Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction 09-004 Iraq Reconstruction Project Terminations Represent a Range of Actions, October 27, 2008: “As of June 2008, SIGIR identified 1,262 DoD Iraq reconstruction projects that have been terminated, including 732 for the convenience of the government, and 530 for default on the part of the contractor. These terminated projects… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2008
FBI Releases 2007 Hate Crime Statistics
News release: “Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released statistics which indicated that 7,624 criminal incidents involving 9,006 offenses were reported in 2007 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Hate Crime Statistics, 2007, published by the FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting Program, includes… Continue Reading
Unintended Consequences: Ten Years Under the DMCA
Electronic Frontier Foundation: “This document, Unintended Consequences: Ten Years under the DMCA, collects reported cases where the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA have been invoked not against pirates, but against consumers, scientists, and legitimate competitors. It will be updated from time to time as additional cases come to light. The latest version can always be… Continue Reading
Preparing for Our Common Future: Policy Choices and the Economics of Climate Change
Preparing for Our Common Future: Policy Choices and the Economics of Climate Change, October 2008. CBO Director Peter Orszag’s presentation for the Goldman Lecture in Economics, Wellesley College. “Global climate change represents one of our most serious long-term risks.” Related postings on climate change Continue Reading
DOI Draft Regulations: Implementing Interagency Cooperation Under the Endangered Species Act
News release: “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service today announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment that analyzes a limited set of proposed revisions to regulations that apply to interagency consultation procedures under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. The Services are seeking public review and comment… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Export Controls, Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative
Export Controls: Challenges with Commerce’s Validated End-User Program May Limit Its Ability to Ensure That Semiconductor Equipment Exported to China Is Used as Intended, GAO-08-1095, September 25, 2008 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative: Further Progress Is Needed in Developing a Risk-Based Monitoring Approach to Help HHS Improve Program Oversight, GAO-08-1002, September 26, 2008 Continue Reading
New Interagency Website: EconomicRecovery.gov
“U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez took questions from the public concerning the current U.S. economy and announced a new interagency Web site led by the Commerce Department in an Interactive online forum, Ask the White House. The new web site, EconomicRecovery.gov, is a resource for the latest information from government agencies on Americas… Continue Reading
Report: Depressed Economy Wallops States
Depressed economy wallops states, By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer “Staggered by turbulent financial markets and anxious about a rapidly slumping economy, many state governments are slashing their budgets, frantically trying to stay afloat. After two years free of major fiscal worries, state policymakers in 2008 were hit by a triple-whammy: a Wall Street… Continue Reading
New from OMB: Protecting Protecting American Taxpayers From Government Spending on Wasteful Earmarks, IT Governance, Spectrum Relocation
M-09-03, Guidance on implementing P.L. No. 110-329 in accordance with Executive Order 13457 on Protecting American Taxpayers From Government Spending on Wasteful Earmarks (October 23, 2008) M-09-02, Information Technology Management Structure and Governance Framework: “Organizational Structure and Reporting Relationships of IT Executives and Senior Managers – A. The Department or Agency has a designated executive-level… Continue Reading
DOT: New August Data Show Americans Drove 15 Billion Fewer Miles than a Year Ago
News release: “New federal data show Americans are continuing a 10-month-long decline in driving habits, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters announced… The decline is putting new pressure on the way road, bridge and transit projects are funded at a time of record growth in transit ridership, showing the need for a new approach for… Continue Reading
Reversal of Fortune: A New Look at Concentrated Poverty in the 2000s
“The Federal Reserve System and its 12 member banks partnered with the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program to produce a new, in-depth look at concentrated poverty in America. The two-year study, The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America – Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S., October 2008, profiles 16 high-poverty communities across the United… Continue Reading
Committee Holds Hearing on the the Role of Federal Regulators in the Financial Crisis
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held holding a hearing titled, The Financial Crisis and the Role of Federal Regulators on, Thursday, October 23, 2008. The hearing examined the roles and responsibilities of federal regulators in the current financial crisis. A preliminary hearing transcript (201 pages, PDF) is available for download.” “Chairman Waxman: “Our… Continue Reading
