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Government Accountability Office
GAO Launches Transition Site; DTV and Telecom Reform Identified as Major Issues
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 6, 2008 - 8:51pmLast updated: November 6, 2008 - 8:51pm
Following each presidential election, GAO serves as a resource to assist with the transition to a new Congress and administration. On this Web site, using its institutional knowledge and broad-based, nonpartisan work on matters across the government spectrum, GAO provides insight into, and recommendations for addressing, the nation's major issues, risks and challenges.
GAO Report on Electronic Waste
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 17, 2008 - 9:03pmLast updated: September 17, 2008 - 9:03pm
Increasingly, US consumers are recycling their old electronics to prevent the environmental harm that can come from disposal. Concerns have grown, however, that some US companies are exporting these items to developing countries, where unsafe recycling practices can cause health and environmental problems.
Health Information Technology Privacy Principles and Challenges
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 17, 2008 - 9:01pmLast updated: September 17, 2008 - 9:02pm
GAO analyzed relevant HHS documents that described the department's privacy-related health IT activities. GAO recommends that HHS include in its overall privacy approach a process for ensuring that key privacy principles and challenges are completely and adequately addressed.
GAO Report Questions Stations’ Readiness for DTV Transition
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 20, 2008 - 8:58pmLast updated: May 21, 2008 - 7:15am
The Government Accountability Office released a report Tuesday examining 1) the status of broadcast stations in transitioning to digital, 2) the extent to which broadcast stations are encountering issues, and 3) the actions the Federal Communications Commission has taken to guide broadcasters in the digital transition.
