The Mobile Difference, by John Horrigan, March 25, 2009 “Some 39% of Americans have positive and improving attitudes about their mobile communication devices, which in turn draws them further into engagement with digital resources on both wireless and wireline platforms. Mobile connectivity is now a powerful differentiator among technology users. Those who plug into… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Treasury Proposes Legislation for Resolution Authority
News release: “Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday called for new legislation granting additional tools to address systemically significant financial institutions that fall outside of the existing resolution regime under the FDIC. A draft bill will be sent to Congress this week…The legislative proposal would fill a significant void in the current financial services regulatory… Continue Reading
EPA OIG: EPA Needs to Improve Its Efforts to Reduce Air Emissions at U.S. Ports
EPA Needs to Improve Its Efforts to Reduce Air Emissions at U.S. Ports, [Report PDF – 86pp] [At a Glance PDF] “While EPA has issued air emissions regulations for most port sources, EPAs actions to address air emissions from large oceangoing vessels in U.S. ports have not yet achieved the goals for protecting human health.… Continue Reading
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers Shipments
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers Shipments, Inventories and Orders, February 2009 “New orders for manufactured durable goods in February increased $5.5 billion or 3.4 percent to $165.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase follows six consecutive monthly decreases, including a 7.3 percent January decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 3.9 percent.… Continue Reading
Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Victims of Crime
News release: “The nations Asian, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander population had the lowest rates of violent and property victimizations among all racial and ethnic groups between 2002 and 2006, according to a study released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Asians,… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Defense Management, DOD's Acquisition Workforce, Federal Land Management, Urban Partnership Agreements, USPS, IG Oversight of Financial Regulatory Agencies
Defense Management: Actions Needed to Address Stakeholder Concerns, Improve Interagency Collaboration, and Determine Full Costs Associated with the U.S. Africa Command, GAO-09-181, February 20, 2009 Department of Defense: Additional Actions and Data Are Needed to Effectively Manage and Oversee DOD’s Acquisition Workforce, GAO-09-342, March 25, 2009 Federal Land Management: Additional Documentation of Agency Experiences with… Continue Reading
Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2009
Military Power of the Peoples Republic of China – A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2000 “Chinas rapid rise as a regional political and economic power with growing global influence has significant implications for the Asia-Pacific region and the world. The United States welcomes the rise of a… Continue Reading
United Kingdoms Strategy for Countering International
Pursue Prevent Protect Prepare – The United Kingdoms Strategy for Countering International Terrorism, March 2009. Presented to Parliament by the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty. “It sets out our comprehensive approach for tackling international terrorism from the international, through the national, to the… Continue Reading
CIA Releases 25-Year Program Archive Search
“The automatic declassification provisions of Executive Order 12958, as amended, require the declassification of nonexempt historically-valuable records 25 years old or older. By 31 December 2006 all agencies were to have completed the review of all hardcopy documents determined to be historically valuable (designated as “permanent” by the agency and the National Archives) and exclusively… Continue Reading
DOD OIG: Funds Appropriated for Afghanistan and Iraq Processed Through the Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund
Report: Funds Appropriated for Afghanistan and Iraq Processed Through the Foreign Military Sales Trust Fund, Prepared by the Department of Defense Inspector General, March 24, 2009 (Project No. D2007-D000FD-0198.000) Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Private Health Insurance, Private Pensions, Social Security, Iraq Oversight
Private Health Insurance: 2008 Survey Results on Number and Market Share of Carriers in the Small Group Health Insurance Market, GAO-09-363R, February 27, 2009 Private Pensions: Conflicts of Interest Can Affect Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans, GAO-09-503T, March 24, 2009 Social Security Administration: Further Actions Needed to Address Disability Claims and Service Delivery Challenges,… Continue Reading
EPA Acts to Reduce Harmful Impacts from Coal Mining
News release: “The United States Environmental Protection Agency has sent two letters to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expressing serious concerns about the need to reduce the potential harmful impacts on water quality caused by certain types of coal mining practices, such as mountaintop mining. The letters specifically addressed two new surface coal mining… Continue Reading
