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Daily Archives: September 23, 2009
White House Leads Top Ten Lists of Agencies Using Facebook and Twitter
“Federal Computer Week has compiled lists of the top 10 federal agencies using Facebook and Twitter.” Continue Reading
DOD OIG Audit – Sanitization and Disposal of Excess Information Technology Equipment
Sanitization and Disposal of Excess Information Technology Equipment (Report No. D-2009-104) “We determined whether DOD Components sanitized and disposed of excess unclassified information technology (IT) equipment in accordance with Federal and DOD requirements. We also determined whether the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) disposed of excess IT equipment in accordance with security requirements; and… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: DCAA Audits, HIV/AIDS Care, Federal Protective Service, Recovery Act
DCAA Audits: Widespread Problems with Audit Quality Require Significant Reform, GAO-09-468, September 23, 2009 DCAA Audits: Widespread Problems with Audit Quality Require Significant Reform, GAO-09-1009T, September 23, 2009 See also Government Executive article: “The Defense Contract Audit Agency needs a complete overhaul, including new leadership and more independence from the Pentagon, according to testimony from… Continue Reading
Additional Information on Insurance Coverage for Unauthorized Immigrants Under Proposed Health Care Legislation
CBO: Additional Information on Insurance Coverage for Unauthorized Immigrants Under Proposed Health Care Legislation, September 22, 2009 – Letter to the Honorable Chuck Grassley “Under current law, CBO projects that the non elderly unauthorized immigrant population will total about 14 million in 2019. Of those individuals, nearly 60 percent (about 8 million) will be uninsured.… Continue Reading
Wired: Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online Newly Declassified Files Detail Massive FBI Data-Mining Project
“A fast-growing FBI data-mining system billed as a tool for hunting terrorists is being used in hacker and domestic criminal investigations, and now contains tens of thousands of records from private corporate databases, including car-rental companies, large hotel chains and at least one national department store, declassified documents obtained by Wired.com show. Headquartered in Crystal… Continue Reading
BLS: Mass Layoffs Summary, August 2009
News release: “Employers took 2,690 mass layoff actions in August that resulted in the separation of 259,307 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer. The number of mass… Continue Reading
Corporations, NGOs, and Foundations Announce 13 New Commitments to Empower Girls and Women
Follow up to August 23, 2009 posting – “Why Women’s Rights Are The Cause of Our Time” – today’s news release: “Millions of girls and women will have access to improved health care, better education, and increased economic opportunity because of commitments made today at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI),… Continue Reading
Report Shows Health Care Costs Will Skyrocket to Nearly $29,000 per Employee in the Next Decade Without Effective Reform
News release: “A new report released by Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, finds that annual per employee health care costs will triple to nearly $29,000 over the next decade without significant marketplace reforms that reduce costs, expand coverage and improve delivery. These runaway costs, combined with a $56… Continue Reading
Advocacy Group: Court Finds USDA Violated Federal Law by Allowing Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets on the Market
“In a case brought by Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice representing a coalition of farmers and consumers, a Federal Court ruled yesterday that the Bush USDAs approval of genetically engineered (GE) RoundUp Ready sugar beets [note: sugar beets produce 30 percent of the world’s sugar] was unlawful. The Court ordered the USDA to conduct… Continue Reading
