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Press release: “The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [October 30, 2007] amended its regulations for accessing critical energy infrastructure information (CEII) to create a more efficient process and provide additional guidance of what material is considered CEII…Specifically, the Commission is allowing landowners access to alignment sheets containing CEII for the limited portion of a project that …
Press release: “At the request of Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a new analysis released [November 9, 2007] by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) found that legislative language in the energy bill currently being considered by the Congress would ensure that billions rightfully owed in oil royalties will be paid to American taxpayers regardless …
“The WorldPublicOpinion.org poll was developed in conjunction with the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland (CISSM) and fielded by Knowledge Networks in the United States and the Levada Center in Russia. The goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons, established in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is endorsed by 73 percent of …
“The Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC, formerly known as the Alternative Fuels Data Center, provides a wide range of information and resources to enable the use of alternative fuels (as defined by the Energy Policy Act of 1992), in addition to other petroleum reduction options such as advanced vehicles, fuel blends, idle …
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Letter to the Attorney General on the Use of National Security Letters by the FBI, September 14, 2007. Related postings on National Security Letters
“Updated August 2007: At the request of NCSL’s Legislative Research Librarians (LRL) staff section, NCSL has developed this resource of 50-state compilations covering various issues that concern state legislators and legislative staff. Here you will find a topical, alphabetical listing of legislative and statutory databases, compilations and state charts/maps.” “2006 State Legislation Related to Immigration: …
CIA FOIA Backlog Reduction Goals for Fiscal Years 2008, 2009, and 2010
Press release: “In anticipation of the planned launch of the final Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite tomorrow evening, which was originally scheduled to be orbited in October 2005, the National Security Archive has posted on the Web a collection of declassified documents tracing the history of the program from its roots as Subsystem G of …
Defense Acquisitions: Department of Defense Actions on Program Manager Empowerment and Accountability, GAO-08-62R, November 9, 2007 Financial Audit: IRS’s Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006 Financial Statement Audits, GAO-08-166, November 9, 2007
Conference Reports: Main Page – “A conference report is an agreement on legislation that is negotiated between the House and Senate via conference committees. It is printed and submitted to each chamber for its consideration, such as approval or disapproval. An amendment to Rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate states: “9. (a)(1) …
GovernmentAttic.org has posted the FOIA Case Logs for the Federal Aviation Administration for the years 2006 and 2007. FOIA Logs for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for FY 2006 (537 pages, PDF) FOIA Logs for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for FY 2007 (354 pages, PDF)
Kaisernetwork.org: Decreasing Reimbursements for Outpatient Emergency Department Visits Across Payer Groups From 1996-2004, Annals of Emergency Medicine, November 2007: “The study finds that the share of emergency department charges paid was consistently lowest for Medicaid beneficiaries and the uninsured and was consistently the highest for visits by privately insured patients. The study also finds that …
