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Google Public Policy Blog: “Google has been working to make publicly available government information more accessible to the public. We’re doing so by helping government agencies implement the Sitemap Protocol, a technical standard that makes it easier for search engines to crawl and index pages on a website…The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee…[reported …
DNI Addresses the DNI’s Office of Analytic Integrity and Standards Symposium, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, November 13, 2007: Center Director Lee Hamilton: “…today’s meeting will help, we believe, those in the media gain a greater understanding of the extraordinary challenges facing the intelligence community.” Remarks and Q&A: Strengthening Analytic Practice: Lessons From the …
From speech delivered by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, November 14, 2007: “Because monetary policy affects spending and inflation with a lag, policy decisions must be based on an assessment of medium-term economic prospects. Thus, the Committee cannot fully explain its policy decisions without sharing its economic outlook with the public and …
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: “The Committee held a hearing to assess the performance of State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard following a series of allegations that the Inspector General halted investigations, censored reports, and refused to cooperate with law enforcement agencies. Witness: The Honorable Howard J. Krongard, Inspector General, U.S. Department …
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: “An undercover GAO investigation of airport security checkpoints succeeded in passing through TSA screening checkpoints undetected with liquids and other materials that could be combined to make a dangerous improvised explosive device.” Testimony Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, United States Government Accountability …
Financial Market Perceptions of Recession Risk, Thomas B. King, Andrew T. Levin, and Roberto Perli, 2007-57 Abstract: “Over the Great Moderation period in the United States, we find that corporate credit spreads embed crucial information about the one-year-ahead probability of recession, as evidenced by both in- and out-of-sample fit. Furthermore, the incidence of “false positive” …
“The impact of climate change will make the poorest communities across the world poorer. Many of them are already affected by conflict and instability and thus face a dual risk. International Alerts new research finds that the consequences of climate change will fuel violent conflict, which itself hinders the ability of governments and local communities …
[November 6, 2007] “…the Commission adopted a new package of proposals aimed at improving the EUs capabilities in the fight against terrorism. The package contains a series of proposals dealing with the criminalization of terrorist training, recruitment and public provocation to commit terrorist offences, the prevention of the use of explosives by terrorists and the …
GSA Office of Intergovernmental Solutions Newsletter Issue 20: How E-Government Is Changing Society and Strengthening Democracy, 48 pages, PDF, November 14, 2007.
“America Recycles Day celebrated on November 15 is a national campaign to encourage all Americans to produce less waste, reuse and recycle more materials, and buy more recyclable products. All of these actions help to conserve energy, preserve natural resources, and reduce emissions. The U.S. currently recycles about one third of its waste, …
November 13, 2007: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) will join Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Chairman Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and JEC Vice Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today released a new report exposing the hidden costs of the war in Iraq. The Joint Economic Committee report investigates the …
Veteran Suicide – Methodology, November 13, 2007: “When CBS News began looking into veteran suicide, it found that no federal organization or agency tracks the number of veteran suicides nationally. No one is keeping count. We wanted to know how many veterans are committing suicide nationwide and how the rate of suicide for veterans compares …
