Day archives: December 7th, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama lays out key parts of Economic Recovery Plan

Remarks of President-elect Barack Obama Radio Address on the Economy, Saturday, December 6, 2008 [Watch the video on YouTube]: “Today, I am announcing a few key parts of my plan. First, we will launch a massive effort to make public buildings more energy-efficient. Our government now pays the highest energy bill in the world. We …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Special Brief: Homeland Security in an Obama Administration By David Heyman and Ethan Wais November 28, 2008

Center for Strategic and International Studies – Special Brief: Homeland Security in an Obama Administration, By David Heyman and Ethan Wais, November 28, 2008 “With all the pageantry of Presidential conventions, the intensity of the financial crisis and bailing out of Wall Street, the off-again-on-again debates about Iraq and the surge, the discussions on health …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Today's FBI: Celebrating a Century of Service

Today’s FBI: Celebrating a Century of Service: 2008-2009 Facts and Figures: “Throughout its 100-year history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has protected the American people from threats to our way of life. Whether the greatest dangers came from gangsters, public corruption, hate crimes, cyber attacks, white-collar fraud, or terrorism, these threats have changed over the …

Subjects: Government Documents

State Responses to Immigration: A Database of All State Legislation

“State Responses to Immigration: A Database of All State Legislation is a free, searchable data tool designed to generate information about all immigration-related bills and resolutions introduced in state legislatures. Classified by state, region, subject area, legislative type, and bill status, this is the only database that allows users to find out, for example, the …

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

U.S. Fact Sheet: Fifth Cabinet-Level Meeting of the U.S. -China Strategic Economic Dialogue

News release: “At the fifth Cabinet-level meeting of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED), United States and Chinese policymakers grappled with the most significant issues in our bilateral economic relationship, including strategies for managing macroeconomic risks and promoting balanced economic growth; strengthening cooperation in energy and the environment; confronting the challenges to trade; promoting open investment …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Public Citizen Launches Public Interest FOIA Clinic

“Public Citizen launched the Public Interest FOIA Clinic, an online resource that will help nonprofit organizations obtain federal government documents. The FOIA Clinic will help ensure that agencies live up to a high standard for openness and accountability set by the Freedom of Information Act and that public interest organizations can receive the information they …

Subjects: Freedom of Information

FDIC Consumer News: Your New, Higher FDIC Insurance Coverage

FDIC Consumer News – Fall 2008 – Special Edition: Your New, Higher FDIC Insurance Coverage How You Can Be Fully Protected Basic FDIC Insurance Coverage Temporarily Increased to At Least $250,000 Per Depositor: Other changes expand the protection of certain trust and checking accounts How to Be Sure You’re Fully Protected by the FDIC “EDIE” …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Environmental Protection Agency Releases 2008 Environmental Enforcement Report

News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2008 enforcement actions in California included enforcement actions to reduce water pollution, clean oil spills, improve local air quality; prosecute environmental violators, and much more…“EPA enforcement actions against California companies will reduce more than 83.5 million pounds of pollution and clean up more than 100 million cubic yards …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Report: Normalization of Economic Relations: Consequences for Iran’s Economy and the United States

Normalization of Economic Relations: Consequences for Iran’s Economy and the United States Report prepared for the National Foreign Trade Council, By Dean A. DeRosa & Gary Clyde Hufbauer. November 21, 2008. “In the medium-term, lifting US sanctions and liberalizing Iran’s economic regime would increase Iran’s total trade annually by as much as $61 billion (at …

Subjects: Government Documents

DHS Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement on Proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility

News release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate released the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) today, recommending Manhattan, Kan., as the preferred site for the state-of the-art, high-security laboratory facility to study foreign animal and zoonotic (transferable from animal to human) diseases …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents