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Daily Archives: July 2, 2009

New GAO Reports: Urban Area Security Initiative, Defense Travel System, Federal Information Security Issues

  • Urban Area Security Initiative: FEMA Lacks Measures to Assess How Regional Collaboration Efforts Build Preparedness Capabilities, GAO-09-651, July 02, 2009
  • Defense Travel System: Implementation Challenges Remain, GAO-09-577, June 30, 2009
  • Federal Information Security Issues, GAO-09-817R, June 30, 2009
  • Recovery Act: The Department of Transportation Followed Key Federal Requirements in Developing Selection Criteria for Its Supplemental Discretionary Grants Program, GAO-09-785R, June 30, 2009

USDA Food Security Assessment, 2008-09

USDA Economic Research Service: Food Security Assessment, 2008-09 – By Shahla Shapouri, Stacey Rosen, Birgit Meade, and Fred Gale, Outlook Report No. (GFA-20) 58 pp, June 2009 “Food security in 70 developing countries is projected to deteriorate over the next decade, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service. After rising nearly 11 percent from 2007 to… Continue Reading

SEC Proposes Measures to Improve Corporate Governance and Enhance Investor Confidence

News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission voted on three measures that are intended to better inform and empower investors to improve corporate governance and help restore investor confidence. The Commission proposed requiring public companies receiving money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to provide a shareholder vote on executive pay in their proxy… Continue Reading