Day archives: May 23rd, 2008

Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission

Transportation for Tomorrow: Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, “prepared by a specially convened Commission, meets the charge given under Section 1909 of the Safe Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The Report includes detailed recommendations for creating and sustaining a pre-eminent surface …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CBO: Data on the Distribution of Federal Taxes and Household Income

Data on the Distribution of Federal Taxes and Household Income – December 2007 “This page contains CBO’s most recent estimates of federal effective tax rates (taxes as a percentage of income) across household income groups for the four largest sources of federal revenues–individual income taxes, social insurance (payroll) taxes, corporate income taxes, and excise taxes–as …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Microsoft Announces Termination of Live Search Books and Live Search Academic Projects

Microsoft Live Search Blog: “Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will continue to be integrated into our Search results, but not through separate indexes. This also means that we …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries, Microsoft, Search Engines

EIA Reports: Monthly Energy Review, Analysis of Crude Oil Production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Canada Country Analysis Brief (05/23/2008): “For the latest information on energy in Canada, please see our updated Country Analysis Brief. Acquisitions & Divestitures by Foreign Direct Investors in U.S. Energy in 2006 (05/22/2008): “Today the Energy Information Administration released its annual report, Acquisitions & Divestitures by Foreign Direct Investors in U.S. Energy in 2006. Foreign …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FERC Chairman Testifies on Implications of Cyber Vulnerabilities on the Resiliency and Security of the Electric Grid Event

Chairman Kelliher testified before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology on Implications of Cyber Vulnerabilities on the Resiliency and Security of the Electric Grid “The Congress made FERC responsible for overseeing the reliability of the bulk power system, but it provided specific restrictions on the procedures to …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, Government Documents, Legal Research