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“This third issue in the current four-volume series of Social Security Programs Throughout the World reports on the countries of Africa. The combined findings of this series, which also includes volumes on Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, are published at 6-month intervals over a 2-year period. Each volume highlights features of social …
“On September 20, 2007, OMB Watch released another updated version of FedSpending.org, including new data for FY 2006 and FY 2007, addtional search functionality, greater accessibility for people with disabilities, and patches and upgrades for reported bugs. The site now contains contracting data through the second quarter of FY 2007 and federal assistance data through …
21st Century Challenges: How Performance Budgeting Can Help, GAO-07-1194T, September 20, 2007 Drug Control: U.S. Assistance Has Helped Mexican Counternarcotics Efforts, but Tons of Illicit Drugs Continue to Flow into the United States, GAO-07-1018, August 17, 2007 September 11: Problems Remain in Planning for and Providing Health Screening and Monitoring Services for Responders, GAO-07-1253T, September …
Press release: “Healia announced today the launch of two new search engine tools – Healia PubMed/Medline Search and Clinical Trials Search – to help consumers find relevant biomedical literature and clinical trials information…Healia PubMed/Medline Search is specifically designed to help consumers retrieve abstracts (summaries) of scientific articles published in biomedical journals in a user-friendly way. …
“State governments are increasingly utilizing health information technology initiatives in order to reduce healthcare cost and improve patient care. A product of NASCIOs Health IT Working Group, this compendium provides a state-by-state snapshot of progress that each state has made in introducing health information technology (HIT) initiatives. Each individual state profile features ways in which …
The Forbes 400: “One billion dollars is no longer enough. The price of admission to this, the 25th anniversary edition of the Forbes 400, is $1.3 billion, up $300 million from last year. The collective net worth of the nation’s mightiest plutocrats rose $290 billion to $1.54 trillion.”
“The Department of State released today Foreign Relations of the United States, 19691976, Volume E2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 19691972. This electronic-only volume is available on the Department of States website. Part of the ongoing official documentary history of U.S. foreign policy, this volume presents the record of U.S. policies towards multilateral arms …
Press release: “Winners of the European eGovernment Awards were announced today at the Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Lisbon. The city of Amsterdam from The Netherlands, the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform of Norway, the city of Besancon from France and the portal of the Federal Government of Germany each picked up one of the …
Mr. Thomas F. Gimble Principal Deputy Inspector General Department of Defense before the House Armed Services Committee on Accountability During Contingency Operations: Preventing and Fighting Corruption in Contracting and Establishing and Maintaining Appropriate Controls on Materiel, September 20, 2007. See also related government documents: Opening Statement of Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO), Hearing on Accountability During …
OIG-07-70 – Independent Review of The U.S. Coast Guard’s Reporting of FY 2006 Drug Control Funds (PDF, 18 pages)
House Committee on Homeland Security – Protecting the Protectors: Ensuring the Health and Safety of our First Responders in the Wake of Catastrophic Disasters, September 20, 2007.
Newsweek, Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, Sept. 20, 2007 – “The nations biggest telecommunications companies, working closely with the White House, have mounted a secretive lobbying campaign to get Congress to quickly approve a measure wiping out all private lawsuits against them for assisting the U.S. intelligence communitys warrantless surveillance programs. The campaignwhich involves some …
