- Export Controls: Fundamental Reexamination of System Is Needed to Help Protect Critical Technologies, GAO-09-767T, June 4, 2009
- Internal Revenue Service: Review of the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request, GAO-09-754, June 3, 2009
- International Food Assistance: Local and Regional Procurement Can Enhance the Efficiency of U.S. Food Aid, but Challenges May Constrain Its Implementation, GAO-09-570, May 29, 2009
- International Food Assistance: Local and Regional Procurement Provides Opportunities to Enhance U.S. Food Aid, but Challenges May Constrain Its Implementation, GAO-09-757T, June 4, 2009
- Military and Dual-Use Technology: Covert Testing Shows Continuing Vulnerabilities of Domestic Sales for Illegal Export, GAO-09-725T, June 4, 2009
- Tax Administration: Interim Results of IRS’s 2009 Filing Season,
GAO-09-640, June 3, 2009
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Daily Archives: June 4, 2009
Open Government Initiative Discussion Phase: Transparency Principles
Beth Noveck, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government: “…this initial public engagement process on open government policy will take place in three phases (brainstorming, discussion, drafting). Following this initial process, we will distill the input received here, from submissions of proposals in From the Inbox, and from government experts and develop a set of… Continue Reading
Proposed Financial Regulatory Overhaul
FoxBusiness: “Lawmakers and Obama Administration officials are moving closer to finalizing proposals to overhaul the financial regulatory system — a discussion which now includes federal insurance regulation and institutions such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but significant conflicts remain unresolved.” Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
CBO: Monthly Budget Review, June 2009
Monthly Budget Review, June 2009 – Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for April and the Daily Treasury Statements for May: “The federal budget deficit was $984 billion for the first eight months of fiscal year 2009, CBO estimates, $664 billion more than the deficit recorded through May 2008. That estimate includes outlays for the… Continue Reading
NIST Delivers Updated Draft Standards for Electronic Voting Machines
“The Commerce Departments National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) delivered to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) a draft revision to the 2005 federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) Version 1.0, specifying how electronic voting machines are built and tested. The EAC has made the draft revision available for public comment today, with a final… Continue Reading
Data.gov: machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government
“The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. As a priority Open Government Initiative for President Obama’s administration, Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the… Continue Reading
