News release: “The contiguous United States had its fourth-warmest summer (June-August) on record, according to the latest NOAA State of the Climate report issued today. The report also showed the August average temperature was 75.0 degrees F, which is 2.2 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average. Last months average precipitation was 2.41 inches, 0.19… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2010
GAO Report: Contractor Integrity
Contractor Integrity: Stronger Safeguards Needed for Contractor Access to Sensitive Information, GAO-10-693, September 10, 2010 “GAOs analysis of guidance and contract actions at three agencies found areas where sensitive information is not fully safeguarded and thus may remain at risk of unauthorized disclosure or misuse. The Departments of Defense (DOD), Homeland Security (DHS), and Health… Continue Reading
GAO Report: Hybrid Warfare
Hybrid Warfare, GAO-10-1036R, September 10, 2010 “Senior military officials recently testified1 before Congress that current and future adversaries are likely to use hybrid warfare tactics, a blending of conventional and irregular approaches across the full spectrum of conflict. In addition, several academic and professional trade publications have commented that future conflict will likely be characterized… Continue Reading
FCC Releases Telecommunications Industry Revenues Report , 2008
Telecommunications Industry Revenues 2008 – Jim Lande, Kenneth Lynch, Industry Analysis & Technology Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, September 2010 “This report provides an overview of U.S. telecommunications industry revenues and contributions to the universal service support mechanisms over the past decade. The last report was released September 3, 2009. Most of the data for 2008… Continue Reading
Article Highlights 5 Shadow IT Enterprise Apps
5 Companies Thriving on the Rise of Shadow IT: “Shadow IT refers to “IT systems and IT solutions built and used inside organizations without organizational approval.” In the past few years, it’s gone from being considered a problem to being consider something to be embraced and learned from. Thanks to SaaS, entire companies have been… Continue Reading
CRS: U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress, Shirley A. Kan, Specialist in Asian Security Affairs, July 6, 2010 “This CRS report, updated as warranted, discusses policy issues regarding military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and provides a record of major contacts and crises since 1993. The United States suspended military contacts with… Continue Reading
CBO: How Does Obesity in Adults Affect Spending on Health Care?
How Does Obesity in Adults Affect Spending on Health Care? September 8, 2010, Economic and Budget Issue Brief “Over the past two decades, the adult population in the United States has, on average, become much heavier. From 1987 to 2007, the fraction of adults who were overweight or obese increased from 44 percent to 63… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Congressional Award Foundation, Hydropower Relicensing
Management Report: Opportunities for Improvements in the Congressional Award Foundation’s Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures, GAO-10-964R, September 09, 2010 Hydropower Relicensing: Stakeholders’ Views on the Energy Policy Act Varied, but More Consistent Information Needed, GAO-10-770, August 04, 2010 Continue Reading
The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011
News release: “Switzerland tops the overall rankings in The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011, released today by the World Economic Forum ahead of its Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2010 in Tianjin. The United States falls two places to fourth position, overtaken by Sweden (2nd) and Singapore (3rd), after already ceding the top place to… Continue Reading
FCC: Local Telephone Competition: Status as of June 30, 2009
News release: “The Federal Communications Commission today released the second Local Telephone Competition report to be based on comprehensive information about subscribership to interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service as well as more traditional telephone lines. The report summarizes data collected by FCC Form 477 as of June 30, 2009…In June 2009, there were… Continue Reading
FCC Unlocks Government Data With New Online Tools
News release: “..Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Managing Director Steven VanRoekel announced a suite of new tools designed to unlock FCC data and drive innovation across the public and private sectors…The suite of tools released by the FCC includes a number of APIs (Application Programming Interface) – interfaces that enable communication between independent… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Beige Book, September 8, 2010
Full Report – Beige Book, September 8, 2010 – Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District, August 2010, and link to reports by Districts: “Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggested continued growth in national economic activity during the reporting period of mid-July through the end of August, but with… Continue Reading
