Day archives: March 7th, 2008

EPA: New Strategy to Help the Nation's Ports Go Green

News release: “EPA has unveiled a new plan of action for working with public port authorities and other interested groups to reduce the environmental impacts of moving goods through ports. The “Vision, Mission, and Strategy for Sustainable Ports” recognizes the steady growth in global maritime commerce and the critical role American ports and related transportation …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: IRS Business Systems Modernization, Utility Oversight

Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service’s Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditure Plan, GAO-08-420, March 7, 2008 Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006, GAO-08-463, March 7, 2008 Military Training: Compliance with Environmental Laws Affects Some Training Activities, but DOD Has Not Made a Sound Business Case for Additional Environmental Exemptions, GAO-08-407, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Committee Holds Hearing on CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis

“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, Executive Compensation II: CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis on Friday, March 7, 2008. The hearing examined the compensation and retirement packages granted to the CEOs of three corporations deeply involved in the current mortgage crisis. This was the Committee’s second hearing on executive …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster At Crandall Canyon Mine

News release: March 6, 2008 “Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released an investigative report entitled “Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster At Crandall Canyon Mine.” The report discusses the findings of Chairman Kennedy’s investigation into the events leading up to the mine …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents