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An Analysis of the President’s Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2009 (74 pages, PDF) The Long-Term Budgetary Effects of Three Specified Policy Scenarios, March 14, 2008 CBO Testimony: Statement of Eric J. Labs, Senior Analyst, Current and Projected Navy Shipbuilding Programs before the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House …
News release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released new data on high-speed connections to the Internet in the United States. Twice a year, all facilities-based broadband providers are required to report to the Commission basic information about their service offerings and types of customers pursuant to the FCCs local telephone competition and broadband data …
The Future of Iraq: “Five years after the U.S.-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein, the debate on how the United States should proceed in the divided nation is as heated as ever. Although violence has declined, the U.S. military remains in a fight for peace and stability, while a divided Iraqi government has failed to …
National Archives and Records Administration: “The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and the National Archives opened 11,046 pages of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s White House schedules. These Presidential records are…now available [via this page at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum site]…These schedules are from the First Lady’s Staff files of Patti …
Pew Research Center, Public Attitudes Toward the War in Iraq: 2003-2008 – March 19, 2008: “Five years after the start of the conflict in Iraq, many public evaluations of the situation in Iraq have turned more positive. But there has been no turnaround in the public’s opinion about the original decision to take military action …
National Intelligence Council Conference Report: Democratization in Africa: What Progress Toward Institutionalization? February 2008. “The purpose of the conference was to review and assess the trajectories of African states toward, or away, from increased institutionalization of democratic processes and practices. The conference was designed so that the review and assessment would be based on interactions …
News release: “The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…released the 2007 IRS Data Book, which is an annual snapshot of IRS activities for a given fiscal year. The report describes activities of the IRS from Oct. 1, 2006, to Sept. 30, 2007, and includes information about returns filed, tax collections, enforcement, taxpayer assistance, as well as the …
News release, March 12, 2008: “The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)…released a study on the potential impacts of climate changes and land subsidence, the natural sinking of an areas land mass, on transportation infrastructure in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. [the] release is phase one of a three part study. Complete report. CCSP, 2008 (PDF): …
2008 Data Mining Report (PDF, 46 pages), February 11, 2008. “This is the third report by the Privacy Office to Congress on data mining. This report identifies the data mining activities deployed or under development within DHS, as defined by the Data Mining Reporting Act, and describes the framework the Department will use to report …
News release: “EPAs Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) has upheld the agencys enforcement action against the owner of Lowest Price gas stations in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. In cooperation with state and D.C. officials, EPA filed a complaint in September 2002 against gas station owner, Euclid of Virginia, Inc. for violating regulations designed …
News release: “Free and green. Those are the goals of a pilot program launched today by the U.S. Postal Service that allows customers to recycle small electronics and inkjet cartridges by mailing them free of charge. The Mail Back program helps consumers make more environmentally friendly choices, making it easier for customers to discard used …
News release: “Citizen satisfaction with federal government websites declines for a third consecutive quarter, according to the first quarter report [Excel] of the University of Michigans American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) E-Government Satisfaction Index. The Index aggregate score for the first quarter of 2008 fell to 72.4 on ACSIs 100-point scale, its lowest score in …
