Improper Payments: Recent Efforts to Address Improper Payments and Remaining Challenges, GAO-11-575T, April 15, 2011 Southwest Border: Border Patrol Operations on Federal Lands, GAO-11-573T, April 15, 2011 Status of Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Improper Payments Reporting, GAO-11-443R, March 25, 2011 Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Wall Street And The Financial Crisis: Anatomy Of A Financial Collapse
Majority And Minority Staff Report United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Wall Street And The Financial Crisis: Anatomy Of A Financial Collapse, April 13, 2011 – : “This 639 page report, which was part of a 2-year bi-partisan investigation by the U.S. Senate Permanent Committee on Investigations… Continue Reading
Presentation: Web 2.0, New Media Ecology, Mobile Information 2.0 and Beyond: Where are we, where are we going?
Information 2.0 and Beyond: Where are we, where are we going? by Kristen Purcell, Mar 29, 2011 at APLIC’s 44th Annual Conference in Washington, DC Continue Reading
EIA – Short-Term Energy and Summer Fuels Outlook
Short-Term Energy and Summer Fuels Outlook – April 12, 2011 “West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil spot prices averaged $89 per barrel in February and $103 per barrel in March. The WTI price has continued to rise in recent days, reaching $112 on April 8. Crude oil prices are currently at their highest level since… Continue Reading
OnGuardOnline.gov Urges Taxpayers to Contact the IRS If They Suspect Tax-Related Identity Theft
News release: “OnGuardOnline.gov, a partnership of fourteen federal agencies managed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), is informing consumers that an unexpected message from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could be a warning sign that their Social Security number is being misused by an identity thief. OnGuardOnline.gov suggests that people contact the IRS if they… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Coast Guard, Corrosion Prevention, Medical Devices, Missile Defense, Public Health Preparedness, Transportation Worker IDs
Coast Guard: Observations on Acquisition Management and Efforts to Reassess the Deepwater Program, GAO-11-535T, April 13, 2011 Coast Guard: Opportunities Exist to Further Improve Acquisition Management Capabilities, GAO-11-480, April 13, 2011 Defense Management: The Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2012 Corrosion Prevention and Control Budget Request, GAO-11-490R, April 13, 2011 Medical Devices: FDA’s Premarket Review… Continue Reading
Kaiser Foundation Data Note Explores Digital Divide and Access to Health Information Online
“The Affordable Care Act (ACA) calls for a number of web-based initiatives, including development of the website healthcare.gov which provides a variety of health information and helps individuals find coverage options. Therefore, understanding the level and quality of Internet access among those groups most likely to benefit from reform, such as the uninsured, those with… Continue Reading
PBS: Social Media Curation Tool Storyful Helps Separate News From Noise
Social Media Curation Tool Storyful Helps Separate News From Noise: “Storyful is a social media news tool created by journalists that finds the most relevant, real and interesting video, tweets and posts coming from people in the middle of events around the world. A team of journalists work with Storyful’s “behind-the-scenes” software to find, verify… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve issues enforcement actions related to deficient practices in residential mortgage loan servicing, foreclosure processing
“The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced formal enforcement actions requiring 10 banking organizations to address a pattern of misconduct and negligence related to deficient practices in residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing. These deficiencies represent significant and pervasive compliance failures and unsafe and unsound practices at these institutions. The Board is taking these… Continue Reading
Obama's Deficit Speech (Transcript)
President Obama’s speech, “The Country We Believe In,” at George Washington University, as prepared for delivery, April 13, 2011. “So here’s the truth. Around two-thirds of our budget is spent on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and national security. Programs like unemployment insurance, student loans, veterans’ benefits, and tax credits for working families take up another… Continue Reading
FTC Testifies on Protecting Social Security Numbers; Millions of Consumers are Victims of Identity Theft Each Year
“The Federal Trade Commission today told a House subcommittee that millions of consumers are victims of identity theft each year at a cost of billion of dollars and countless hours of consumers time to repair the damage. In testimony before the House Ways and Means Committees Social Security Subcommittee, the agency said helping protect consumers… Continue Reading
Leaping Over the Firewall: A Review of Censorship Circumvention Tools
“A new Freedom House report found that while the majority of circumvention tools used to evade government censorship online perform similarly well, the country in which they are used and the nature of the censorship dictate their effectiveness. No one tool provides a silver bullet for security as governments become more sophisticated in filtering content… Continue Reading
