Homeland Security: Ongoing Challenges Impact the Federal Protective Service’s Ability to Protect Federal Facilities, GAO-10-506T, March 16, 2010 U.S. Insular Areas: Opportunities Exist to Improve Interior’s Grant Oversight and Reduce the Potential for Mismanagement, GAO-10-347, March 16, 2010 Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Position Army’s Ground Force Modernization Efforts for Success, GAO-10-406, March 15, 2010 Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board Quarterly Report to Congress
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Quarterly Report to Congress and to the President of the United States. Insight and Information on the Recovery Boards Operations Through February 2010. Released March 16, 2010. “The value that transparency brings to the oversight mission should not be underestimated. For the first time ever we can screen and analyze… Continue Reading
EPA: Fix a Leak Week Showcases How Americans Can Save Water and Money
News release: “Across the country, household leaks are wasting more than 1 trillion gallons of water per yearenough water to supply every home in Texas with its annual water needs. To help consumers save water and money, EPA is working with water utilities, manufacturers, retailers, communities and plumbers to promote its second annual Fix a… Continue Reading
Leahy, Cornyn Commemorate Sunshine Week With Faster FOIA Act Introduction
News release: “[On March 15, 2010] Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced bipartisan legislation to make further improvements to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the nations premier open government law. Leahy is a longtime leader on FOIA issues, and has led efforts to make the federal government more open and transparent to the people it… Continue Reading
Department of State Launches New Tool to Foster Online Open Dialogue
News release: “The Department of State today launches Opinion Space”, an interactive site hosted on State.gov that seeks to foster global conversations on foreign affairs. Opinion Space, developed jointly by the Department of State and the University of California at Berkeleys Center for New Media (BCNM), is accessible to anyone around the world.” Continue Reading
NIH Advised Medical Researchers Should Be Made To Publicly Disclose Possible Conflicts Of Interest
News release: POGO has sent a letter to Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), urging him to implement an idea he recently said he supported: a public database listing any financial arrangements, such as payment for consulting, between NIH grantees and outside organizations…Dr. Collins explained his views on such… Continue Reading
Internet Crime Complaint Center Annual Report
News release: “The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), released the 2009 Annual Report about fraudulent activity on the Internet today. Online crime complaints increased substantially once again last year, according to the report. The IC3 received a total of 336,655 complaints, a… Continue Reading
C-SPAN Announces New Searchable Library of Videos from 1987 to Present
Washington Post Political Blog: “On Wednesday [March 17, 2010], C-SPAN will launch a searchable video library that includes all of its programming dating to 1987. Which means that, if you were so inclined, you could watch every one of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s floor speeches or relive Barack Obama’s speech at the 2007 Iowa… Continue Reading
EPA Makes Chemical Information More Accessible to Public For the first time
News release: “As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jacksons strong commitment to increase information on chemicals, for the first time, EPA is providing web access, free of charge, to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance Inventory. This inventory contains a consolidated list of thousands of industrial chemicals maintained by the agency. EPA is… Continue Reading
The State of the News Media 2010
Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism: The State of the News Media 2010 is the seventh edition of our annual report on the health and status of American journalism. Our goals are to take stock of the revolution occurring in how Americans get information and provide a resource for citizens, journalists and researchers to make… Continue Reading
Financial Reform Legislation – Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010
Office of Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd: Financial Reform Legislation Summary Financial Reform Legislation (1336 pages, PDF) – To promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end “too big to fail”, to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to… Continue Reading
FCC National Broadband Plan – Executive Summary
News release: “Titled Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan, the Plan found that while broadband access and use have increased over the past decade, the nation must do much more to connect all individuals and the economy to broadbands transformative benefits. Nearly 100 million Americans lack broadband at home today, and 14 million Americans do… Continue Reading
