Dan Farber, CNET News: “Obama will appoint the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to ensure that our government and all its agencies have the right infrastructure, policies and services for the 21st century. The CTO will ensure the safety of our networks and will lead an interagency effort, working with chief technology and chief information officers of each of the federal agencies, to ensure that they use best-in-class technologies and share best practices.”
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Daily Archives: November 9, 2008
Global Census of Marine Life Releases Interim Report
News release: “The 2,000-strong community of Census of Marine Life scientists from 82 nations today announced astonishing examples of recent new finds from the worlds ocean depths. As more than 700 delegates gather for the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (Valencia, Spain Nov. 11-15), organized by the Censuss European affiliate program on Marine Biodiversity and… Continue Reading
Obama Transition Team Targets Final Bush Regs for Reversal
Washington Post: “Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team.”… Continue Reading
Change.gov – Office of the President Elect
Change.gov: “Throughout the Presidential Transition Project, this website will be your source for the latest news, events, and announcements so that you can follow the setting up of the Obama Administration. And just as this historic campaign was, from the beginning, about you — the transition process will offer you opportunities to participate in redefining… Continue Reading
Domestic Uranium Production Report – Quarterly
Energy Information Administration, Domestic Uranium Production Report – Quarterly Data for 3rd Quarter 2008: “U.S. production of uranium concentrate was 980,933 pounds U3O8, down 9 percent from the previous quarter, and down 9 percent from the third quarter 2007.” Continue Reading
2008-2009 Presidential Transition Resources
Presidential Transition Team website: “The Presidential Transition Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-293) authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop a transition directory in consultation with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Act provides that the transition directory “shall be a compilation of Federal publications and materials with supplementary materials developed by the… Continue Reading
Pelosi, Reid Call On Paulson To Use Authority To Provide Aid To Auto Industry
Follow up to November 7, 2008 posting – Is a Government Bail-Out In GM’s Future? – this November 8 press release: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson calling on him to review the feasibility of using the authority given under the Emergency Economic… Continue Reading
New Report Looks Under the Hood of Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program
News release: “EPA has released its first annual report that summarizes environmental compliance data from all mobile sources including cars, light duty trucks and non-road equipment. The 2007 model year report provides information about vehicle recalls, emissions certification testing, and emission defects. This report will help stakeholders better understand the compliance programs requirements, process and… Continue Reading
Research study: Impending collapse of bluefin tuna in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean
Impending collapse of bluefin tuna in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, Brian R. MacKenzie, Henrik Mosegaard, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Conservation Letters, 2008 “The abundance of bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, in the east Atlantic and Mediterranean has declined in recent decades. ICCAT (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas), the regional bluefin tuna management authority,… Continue Reading
Treasury's First Tranche Report to Congress
“This First Tranche Report to Congress (First Tranche Report) is the first report under section 105(b) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA). This First Tranche Report is in satisfaction of the requirements for reporting at the $50 billion and $100 billion commitment levels, because Treasury has made in one round of funding… Continue Reading
