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GPO: “Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) and volunteers from the Federal depository community worked to consolidate and update the Instructions to Depository Libraries and the Federal Depository Library Manual, including its supplements, into one online publication. All the chapters were reviewed by key stakeholders, including the Depository Library Council and the professional library associations. …
“The Committee held a hearing [October 5, 2007] to evaluate the status of corruption in the Iraqi government and whether U.S. government efforts to address this continuing problem have been adequate.” From Chairman Waxman’s Opening Statement: “Todays hearing is one of the most important that we will have this year. President Bush has made Iraq …
Inspection Report, The Consolidated Terrorism Watchlist Nomination Process at the Department of Energy, October 2007 (13 pages, PDF)
Press release, October 5, 2007: “The Inspector General of the Federal Communications Commission has released a report finding that the evidence did not substantiate allegations that two draft research reports of staff economists in the Commissions Media Bureau had been suppressed by senior managers at the Commission or that senior managers had ordered one of …
Cost of Prisons: Bureau of Prisons Needs Better Data to Assess Alternatives for Acquiring Low and Minimum Security Facilities, GAO-08-6, October 5, 2007 Financial Audit Manual: Volume 1, Exposure Draft, October 2007 – GAO-08-81G, October 1, 2007 Financial Audit Manual: Volume Two, Exposure Draft–October 2007 GAO-08-82G, October 1, 2007 General Services Administration: Improvements Needed in …
Press release: “Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Bart Stupak, Chairman of its Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today released a staff report entitled Food From China: Can We Import Safely? (11 pages, PDF). This report was compiled by Committee staff dispatched by Dingell and Stupak to …
Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General, U.S. Census Bureau Final Report – 2010 Census: Key Challenges to Enumerating American Indian Reservations Unresolved by 2006 Census TestEvaluation: OSE-18027 [49 pages, PDF]
The American Health Choices Planby Hillary Clinton, Free Searchable Version: “In September of this year Hillary Clinton posted online and spoke publicly about her plan for universal health care coverage. The plan, referred to as “American Health Choices” is now available, along with the full text of Hillary Clinton’s initial speech on the plan, in …
WORLD PUBLICS WELCOME GLOBAL TRADE BUT NOT IMMIGRATION (144 pages, PDF)- “The publics of the world broadly embrace key tenets of economic globalization but fear the disruptions and downsides of participating in the global economy. In rich countries as well as poor ones, most people endorse free trade, multinational corporations and free markets. However, …
Google: “On October 13th and 14th, Googlers, our friends and family, and a lot of other folks around the world will be heading out to clean up our local parks, beaches, trails and other hot spots. Each of these projects will make a small difference to a specific neighborhood. Together, we hope to have a …
“New orders for manufactured goods in August, down following two consecutive monthly increases, decreased $14.4 billion or 3.3 percent to $420.7 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 3.4 percent July increase. Shipments, down two the last three months, decreased $6.7 billion or 1.6 percent to $417.9 billion. This followed a 2.3 …
National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy – Unclassified Summary, October 2007 “The President’s National Drug Control Strategy seeks to disrupt the illicit drug industry as close to the source as possible. As a companion to the National Drug Control Strategy, this Strategy directs U.S. efforts to intercept drug shipments that manage to evade the robust international …
