Day archives: January 22nd, 2009

New Executive Orders on Guantanamo Detention Facilities, Detention Policy, Lawful Interrogations

Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to effect the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained by the Department of Defense at the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Annual Superfund Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2008

EPA-350-R-09-001 Annual Superfund Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2008, [Report PDF – 22 pages] January 2009 “As the amount of funds available for Superfund work continues to diminish, it becomes increasingly imperative for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to spend its Superfund dollars as prudently as possible to achieve maximum benefits from dollars …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Energy Information Admnistration Reports: International Energy Annual, Electric Sales, Electric Power

International Energy Annual 2006 (01/22/2009): “The International Energy Annual 2006 is the Energy Information Administration’s primary report of international energy statistics. Included are data on energy consumption and production; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and electricity, as well as carbon dioxide emissions from the use of fossil fuels, petroleum prices, energy reserves, and population; …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum

George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum: “The George W. Bush Library holds millions of pages of official records documenting the two-term administration (2001-2009) of the nation’s forty-third president, as well as donated historical materials that document Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign and his personal papers as Governor of Texas. In addition to these textual records, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Libraries

Availability and Official Status of the Compilation of Presidential Documents

“This final rule establishes a new official updated daily online-only publication entitled the “Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents.” The paper edition of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents will no longer be issued. The annual edition of the Public Papers of the President will be based on the text of the Daily Compilation of Presidential …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New Secretary of the Department of Homeland Issues First In Series of Directive

News release: “On her first official day as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Janet Napolitano issued five Action Directives, all centered on one of the primary missions of DHS: Protection. In the coming days, Secretary Napolitano will issue other action directives focused on other missions critical to the department: Preparedness, Response, Recovery …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management