White House: Securing Our Digital Future, Melissa Hathaway, Cybersecurity Chief at the National Security Council, discusses securing our nation’s digital future. Cyberspace Policy Review – Assuring a Trusted and Resilient Information and Communications Infrastructure, May 29, 2009: “The President directed a 60-day, comprehensive, clean-slate review to assess U.S. policies and structures for cybersecurity. Cybersecurity policy… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
FTC Begins Rulemaking to Address Unfair and Deceptive Mortgage Practices
News release: “In an effort to better protect financially distressed homeowners, the Federal Trade Commission has initiated a rulemaking proceeding involving foreclosure rescue and loan modification services. The FTC is seeking public comment to determine whether certain practices by companies providing these services are unfair or deceptive and should be reined in by proposed rules… Continue Reading
FTC Provides Tips for Saving Money at the Gas Pump and Cooling Your Home
News release: “With summer on the way, hotter days and vacation road trips are coming up fast. Because the costs of cooling your home and filling up your car can add up, the Federal Trade Commission is offering tips to save you money. Saving Starts @ Home: The Insider Story on Conserving Energy, offers energy… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Federal Reserve Banks Security Controls, National Preparedness
Defense Management: Observations on DOD’s Analysis of Options for Improving Corrosion Prevention and Control through Earlier Planning in the Requirements and Acquisition Processes, GAO-09-694R, May 29, 2009 Federal Reserve Banks: Areas for Improvement in Information Security Controls, GAO-09-722R, May 29, 2009 Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007, GAO-09-409, May… Continue Reading
TRAC: Immigration still driving prosecutions upward
“After several months of declines since reaching all-time highs in September, new immigration prosecutions in February were up 22% from the previous month. According to timely case-by-case data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), these 8,179 cases represent an increase of about 90% from a year ago, and 250% from February… Continue Reading
Report: The Condition of Education 2009
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education: “The Condition of Education 2009 in Brief contains a summary of 12 of the 46 indicators in The Condition of Education 2009. The topics covered include: public and private enrollment in elementary/secondary education; projections of undergraduate enrollment; student achievement from the National Assessment of Educational Progress… Continue Reading
Toward A 21st Century Framework for Federal Government Privacy Policy
Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB), Toward A 21st Century Framework for Federal Government Privacy Policy, May 2009 “[this]…report analyzes issues and makes recommendations around updating privacy law and policy in light of technological change. The Privacy Act of 1974 is the basis for much of the legal and policy framework by which the… Continue Reading
North American Surface Trade Numbers for March 2009
New release: “Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 27.9 percent lower in March 2009 than in March 2008, dropping to $51.1 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation, March was the third… Continue Reading
EPA Launches Annual Efforts to Protect Area Beaches, Coastal Waters and New York/New Jersey Harbor
News release: “With the beginning of the beach season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is again undertaking a beach and harbor protection program, comprising surveillance, sampling and funding activities to safeguard beaches and bays in New Jersey and New York, and the health of the people who enjoy them. Using its helicopter, ships and… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: FDIC Audit, DOD Gift Fund Policies, U.S. Public Diplomacy
Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds’ 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements, GAO-09-535, May 28, 2009 Financial Management: DOD Needs to Clarify Its General Gift Fund Policies to Provide for Effective Oversight, GAO-09-486R, May 27, 2009 U.S. Public Diplomacy: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight, GAO-09-679SP, May 27, 2009 Continue Reading
Library of Congress Resources on Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor
Law Library of Congress: Supreme Court Nominations – Sonia Sotomayor Continue Reading
The Budgetary Treatment of Proposals to Change the Nation's Health Insurance System
The Budgetary Treatment of Proposals to Change the Nation’s Health Insurance System, May 27, 2009 “The Congress is currently considering various approaches for instituting major changes in the nation’s system of health insurance. Some of those proposals would significantly expand the federal government’s role in that system, thus raising the question of how such changes… Continue Reading
