- Military Personnel: Personnel and Cost Data Associated with Implementing DOD’s Homosexual Conduct Policy, GAO-11-170, January 20, 2011
- Troubled Asset Relief Program: Third Quarter 2010 Update of Government Assistance Provided to AIG and Description of Recent Execution of Recapitalization Plan, GAO-11-46, January 20, 2011
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Daily Archives: January 20, 2011
TRAC: Federal Prosecution Data for September 2010 Released
“Federal criminal prosecutions totaled 13,916 for the month of September according to the most recent data released by the Department of Justice. This figure is up 6 percent from the previous month, and is down less than one percent from a year ago. TRAC offers free reports on program categories such as immigration, drugs and… Continue Reading
Verizon Files Appeal in Federal Court Regarding FCC Net Neutrality Order
News release: “Verizon Communications on Thursday (Jan. 20) filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s Report and Order on rules dealing with the issue of net neutrality…”Today’s filing is the result of a careful review of the FCC’s order. We are… Continue Reading
Social Media and Congress
Via House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) – “YouCut a first-of-its-kind project – is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. It allows you to vote, both online and on your cell phone, on spending cuts that you want to see the House enact. Each week that the House is… Continue Reading
FCC Releases Order In Comcast-NBCU Transaction
News release: “Today, the Federal Communications Commission grantswith conditions and enforceable commitmentsapproval of the assignment and transfer of control of broadcast, satellite, and other radio licenses from General Electric Company (GE) to Comcast Corporation. The approval will allow GE and Comcast to create a joint venture involving NBC Universal, Inc. (NBCU) and Comcast. An Order… Continue Reading
Pew: State of the States 2011
State of the States 2011: Stateline takes its annual look at the trends and issues that will be the most discussed topics in state government in the coming year.” As state budgets, payrolls shrink, so do ambitions States adjust to a more frugal Washington Republicans face obstacles in redistricting State budget outlook: the worst isn’t… Continue Reading
Interior Announces Next Steps in Overhaul of Offshore Energy Oversight and Management
News release: Salazar, Bromwich Announce Next Steps in Overhaul of Offshore Energy Oversight and Management: “The former MMS was saddled with the conflicting missions of promoting resource development, enforcing safety regulations, and maximizing revenues from offshore operations..Those conflicts, combined with a chronic lack of resources, prevented the agency from fully meeting the challenges of overseeing… Continue Reading
Report: 129 million Americans with pre-existing condition could be denied coverage without new health reform law
News release: “Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new analysis showing that, without the Affordable Care Act, up to 129 million non-elderly Americans who have some type of pre-existing health condition, like heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis or cancer, would be at risk of losing health insurance when they need it… Continue Reading
EIA: World Oil Transit Chokepoints Brief
World Oil Transit Chokepoints Brief Jan 18, 2011: “Chokepoints are narrow channels along widely used global sea routes, some so narrow that restrictions are placed on the size of vessel that can navigate through them. They are a critical part of global energy security due to the high volume of oil traded through their… Continue Reading
EIA: United Arab Emirates Country Analysis Brief
United Arab Emirates Country Analysis Brief Jan 18, 2011: “The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven different emirates which together comprise the third largest economy in the Middle East behind Saudi Arabia and Iran. The UAE is an important producer of natural gas and oil, ranking seventh globally in total proven… Continue Reading
Unpublished SEC IG Reports of Investigations Obtained via FOIA by POGO
SEC Inspector General Reports of Investigation: In recent years, investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) have exposed a wide range of serious misconduct, including the agency’s failure to crack down on the Madoff and Stanford Ponzi schemes, retaliation against whistleblowers, conflicts of interest, revolving door abuses, the failure… Continue Reading
2011 IT Workforce Capability Assessment (ITWCA) Survey Launches
Via CIO.gov:”Beginning January 18, 2011, the Government IT workforce will be able to weigh in on the future of Federal IT. All Federal civilian IT employees are invited to take the ITWCA, an anonymous online survey from the Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council and Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The ITWCA, running from January… Continue Reading
