- Budget Issues: Better Fee Design Would Improve Federal Protective Service’s and Federal Agencies’ Planning and Budgeting for Security, GAO-11-492, May 20, 2011
- Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices: Most Initiatives Supported by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization Have Limited Applicability to Humanitarian Demining, GAO-11-578R, May 20, 2011
- Defense Management: Perspectives on the Involvement of the Combatant Commands in the Development of Joint Requirements, GAO-11-527R, May 20, 2011
- Haiti Reconstruction: U.S. Efforts Have Begun, Expanded Oversight Still to Be Implemented, GAO-11-415, May 19, 2011
- Federal Land Management: Availability and Potential Reliability of Selected Data Elements at Five Agencies, GAO-11-377, April 20, 2011
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Daily Archives: May 20, 2011
International Competition Network Presents Vision for its Second Decade
News release: “At its 10th annual conference in The Hague, the Netherlands, the International Competition Network (ICN) adopted new materials on how to assess market dominance, resolve cartel cases, and manage competition projects effectively. The organization also presented a comprehensive evaluation of how competition agencies use the ICNs merger-related materials, and unveiled the first four… Continue Reading
White House Project: Epidemic: Responding to America's Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis
Report: “Prescription drug abuse is the Nations fastest-growing drug problem. While there has been a marked decrease in the use of some illegal drugs like cocaine, data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) show that nearly one-third of people aged 12 and over who used drugs for the first time in… Continue Reading
Internet matters: The Net's sweeping impact on growth, jobs, and prosperity
“New McKinsey research into the Internet economies of the G-8 nations as well as Brazil, China, India, South Korea, and Sweden finds that the web accounts for a significant and growing portion of global GDP. Indeed, if measured as a sector, Internet-related consumption and expenditure is now bigger than agriculture or energy. On average, the… Continue Reading
New Report: More Than 20 Million Americans Denied Access to Jobs & Economic Opportunity Within Broadband Economy
News release: “The latest Broadband Progress Report to Congress from the Federal Communications Commission reveals that approximately 26 million Americans, mostly in rural communities located in every region of the country, are denied access to the jobs and economic opportunity made possible by broadband. While the infrastructure of high-speed Internet is unavailable to those Americans,… Continue Reading
