, Eryn Gradwell, August 13, 2008. Continue Reading
