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The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, September 2008 – “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the deficit for 2008 will be substantially higher than it was in 2007, rising from $161 billion last year to $407 billion this year. Furthermore, CBOs projections indicate that if current laws and policies remain in place, deficits …
“Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced the release of a report prepared by the Majority Staffs of the Committees on Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs. The report, entitled Wasted Lessons of 9/11: How the Bush Administration Has Ignored the Law and Squandered Its Opportunities to Make our Country Safer, examines the …
News release: “More than 50 years after the historic but controversial execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were convicted of atomic espionage, the U.S. government this Thursday, September 11, is expected to make public long shrouded grand jury testimony from its prosecution of the Rosenbergs, which will be the subject of a press briefing …
News release: “The Bear Stearns Companies, LLC and its subsidiary, EMC Mortgage Corporation, have agreed to pay $28 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they engaged in unlawful practices in servicing consumers home mortgage loans. The companies allegedly misrepresented the amounts borrowers owed, charged unauthorized fees, such as late fees, property inspection fees, …
“Today, EPA is opening the doors on a new, more interactive, and task-oriented Web site designed to meet users’ needs. We’ve heard from our audience the American people and they are interested in more than just reading about EPA programs on the Web. Citizens want to participate in protecting the environment in which …
DOJ FOIA Post: “In light of Section 9 [Section 9 amends 5 U.S.C. § 552(f), the definitions provision of the FOIA, by including in the definition of record any information maintained for an agency by an entity under Government contract, for the purposes of records management. This provision makes clear that records, in the possession …
“OpenTheGovernment.orgs fifth annual report, Secrecy Report Card 2008, shows both a continued expansion of government secrecy across a broad array of agencies and actions and some movement toward more openness and accountability, particularly in the Congress. The public has a right to know what its government is doing to preserve health, safety, and the public …
News release: “A blue-ribbon panel has praised the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for its comprehensive strategy in suicide prevention that includes a number of initiatives and innovations that hold great promise for preventing suicide attempts and completions. Among the initiatives and innovations the group studied were VAs Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK. The lifeline …
“The new online edition of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law went live in August 2008. The initial upload included over 450 articles including over 120 that relate to judicial decisions and dispute settlement, and a set of articles covering the history of international law since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Of …
After the War: Nation-Building From FDR to George W. Bush, By: James Dobbins, Michele A. Poole, Austin Long, Benjamin Runkle: “This book examines how the United States has gained considerable experience in nation-building operations through its participation in at least eight significant operations since World War IIin Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and …
Improving the Cost Estimation of Space Systems, By Obaid Younossi et al.: “Why have the costs of acquiring space systems been so high? What are the sources of the problems? To answer these questions, RAND researchers examined the sources of cost growth of Air Force space systems and undertook an extensive study of two space …
Official Google Blog: “we’re announcing a new logs retention policy: we’ll anonymize IP addresses on our server logs after 9 months. We’re significantly shortening our previous 18-month retention policy to address regulatory concerns and to take another step to improve privacy for our users.” Related: Google Response to the [EU] Article 29 Working Party Opinion …
