Day archives: March 17th, 2008

Red Cross – Iraq: no let-up in the humanitarian crisis

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) press release: “Five years after the outbreak of the war in Iraq, the humanitarian situation in most of the country remains among the most critical in the world. Because of the conflict, millions of Iraqis have insufficient access to clean water, sanitation and health care. The current crisis …

Subjects: Internet

Treasury Announces Stimulus Payment Calendar, Calculator Available

“The Internal Revenue Service released a payment calendar today letting Americans know when they should expect their stimulus payment in the mail. For those who chose direct deposit on their 2007 tax returns, they will receive their stimulus payments through direct deposit starting May 2 and ending May 16. Those who will receive their payments …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Aviation and the Environment, Global War on Terrorism, Tax Policy

Aviation and the Environment: FAA’s and NASA’s Research and Development Plans for Noise Reduction Are Aligned but the Prospects of Achieving Noise Reduction Goals Are Uncertain, GAO-08-384, February 15, 2008 Defense Acquisitions: Progress Made in Fielding Missile Defense, but Program Is Short of Meeting Goals, GAO-08-448, March 14, 2008 Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Supreme Court to Hear DC Gun Case

PR Newswire: “Just two days after a new Washington Post national poll found that 59 percent of the American public supports restrictions identical to Washington, DC’s gun laws — which ban handgun possession and require that legally possessed rifles and shotguns be either disassembled or secured with a trigger lock — the U.S. Supreme Court …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Convergence in Global Food Demand and Delivery

Convergence in Global Food Demand and Delivery, By Anita Regmi, Hiroyuki Takeshima, and Laurian Unnevehr, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Report No. (ERR-56) 39 pages, March 2008: “Using food expenditures and food sales data over 1990-2004, this report examines whether food consumption and delivery trends are converging across 47 high- and middle-income countries. Middle-income …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CDC Helps Launch Healthy People 2020 Collaboration

“On March 17, CDC hosted the first of five Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regional meetings to discuss the Healthy People 2020 framework. Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for promoting health and preventing disease. Since 1979, Healthy People has set and monitored national health objectives to meet a broad range of …

Subjects: Government Documents

Chief Justice Roberts Approves Immediate Release of Oral Argument For District of Columbia v. Heller

“On Tuesday, March 18, 2008, C-SPAN will air the Supreme Court oral argument of District of Columbia v. Heller which the Court is scheduled to hear that day. The immediate release of the audio recording of the Court’s argument was in response to a request by C-SPAN (Release time is approximately 11:15 A.M.). The Court …

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research