Official Google Blog: “Today we’re launching SearchWiki, a way for you to customize search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results. With just a single click you can move the results you like to the top or add a new site. You can also write notes attached to a particular site and remove… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
New on LLRX.com – Chumby: Internet Access You Can Hug?
Chumby: Internet Access You Can Hug? – Conrad J. Jacoby reviews a quirky, open source dual purpose gadget: both alarm clock and a delivery outlet for Internet content that is pushed to you in real time. Continue Reading
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
President Bush Signs H.R. 6867 Into Law: On Friday, November 21, 2008, the President signed into law: H.R. 6867, the “Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008,” which extends Emergency Unemployment Compensation to 20 weeks, and creates a second tier of 13 weeks of compensation for individuals in States with high unemployment rates. Public Law 110-449… Continue Reading
DOE IG: The Resolution of Significant Finding Investigation Recommendations
DOE OIG: The Resolution of Significant Finding Investigation Recommendations (U). This document is the unclassified memorandum attached to the classified report. November 2008. “Maintaining and enhancing the safety, reliability and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile is vital to national security. The Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Plan, issued annually by the President, directs the Department… Continue Reading
Forged in the Fire, Lessons Learned During Military Operations 1994-2008
Forged in the Fire – Lessons Learned During Military Operations (1994-2008), September 2008 “Judge Advocates have used these resources for over a decade and they continue to be in demand today. A recurring comment from the field, however, concerns the difficulty encountered when trying to research an issue on a specific topic such as claims,… Continue Reading
Report on Challenges and Recommendations for United States Overhead Architecture
Report on Challenges and Recommendations for United States Overhead Architecture authored by the Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, Report 110914 “The Subcommittee produced this report to document the issues and challenges facing the development, acquisition, and execution of a space architecture to serve the demands of the U.S. Intelligence Community and DOD. This report… Continue Reading
Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information at DHS
Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive Personally Identifiable: Information at DHS, October 2008 (PDF, 19 pages): The DHS Privacy Office Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive PII at DHS applies to every DHS employee, contractor, detailee and consultant. The document sets minimum standards for how personnel should handle Sensitive PII in paper and electronic form during their everyday work… Continue Reading
FDIC Loan Modification Program Guide "Mod in a Box"
“This guide provides an overview of the FDIC’s program to assist bankers, servicers, and investors in this process. It outlines FDIC program terms at IndyMac Federal Bank, offers insight into the specific portfolio characteristics that drive modification modeling at that bank, and provides a framework for developing and implementing a similar program at your institution.… Continue Reading
2008 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Annual Report
News release: “China relies on heavy-handed government control over its economy to maintain an export advantage over other countries. The result: China has amassed nearly $2 trillion in foreign exchange and has increasingly used its hoard to manipulate currency trading and diplomatic relations with other nations. These are among the concusions in the sixth Annual… Continue Reading
National Intelligence Council Report – Global Trends 2025- A Transformed World
Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World, November 2008 – “We prepared Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World to stimulate strategic thinking about the future by identifying key trends, the factors that drive them, where they seem to be headed, and how they might interact. It uses scenarios to illustrate some of the many ways in… Continue Reading
Recent CRS Reports on the Financial Crisis
The U.S. Financial Crisis: The Global Dimension with Implications for U.S. Policy, November 18, 2008 Reporting Requirements in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, updated November 13, 2008 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and Current Financial Turmoil: Issues and Analysis, October 31, 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Preliminary Analysis of Oversight Provisions, October 31,… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Freight Congestion, DHS Programs Oversight, Health Information Technology
Approaches to Mitigate Freight Congestion, GAO-09-163R, November 20, 2008 Department of Homeland Security: Billions Invested in Major Programs Lack Appropriate Oversight, GAO-09-29, November 18, 2008 Contract Management: DOD Developed Draft Guidance for Operational Contract Support but Has Not Met All Legislative Requirements, GAO-09-114R, November 20, 2008 Health Information Technology: More Detailed Plans Needed for the… Continue Reading
