DOE IG Inspection Letter Report – Inspection of Allegations Relating to Irregularities in the Human Reliability Program and Alcohol Abuse within the Office of Secure Transportation (OST), November 2010 “OST conducts transportation missions in support of national security, including the secure transportation of nuclear weapons, weapon components and special nuclear material through the use of… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
New GAO Reports: HUD Info Technology, NASA, Maritime Security
Information Technology: HUD Needs to Better Define Commitments and Disclose Risks for Modernization Projects in Future Expenditure Plans, GAO-11-72, November 23, 2010 NASA: Medium Launch Transition Strategy Leverages Ongoing Investments but Is Not Without Risk, GAO-11-107, November 22, 2010 Maritime Security: Responses to Questions for the Record, GAO-11-140R, October 22, 2010 Continue Reading
CDC: 1 in 4 of the Largest U.S. Airports Still Allows Smoking Indoors
Millions at risk of exposure to secondhand smoke in airports: “As the nation approaches Thanksgiving, the busiest travel season of the year, a new CDC report shows that 22 percent of U.S. passenger boardings take place at seven of the largest airports that still allow smoking indoors, putting air travelers and workers at risk of… Continue Reading
EFF Tool Offers New Protection Against Exploits of Webpage Security Flaws
News release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched a new version of HTTPS Everywhere, a security tool that offers enhanced protection for Firefox browser users against “Firesheep” and other exploits of webpage security flaws. HTTPS secures web browsing by encrypting both requests from your browser to websites and the resulting pages that are displayed.… Continue Reading
CRS: Water Infrastructure Projects Designated in EPA Appropriations: Trends and Policy Implications
Water Infrastructure Projects Designated in EPA Appropriations: Trends and Policy Implications, Claudia Copeland, Specialist in Resources and Environmental Policy, October 28, 2010 “Congressional action to designate funds within appropriations legislation for specified projects or locations has been increasing in recent years as a way to help communities meet needs to build and upgrade water infrastructure… Continue Reading
CRS: Winter Fuels Outlook 2010-2011
Winter Fuels Outlook 2010-2011, Robert Pirog, Specialist in Energy Economics, October 29, 2010 “The Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook (STEWFO) for the 2010-2011 winter heating season projects that American consumers should expect to see heating expenditures rise by 2.5% on average compared to last winter. Average expenditures for… Continue Reading
CRS: The Status of the Basel III Capital Adequacy Accord
The Status of the Basel III Capital Adequacy Accord, Walter W. Eubanks, Specialist in Financial Economics, October 28, 2010 “The new Basel Capital Adequacy Accord (Basel III) is of concern to Congress mainly because it could put U.S. financial institutions at a competitive disadvantage in world financial markets. The Basel capital accord is an agreement… Continue Reading
CRS: Rulemaking Requirements and Authorities in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Rulemaking Requirements and Authorities in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Curtis W. Copeland, Specialist in American National Government, November 3, 2010 “The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Continue Reading
DOE IG Special Report – Management Challenges at the Department of Energy
Department of Energy Office of Inspector General, Management Challenges at the Department of Energy, November 2010 “As the largest civilian contracting agency in the Federal government, the Department awards contracts to industrial companies, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations that operate a broad range of Department facilities. In fact, a substantial portion of the Department’s operations… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – "The FDsys": the new GPO Access
“The FDsys”: the new GPO Access – “GPO Access will be going away soon as the U.S. Government Printing Office rolls out the Federal Digital System (FDsys), an advanced digital system that will enable GPO to manage Government information from all three branches of the U.S. Government. Learn about the new system and its features,… Continue Reading
FBI Hate Crime Statistics, 2009 Report
News release: “Today, the FBI released 2009 statistics which indicated that 6,604 criminal incidents involving 7,789 offenses were reported as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Hate Crime Statistics, 2009, published by the FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting Program, includes data from hate crime… Continue Reading
Pew Study: Growing Gap between Landline and Dual Frame Election Polls
The Growing Gap between Landline and Dual Frame Election Polls – Republican Vote Share Bigger in Landline-Only Surveys – by Scott Keeter, Leah Christian and Michael Dimock, Pew Research Center, November 22, 2010 “The number of Americans who rely solely or mostly on a cell phone has been growing for several years, posing an increasing… Continue Reading
