- CNMI Immigration and Border Control Databases, GAO-10-345R, February 16, 2010
- Disaster Assistance: Federal Assistance for Permanent Housing Primarily Benefited Homeowners; Opportunities Exist to Better Target Rental Housing Needs, GAO-10-17, January 14, 2010
- Surface Coal Mining: Financial Assurances for, and Long-Term Oversight of, Mines with Valley Fills in Four Appalachian States, GAO-10-206, January 14, 2010
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Daily Archives: February 16, 2010
Recalibrating the System: Toward Efficient and Effective Resourcing of National Preparedness
Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) released the study Recalibrating the System: Toward Efficient and Effective Resourcing of National Preparedness, December 2009 “In the U.S. three levels of government share sovereignty over common territory. This fundamental reality requires substantive improvement to current approaches to homeland security mission preparedness and execution, and if necessary, establishment of… Continue Reading
UK's mySociety.org creates and runs democracy and transparency websites in the UK
“mySociety has two missions. The first is to be a charitable project which builds websites that give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives. The second is to teach the public and voluntary sectors, through demonstration, how to use the internet most efficiently to improve lives. mySociety is a… Continue Reading
Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism: A Report Provided to the United States Congress
Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism Report Released by the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, U.S. Department of State: “In memory of Tom Lantos, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, a leader of moral force and a champion of human rights. As the only Holocaust survivor… Continue Reading
CRS: The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases, D. Andrew Austin, Analyst in Economic Policy, Mindy R. Levit, Analyst in Public Finance, January 28, 2010 “Total debt of the federal government can increase in two ways. First, debt increases when the government sells debt to the public to finance budget deficits and acquire the financial resources… Continue Reading
CRS: Insurance and Financial Regulatory Reform in the 111th Congress
Insurance and Financial Regulatory Reform in the 111th Congress, Baird Webel, Specialist in Financial Economics, January 13, 2010 “In the aftermath of the recent financial crisis, broad financial regulatory reform legislation has been advanced by the Obama Administration and by various Members of Congress. Under the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945, insurance regulation is generally =… Continue Reading
Security Labs Report Jul 2009-Dec 2009 Recap
Security Labs Report Jul 2009-Dec 2009 Recap – “This report has been prepared by the M86 Security Labs team. It covers key trends and developments in Internet security over the last six months, as observed by the security analysts at M86 Security Labs. M86 Security Labs is a group of security analysts specializing in Email… Continue Reading
