News release: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and OpenTheGovernment.org released a joint report, Measuring Transparency Under the FOIA: The Real Story Behind the Numbers, analyzing the governments Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) data for 2010 and how it compares to the previous administrations data…The results paint a very mixed picture on the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
New GAO Reports – Arlington National Cemetery, Coast Guard, Delphi Pension Plans, DOD Health Care, Drug Shortages
Arlington National Cemetery – Additional Actions Needed to Continue Improvements in Contract Management, GAO-12-99, December 15, 2011 Arlington National Cemetery – Management Improvements Made, but a Strategy Is Needed to Address Remaining Challenges, GAO-12-105, December 15, 2011 Coast Guard – Communication of Post-Government Employment Restriction Can Be Strengthened, GAO-12-174, December 15, 2011 Delphi Pension Plans… Continue Reading
UK clarifies law on information held in private email accounts
News release: “The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has today published new guidance making it clear that information concerning official business held in private email accounts is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham said: It should not come as a surprise to public authorities to have the clarification that information held… Continue Reading
TRUSTe Privacy Index Shows Online Privacy Policies Are Lengthy, Complicated
News release: “TRUSTe, the leading online privacy solutions provider, released its first privacy index as part of its new “Privacy Pulse” information series tracking changes and trends in online privacy. In the 2011 Website Edition of its Privacy Index, TRUSTe analyzed the privacy policies of the top 100 U.S. websites (as ranked by Alexa Sept.… Continue Reading
Blueprint for a Secure Cyber Future: The Cybersecurity Strategy for the Homeland Security Enterprise
“The Blueprint for a Secure Cyber Future builds on the Department of Homeland Security Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Reports strategic framework by providing a clear path to create a safe, secure, and resilient cyber environment for the homeland security enterprise. With this guide, stakeholders at all levels of government, the private sector, and our international… Continue Reading
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 13 Years Later
Kaiser – Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 13 Years Later – A Report on the States Allocation of the Tobacco Settlement Dollars “Since the states settled their lawsuits against the tobacco companies in November 1998, our organizations have issued annual reports assessing whether the… Continue Reading
Bureau of Justice Statistics – Prisoners in 2010
News release: “The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today in Prisoners in 2010 that the number of offenders under adult correctional supervision in the U.S. declined 1.3 percent in 2010, the second consecutive year of decline since BJS began reporting on this population in 1980. At yearend 2010, about 7.1 million people, or 1… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve – Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17, December 15, 2011 “Industrial production decreased 0.2 percent in November after having advanced 0.7 percent in October. Factory output moved down 0.4 percent in November; excluding a drop of 3.4 percent in the output of motor vehicles and parts, manufacturing production declined 0.2 percent. Mining production edged up… Continue Reading
Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession, 2007-2010
Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession, 2007-2010. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured “This issue brief examines changes in health insurance coverage over the last decade, with a focus on how changes in the economy, particularly during the “Great Recession” of 2007 to 2009, have affected coverage and the number of… Continue Reading
CDC – The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): “On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States, based on a survey conducted in 2010. Over the course of a year, that equals more than 12 million women and men. Those numbers… Continue Reading
EFF Position on Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
How SOPA Affects Students, Educators, and Libraries: “…Libraries represent another educational group that could face fallout from SOPA. The Library Copyright Alliance, a group whose members include the American Library Association and two other major library organizations, has also written a letter to the House of Representatives raising major issues with the bill. Alarmingly, the… Continue Reading
Macondo Well-Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Lessons for Offshore Drilling Safety
Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater Horizon Spill, via National Academies Press – Macondo Well-Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Lessons for Offshore Drilling Safety “This report examines the causes of the blowout of the Macondo well that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010 and provides a series of recommendations, for both… Continue Reading
