News release: “In order to ensure the public has as much information as possible about the health and the environmental impacts of chemicals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made public the identities of more than 150 chemicals contained in 104 health and safety studies that had been claimed confidential by industry. Todays announcement is… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Federal Reserve Beige Book, June 8, 2011
Full Report – Beige Book, June 8, 2011 and Links to the Districts “Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicated that economic activity generally continued to expand since the last report, though a few Districts indicated some deceleration. Some slowing in the pace of growth was noted in the New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and… Continue Reading
Evaluating U.S. Foreign Assistance to Afghanistan – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Report
Evaluating U.S. Foreign Assistance to Afghanistan – A Majority Staff Report Prepared for the Use of the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, 112th Congress, First Session, June 8, 2011 “Today, the United States spends more on foreign aid in Afghanistan than in any other country, including Iraq. After 10 years and roughly $18.8 billion… Continue Reading
Commerce Department Proposes New Policy Framework to Strengthen Cybersecurity Protections for Businesses Online
News release: “The U.S. Department of Commerce today released a report that proposes voluntary codes of conduct to strengthen the cybersecurity of companies that increasingly rely on the Internet to do business, but are not part of the critical infrastructure sector. The report, Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy, focuses on the Internet and Information… Continue Reading
PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute Health Reform Prospering in a post-reform world
PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute, Health Reform Prospering in a post-reform world, June 2001 “To prosper in the post-reform world, health executives will need to reassess current strategies and find ways to work together. This report illustrates the mega trends that each sector (provider, payer, and pharmaceutical and life sciences) will face as a result of… Continue Reading
EPIC: WhiteHouse.gov to Track Users for Two Years
EPIC: “The White House modified its privacy policy for WhiteHouse.gov on June 3, 2011. The new policy is more than twice as long as the old policy. The new policy states the White House web site now uses persistent Google Analytics cookies that track users for up to two years. Previously the site employed only… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Afghanistan, VA Health Care
Afghanistan: U.S. Efforts to Vet Non-U.S. Vendors Need Improvement, GAO-11-355, June 08, 2011 VA Health Care: Actions Needed to Prevent Sexual Assaults and Other Safety Incidents, GAO-11-530, June 07, 2011 Continue Reading
EIA – Short-Term Energy Outlook
Short-Term Energy Outlook, June 7, 2011 Release: “World benchmark crude oil prices reached their highest level of this year at the end of April, fell by about 10 percent by May 9 and have changed very little since then. EIA still expects oil markets to tighten through 2012 given projected world oil demand growth and… Continue Reading
UK: Review of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007: June 2011 the Government response
HM Treasury Review of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007: the Government response, June 2011 “The Governments approach is to ensure the UK financial system is a hostile environment for money laundering and terrorist finance while minimising the burden on legitimate businesses. In so doing and in order to prevent the UK being put at an… Continue Reading
CDC: No Progress in Salmonella During Past 15 Years
News release: “Food safety annual report card targets hard-to-prevent infection Salmonella infections have not decreased during the past 15 years and have instead increased by 10 percent in recent years, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the same time period, illnesses from the… Continue Reading
Federal Telework Progress Report: Making the Grade?
News release: “Telework Exchange, a public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework, today announced the results of the Federal Telework Progress Report: Making the Grade?, which gauges Federal telework progress against the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 requirements, and notably the provisions within 180 days to build the foundation for a sustainable… Continue Reading
Report: Recommendations for building an IT Acquisition Cadre based on a private sector best practices study
Building An IT Acquisition Manager Community: Recommendations for building an IT Acquisition Cadre, based on a private sector best practices study – David Litman and Raj Sharma, FAIR (Federal Acquisition Innovation & Reform) Institute “Today, rather than being an enabler for successful IT deployment, the IT acquisition process moves intolerably slow and works in silos… Continue Reading
