United States Postal Service: Strategy Needed to Address Aging Delivery Fleet, GAO-11-671T, May 17, 2011 United States Postal Service: Strategy Needed to Address Aging Delivery Fleet, GAO-11-386, May 05, 2011 Visa Waiver Program: DHS Has Implemented the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, but Further Steps Needed to Address Potential Program Risks, GAO-11-335, May 05, 2011 Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Report: The American Companies With The Most Valuable Brands
The American Companies With The Most Valuable Brands: “24/7 Wall St. has done an analysis of the largest companies in the United States based on the size of their portfolios of major consumer brands. Many of these brands are worth billions of dollars if brand valuation firms are correct. All certainly generate tremendous sales. The… Continue Reading
Economic toll of Mississippi River flooding may be $2 billion
Christian Science Monitor: “Farms alone could take a $2 billion hit from the flooding, estimates John Michael Riley, an agricultural economist at Mississippi State University. “The impacts are pretty large,” he says, since much of the land near the river is agricultural used for farming catfish, cotton, and grains such as corn, wheat, soybeans,… Continue Reading
EPAs National Library Network Named Federal Library/Information Center of the Year
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys National Library Network has been named Federal Library/Information Center of the Year by the Library of Congress. The award recognizes outstanding, innovative, and sustained achievements during fiscal year 2010 by a federal library or information center. EPAs library network is an essential information partner with EPA staff and… Continue Reading
University Study: Google's Android OS ClientLogin Vulnerable to Hijacking
Catching AuthTokens in the Wild – The Insecurity of Google’s ClientLogin Protocol by Bastian Könings, Jens Nickels, and Florian Schaub, May 13, 2011 “In a recent blog post Dan Wallach outlined some of the risks of using Android smartphones in open Wifi networks. He found that some Android applications transmit data in the clear, allowing… Continue Reading
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
House Budget Plan: State-By-State Impact of Changes in Medicaid Financing: “This analysis projects the state-by-state impact of converting Medicaid into a block grant and eliminating the planned expansion of the program by repealing the health reform law, as called for under the House Budget Plan. It finds that the plan would trigger major reductions in… Continue Reading
FINRA Launches New Disciplinary Actions Database
News release: “The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced the launch of the FINRA Disciplinary Actions Online database, a web-based searchable system that makes its disciplinary actions accessible via its website. The database enables users to perform searches for FINRA actions free of charge, seven days a week. Users may search for actions by… Continue Reading
Using Online Tools to Engage and be Engaged by The Public
Using Online Tools to Engage and be Engaged by The Public: While all federal agencies have developed open government plans, many managers find themselves unfamiliar with what tactics and tools work best, under different scenarios. Matt Leighninger, IBM Deliberative Democracy Consortium “Mr. Leighningers report begins to pull back the veil on how the… Continue Reading
White House: Launching the U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace
“White House officials released an international cyberstrategy here today that will help to build a coalition of nations [with a] mutual interest in securing cyberspace, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said…To realize fully the benefits that networked technology promises the world, these systems must function reliably and securely. People must have confidence that… Continue Reading
EFF: Documenting Tools for Beating Internet Censorship
“Because we believe that Internet censorship is not only against the basic purpose of the Internet, which is to let people communicate what the want to with the people they want to communicate with, but also fundamentally against the universal right to freedom of opinion and expression [which] includes freedom to hold opinions without interference… Continue Reading
Survey: Annual Household Gasoline Expenditures Topping $3,000
“A recent national survey of 2000 representative Americans found that very large majorities (85 percent) are concerned about gas prices, think it important to reduce oil consumption (87 percent), and believe it important to increase fuel economy standards (75 percent). The survey also revealed that most Republicans, as well as most Democrats, agree that the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Military Housing, Warfighter Support, Seafood Safety
Military Housing: Enhancements Needed to Housing Allowance Process and Information Sharing among Services, GAO-11-462, May 16, 2011 Warfighter Support: Improved Joint Oversight and Reporting on DOD’s Prepositioning Programs May Increase Efficiencies, GAO-11-647, May 16, 2011 Seafood Safety: FDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Imported Seafood and Better Leverage Limited Resources, GAO-11-286, April 14, 2011 Continue Reading
