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Daily Archives: May 10, 2010

New GAO Reports: Business Systems Modernization

  • Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service’s Fiscal Year 2010 Expenditure Plan, GAO-10-539, May 10, 2010
  • Runaway and Homeless Youth Grants: Improvements Needed in the Grant Award Process, GAO-10-335, May 10, 2010
  • Maritime Security: Varied Actions Taken to Enhance Cruise Ship Security, but Some Concerns Remain, GAO-10-400, April 09, 2010
  • Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: DHS Should Conclude Negotiations and Finalize Regulations to Implement Federal Immigration Law, GAO-10-553, May 07, 2010

UN Global Biodiversity Report Conveys Fears on Damage to Natural Environment

News release: “Natural systems that support economies, lives and livelihoods across the planet are at risk of rapid degradation and collapse, unless there is swift, radical and creative action to conserve and sustainably use the variety of life on Earth. That is a principal conclusion of a major new assessment of the current state of… Continue Reading

RAND Corporation: Incidents of Jihadist Terrorist Radicalization in the United States Since September 11, 2001

RAND Corporation: Incidents of Jihadist Terrorist Radicalization in the United States Since September 11, 2001 “This paper examines the extent of jihadist radicalization in the United States, discusses who is being recruited, and assesses the domestic terrorist threat posed by the recruits. It then looks at how the recruits were identified by U.S. authorities and… Continue Reading

Report: Retirement Assets Total $16.0 Trillion at Year-End 2009

News release: “Americans held $16.0 trillion in retirement assets at the end of 2009, accounting for 35 percent of all household financial assets in the United States, the Investment Company Institute reported today. The finding is from The U.S. Retirement Market, 2009. The report covers assets held in private-sector defined benefit (DB) plans, government pension… Continue Reading

Office of National Drug Control Policy: New Approach to Drug Control in the United States and throughout the Western Hemisphere

News release: “Earlier this week, Director Gil Kerlikowske addressed the 47th Regular Session of the Organization of American States Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (known by its Spanish acronym, CICAD). As the Obama Administration prepares to release its new National Drug Control Strategy, CICAD has also been developing a multilateral drug strategy for the Western… Continue Reading

Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 2009: Interim Report of 2008 Highlights

Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this report, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 2009: Interim Report of 2008 Highlights, Minerals Management Service (MMS) Report (2009-016) – Published by U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, May 2009 News release: 2010 Offshore Industry Safety Awards… Continue Reading

National Women’s Health Week, May 9-15, 2010

“National Women’s Health Week is a weeklong health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH). National Women’s Health Week empowers women to make their health a top priority. With the theme “It’s Your Time,” the nationwide initiative encourages women to take simple steps for a longer,… Continue Reading