Review of NASA’s Exploration Technology Development Program An Interim Report, Committee to Review NASA’s Exploration Technology Development Program, National Research Council, December 2008 “To meet the objectives of the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE), NASA must develop a wide array of enabling technologies. For this purpose, NASA established the Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP). Currently,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
President Elect Announces Energy and Environment Team
News release: “The team that I have assembled here today is uniquely suited to meet the great challenges of this defining moment. They are leading experts and accomplished managers, and they are ready to reform government and help transform our economy so that our people are more prosperous, our nation is more secure, and our… Continue Reading
U.S. Government Releases FY 2008 Financial Report
News release: “The Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget today released the Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government. The report details the U.S. government’s current financial position, as well as its short-term and long-term financial outlook, complementing the President’s Budget to be released in the spring of 2009…Revenue… Continue Reading
Most Trusted Companies for Privacy Survey Results Announced
News release: “Privacy and information security research company Ponemon Institute along with TRUSTe, the most widely recognized Internet privacy trustmark, today announced the results of the Ponemon Institutes fifth annual survey of Most Trusted Companies for Privacy. The study asked 6,486 adult-aged U.S. consumers which companies they thought were most trustworthy and which did the… Continue Reading
EPAs California Waiver Decision on Greenhouse Gas Automobile Emissions Met Statutory Procedural Requirements
Office of Counsel Legal Review, EPAs California Waiver Decision on Greenhouse Gas Automobile Emissions Met Statutory Procedural Requirements, Report No. 09-P-0056, December 9, 2008 “This is in response to your January 2, 2008, letter requesting that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigate whether the decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Medicare Advantage, Disaster Assistance, Global War on Terrorism, Radio Communications, Federal-Aid Highways, Homeland Security
Medicare Advantage: Characteristics, Financial Risks, and Disenrollment Rates of Beneficiaries in Private Fee-for-Service Plans, GAO-09-25, December 15, 2008 Disaster Assistance: Federal Efforts to Assist Group Site Residents with Employment, Services for Families with Children, and Transportation, GAO-09-81, December 11, 2008 Results Oriented Management: Opportunities Exist for Refining the Oversight and Implementation of the Senior Executive… Continue Reading
Nuclear Weapons in 21st Century U.S. National Security
Nuclear Weapons in 21st Century U.S. National Security – Report by a Joint Working Group of AAAS, the American Physical Society, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 2008 “The purpose of this report is to inform the next administrations decision-making on U.S. nuclear strategy, policy, posture, and related proliferation and arms control… Continue Reading
DHS OIG: Major Management Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security
OIG-09-08 – Major Management Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security (PDF, 39 pages), November 2008 “After just 5 short years, we are beginning to witness the positive effects of the departments efforts and initiatives: tighter security at the borders; increased immigration enforcement; greater cooperation with our international partners; expanded partnerships with the private sector;… Continue Reading
U.S. News Profiles Best Careers and Ahead-of-the-Curve Careers
Best Careers, 2009: “U.S. News profiles 30 careers that offer strong outlooks and high job satisfaction. Here’s what’s new in 2009…as well as a look at 13 cutting-edge careers, viable now and poised for future growth. They stem from megatrends like globalization, digitization, and the wave of environmentalism sweeping the world.” See the entry for… Continue Reading
A Painful Recession: States Cut Health Care Safety Net Programs – Families USA Foundation
News release: “A report released [December 11, 2008] documents how many states across the country are slashing their health care safety net programs in response to fiscal crises caused by the recession. With at least 43 states facing budget deficits in 2009 or 2010, many states have cut or are planning cuts to Medicaid and… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Survey: The Future of the Internet III
News release: “Some 578 leading Internet activists, builders, and commentators responded in this survey to scenarios about the effect of the Internet on social, political, and economic life in the year 2020. An additional 618 stakeholders also participated in the study, for a total of 1,196 participants who shared their views…” The Future of the… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com: E-Discovery Update – My E-Discovery Holiday Wish List
E-Discovery Update: My E-Discovery Holiday Wish List – Conrad J. Jacoby’s holiday wish is for the legal community to finally develop one or more judicially accepted standards that can be used to craft consistent ways of requesting and producing information. With baseline procedures in place, both producing and requesting parties, as well as judges, will… Continue Reading
