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New York Times Op-Ed, The Election Is in the Mail, by Ruth Goldway, a commissioner on the Postal Rate Commission. “Vote by Mail could offer real advantages if it were adopted nationwide. Voters would not need to take time off from work, find transportation, find the right polling station, get babysitters or rush through reading …
Export Controls: Agencies Should Assess Vulnerabilities and Improve Guidance for Protecting Export-Controlled Information at Universities, Full-text GAO-07-70, Full-text, and Highlights, December 5, 2006 : “Foreign students and scholars have made substantial contributions to U.S. research efforts and technology development. However, according to a federal government intelligence assessment, foreign access to sensitive U.S. technology has imposed …
Markle Foundation – Connecting Americans to Their Health Care: A Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information (41 pages, PDF): “A white paper that describes a networked environment in which consumers could establish secure electronic connections with multiple entities that hold personal health information about them. The paper discusses how consumer participation in networked environments …
Press release: “The United States today presented comprehensive reform recommendations to the Japanese Government that urge further improvements in Japans business environment and new market opportunities for U.S. exporters and companies seeking to do business in Japan.” Annual Reform Recommendations from the Government of the United States to the Government of Japan under the U.S.-Japan …
Press release: “The Annual Energy Outlook 2007 (AEO2007), released today by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), reflects the evolution of energy markets in an era of high prices by projecting growth in nuclear capacity and generation, more biofuels (both ethanol and biodiesel) consumption, growth in coal-to-liquids (CTL) capacity and production, growing demand for unconventional transportation …
“The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report to Congress under Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, which requires the FTC to study the accuracy and completeness of information in consumers credit reports and to consider methods for improving the accuracy and completeness of such information. The requirement includes …
Press release: “Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi announced today that the Democratic Steering Committee nominated the Chairs of the four exclusive House Committees. The Steering Committee unanimously nominated: Congressman John Dingell of Michigan as Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee; Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee; Congressman Charles Rangel of New …
U.S. Courts news release: “Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts tumbled in fiscal year 2006. According to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, filings for FY 2006, the 12-month period ending September 30, 2006, fell 37.6 percent to 1,112,542, from total filings of 1,782,643 in FY 2005.”
Press release: OIG Reports More Than $38 Billion in Savings and Recoveries for FY 2006 Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1, 2006-September 30, 2006 (96 pages, PDF)
