- Information Technology: Census Bureau Needs to Strengthen Testing of 2010 Decennial Systems, GAO-09-413T, March 05, 2009
- 2010 Census: Fundamental Building Blocks of a Successful Enumeration Face Challenges, GAO-09-430T, March 05, 2009
- Influenza Pandemic: Sustaining Focus on the Nation’s Planning and Preparedness Efforts, GAO-09-334, February 26, 2009
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Daily Archives: March 6, 2009
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Situation Summary, February 2009
Employment Situation Summary: “Nonfarm payroll employment continued to fall sharply in February (-651,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 7.6 to 8.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment has declined by 2.6 million in the past 4 months. In February, job losses were large and… Continue Reading
CRS: Who Regulates Whom? An Overview of U.S. Financial Supervision
Who Regulates Whom? An Overview of U.S. Financial Supervision, February 24, 2009 “Federal financial regulation in the United States has evolved through a series of piecemeal responses to developments and crises in the markets. This report provides an overview of current U.S. financial regulation: which agencies are responsible for which institutions and markets, and what… Continue Reading
Director of National Cybersecurity Center Resigns
WSJ: “The government’s coordinator for cybersecurity programs has quit, criticizing what he described as the National Security Agency’s grip on cybersecurity. Rod Beckstrom, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, said in his resignation letter that the NSA’s central role in cybersecurity is “a bad strategy” because it is important to have a civilian agency taking a… Continue Reading
Congressional Oversight Panel Releases Oversight Report on Foreclosure Mitigation
“March 6, 2009, the Congressional Oversight Panel released its March Oversight Report, The Foreclosure Crisis: Working Toward a Solution. “Like the crisis in the banking system, the foreclosure problem has grown so large that it threatens the entire economy. Foreclosures are depressing housing and commercial real estate prices throughout the country, imposing costs on those… Continue Reading
The Global Proliferation Status Map
“This [Global Proliferation Status Map] designates countries that have nuclear weapons capabilities. It distinguishes between nuclear-weapon states that have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), those that are not party to the NPT (including North Korea, which has withdrawn), and states with suspected clandestine programs. This last category includes Syria, which is suspected of building an… Continue Reading
