Government Accountability Office

Type: Organization

Name: Government Accountability Office

First reported 52 mins ago - Updated 52 mins ago - 1 reports

Protest could delay Forest Service's update...

A Missoula, Mont.-based air tanker company has protested a Forest Service plan to issue contracts for seven new air tankers, potentially hampering the agency's ability to battle wildfires well into the 2013 season.Neptune Aviation Services yesterday protested ... [Published Red Lodge Clearinghouse - 52 mins ago]

Entities: protest, Wildfires, Dan Snyder

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

AGRIBUSINESS: GAO Offers Recommendations On Disease Surveillance Strategy

A new Government Accountability Office report looks at the federal government’s efforts to conduct surveillance activities for animal diseases in livestock and wildlife.More specifically – it examines USDA’s new approach to disease surveillance in livestock ... [Published WHO-TV - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Surveillance, Livestock, Agriculture

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Fred Upton

US Republicans call for probe of NRC's rulemaking process

Two key US Republican lawmakers have requested an investigation into how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determines the cost to industry of its new policies and regulations.In a letter Thursday, Representative Fred Upton, Republican-Michigan, and Senator ... [Published Platts - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Fred Upton, David Vitter, Republican Party (US), Nuclear Regulatory Commission

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Congressional committee concerned about the state of U.S. weather forecasting

WASHINGTON ? With memories of Monday's deadly Oklahoma tornado still fresh, a U.S. House panel on Thursday debated the best ways to improve weather forecasting and reduce the number of weather-related deaths -- though firm answers proved elusive."The ... [Published Orlando Sentinel - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Meteorology, NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Chris Stewart, Tornado, United States

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Government Accountability Office

What Should I Do With My Old 401(k)?

When leaving a job one of the decisions that you face is what to do with your 401(k). A recent study by the Government Accountability Office (the GAO) indicated that some financial services firms might be misleading workers into rolling their account ... [Published US News & World Report - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Individual Retirement Account, Financial Planner, Government Accountability Office, IStockphoto

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

GOP lawmakers question nuclear commission's cost calculus

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) should be investigated for the way it estimates new costs stemming from regulations and requirements, according to two prominent Republicans. In a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the ... [Published E2-Wire - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Calculus, Republican Party (US), Nuclear

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Cyber attacks could cause the next world war

It can threaten a nation’s core security, cause mass casualties and weaken the economy, according to the Government Accountability Office, the US Congress’ research arm.Tags:Security, Computer security, National security, Information security, Phishi ... [Published I360 Gov - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Cyber Attack, Computer Security, Government Accountability Office, Phishing

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Your Taxpayer Dollars At Work

I don't believe that we can't fix our budget problems by only focusing on " waste, fraud, and abuse ." However, I find it very disheartening (not to mention annoying) to hear over and over again that lawmakers faced with a government program that's duplicative ... [Published The Corner on National Review Online - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Marketplace, Reproducibility, Gene L Dodaro, Gordon Tullock

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Comprehensive livestock biosurveillance faces resistance, funding challenges

An Agriculture Department effort to gain a comprehensive view of livestock and poultry health in a bid for better biosurveillance faces challenges including industry resistance, state confidentiality laws and lack of funding, says the Government Accountability ... [Published FierceHomelandSecurity - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Livestock, Government Accountability Office, Agriculture

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Fracking is safe, will create new jobs

If the claims presented in a recent letter [Put the brakes on hydraulic fracturing, May 10] were true, wed be facing environmental Armageddon across the country. Fortunately, every point the author makes has been thoroughly debunked. Here are the fac ... [Published Reno Gazette-Journal - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Katie Brown, Earthquake, Superfund, Government Accountability Office

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 reports

Global telecom supply chain cyber-attack risk considered low

The risk of a cyber attack executed via corrupt hardware inserted into a global supply chain is considered to be low in the private sector, reports the Government Accountability Office.The House Intelligence Committee issued a report in October 2012 urging ... [Published Fierce Government IT - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Supply Chain, Cyber Attack, Telecommunication

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Cyber attacks could cause the next world war

This article originally appeared on GlobalPost. ATLANTA, Georgia — It’s a new breed of warfare, unlike anything you’ve ever seen. It can$ threaten$ a nation’s core security, cause mass casualties and weaken the economy, according to the Government Accountability ... [Published Salon - May 22 2013]

Entities: Cyber Attack, Cyber Warfare, Threat, US Cyber Command

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...to watch as preventable and containable wildfires are allowed to threaten lives and homes simply because of contractors' squabbles," Udall said. "Make no mistake about it: This is an emergency, and this shortsighted protest will leave the U S Forest Service with outdated, Korean War-era air tankers to fight modern mega-fires."

Protest could delay Forest Service's update... [Published Red Lodge Clearinghouse - 52 mins ago]

Upton and Vitter wrote that this investigation was necessary due to NRC's "track record of producing cost estimates for its requirements on nuclear power reactors that can be egregiously off target from the actual costs of implementing the requirements."

US Republicans call for probe of NRC's rulemaking process [Published Platts - 1 hour ago]

"There is a general consensus ? we are still in pretty good shape" said Louis Uccellini, director of the National Weather Service, in an interview

Congressional committee concerned about the state of U.S. weather forecasting [Published Orlando Sentinel - 1 hour ago]

...In Buchanan's words the theory "replaces... romantic and illusory... notions about the workings of governments [with]... notions that embody more skepticism." [...]

Your Taxpayer Dollars At Work [Published The Corner on National Review Online - 2 hours ago]

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Your Taxpayer Dollars At Work [Published The Corner on National Review Online - 2 hours ago] I don't believe that we can't fix our budget problems by only focusing on " waste, fraud, and abuse ." However, I find it very disheartening (not to mention annoying) to hear over and over again that lawmakers faced with a government program that's duplicative ...
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