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Press release: “Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, together with over 125 House colleagues, introduced the Safe Climate Act of 2007. The legislation is based on what scientists have concluded the United States must do to avoid dangerous, irreversible warming of the planet and would significantly reduce U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases.” Summary of the Bill: …
Fiscal Year 2006 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Sustained Improvement in Federal Financial Management Is Crucial to Addressing Our Nation’s Accountability and Fiscal Stewardship Challenges GAO-07-607T, March 20, 2007.
Iraq: Tribal Structure, Social, and Political Activities, March 15, 2007 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security — Updated, March 12, 2007 The Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, March 12, 2007 The Whistleblower Protection Act: An Overview, March 12, 2007 Iran’s Nuclear Program: Recent Developments, Updated March 8, 2007 Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations, 2006 – …
Follow up to March 19, 2007 posting, DOJ Releases Documents in Connection With Firings of U.S. Attorneys, today the House Judiciary Committee posted additional documents, also available on the homepage, lower right hand corner. The total release comprised 3,000 pages of documents. See also White House Counsel Fred Fielding’s Letter and Offer Of Conditions to …
GAO’s Performance Plan for Fiscal Year 2008, GAO-07-421SP, March 1, 2007. “This report presents the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Performance Plans for Fiscal Year 2008. In the spirit of the Government Performance and Results Act, this annual plan informs the Congress and the American people about what we expect to accomplish on their behalf in …
ICE’s Compliance With Detention Limits for Aliens With a Final Order of Removal From the United States, OIG-07-28 (PDF, 63 pages), February 2007.
Hearing on: The Inspector General’s Independent Report on the F.B.I.’s Use of National Security Letters, March 20, 2007. OIG Testimony – Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the House Judiciary Committee concerning The FBI’s Use of National Security Letters and Section 215 Requests for Business Records, March 20, 2007. …
AP: “The federal judiciary approved a pilot program this week to make free audio recordings of court proceedings available online. Although a court’s participation in the program is voluntary, U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan, the executive committee chairman of the policy-making Judicial Conference, said he expects the system ultimately will be widely used.”
New site on the Library’s leadership in preserving digital assets: “The Library of Congress has taken a collaborative approach to the collection and preservation of digital information in order to remain relevant and useful to Congress and its constituents in the digital age. No single institution can do the job of collecting, preserving and making …
