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Custom and Border Protection’s Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), January 23, 2007, (PDF, 6 pages) The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State, published in the federal Register a Final Rule to implement the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on November …
White House: 2007 State of the Union Policy Initiatives (topics include: energy, health care, education, immigration, HIV/AIDS, malaria, defense and spending reforms), Overview Fact Sheet, January 23, 2007. [Summary and Full PDF Report] The State of the Union Address by the President of the United States, January 23, 2007 [Congressional Record] State of the Union …
New LC Country Profiles on Kyrgyzstan (January 23, 2007) and Tajikistan (January 19, 2007).
Department of Energy Office of Inspector General Audit Report: Management Controls over the Department of Energy’s Superconductivity Partnerships, January 2007.
Press release: FCC Announces List of Participants on Task Force on “Media and Childhood Obesity: Today and Tomorrow”. Webpage: Task Force on Media & Childhood Obesity
DNI Fact Sheet: Real Progress in Reforming Intelligence January 23, 2007: Statement for the Record – Progress on Intelligence Reform (Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)
“The Federal Election Commission today announced revised contribution limits which have been indexed for inflation and are effective for the 2007-2008 elections for President, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives. During the current election cycle, individuals may contribute up to $2,300 per election to Federal candidates, up to $28,500 per year to national party …
Understanding the Political Influence of Blogs: A Study of the Growing Importance of the Blogosphere in the U.S. Congress, April 2006, by T. Neil Sroka. Abstract: “Using a survey of congressional offices conducted between January and March 2006, I attempt to gain a picture of the readership, usage, and opinion of blogs and blogging on …
Federal Court Management Statistics – 2006: “Fiscal year 2006 statistics for each of the 12 regional U.S. courts of appeals and 94 U.S. district courts plus national totals for the appellate and district courts are now available.”
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission has approved amendments to the Franchise Rule, which was originally promulgated in 1978. The amended Rule has a phased-in effective date: as of July 1, 2007, franchisors may follow the amended Rule, or they may continue their current practice of complying with the original Rule or individual state franchise …
Libby Trial Exhibits: “Due to public interest in this case, the Department of Justice is releasing the government exhibits in the format admitted in the court. The Department recognizes that these documents are in some cases not in an accessible format.” Related postings on Libby Legal Times (registration free), Prosecution Calls Libby a Liar During …
“The Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on January 30 regarding political interference in the work of government climate change scientists. In preparation for the hearing, Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis have requested documents from the Council on Environmental Quality [Letter to CEQ Chairman James Connaughton] related to allegations that officials edited scientific reports …
