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News release: “…a new report by U.S.-based consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch, Whats Behind the Global Food Crisis? How Trade Policy Undermined Africa’s Food Self-Sufficiency, found that the steady increase in food cultivation in Africa between 1980s and early 1990s slowed after the WTO went into effect in 1995. Non-food cash crop cultivation …
Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries – How Deterrable Are They Likely to Be?, July 2008, by David Ochmanek, Lowell H. Schwartz. “The United States and other members of the international community are striving to convince North Korea, Iran, and other states to forgo the development of nuclear weapons. If they do not succeed, the consequences for U.S. …
Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems, Final Report, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.6, U.S. Climate Change Science Program And the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, July 2008 [284 pages, PDF]. “This report focuses on impacts of global climate change, especially impacts on three broad dimensions of …
Failed Bank Information – First National Bank of Nevada, Reno, NV, July 25, 2008: “This Bank was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Subsequently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. All deposits have been assumed by Mutual of Omaha Bank, Omaha, NB. Failed Bank Information – First …
News release: “Even as the last of the stimulus checks that have blunted the worst effects of the economic downturn are cashed, the economy remains poised on the brink of what could be a prolonged period of economic stagnation. According to a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), Congress and …
News release: “People with early Alzheimers disease who had better fitness ratings had less atrophy in key brain areas associated with memory, according to research reported [July 27, 2008] at the 2008 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimers Disease (ICAD 2008) in Chicago…”These studies reinforce the need for increased awareness and education about the importance …
Via The Memory Hole, “On a subpage of their Freedom of Info Act website, the Defense Department today has posted 127 pages of documents concerning embedded media. The file may be downloaded here: DOD FOIA Reading Room.” Related article from the New York Times, July 26, 2008 – 4,000 U.S. Deaths, and a Handful of …
Follow up to July 23, 2008 posting on the House passage of H.R. 3221, on July 26 the Senate passed the bill, which now goes to the President for signature. CBS/AP: “Congress approved mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners Saturday as part of an election-year housing plan that also aims to calm jittery financial markets …
Government Performance: 2007 Federal Managers Survey on Performance and Management Issues: (GAO-08-1036SP, July 2008), an E-supplement to GAO-08-1026T, GAO-08-1036SP, July 24, 2008 Government Performance: Lessons Learned for the Next Administration on Using Performance Information to Improve Results, GAO-08-1026T, July 24, 2008 Nuclear Material: DOE Needs to Take Action to Reduce Risks Before Processing Additional Nuclear …
OIG-08-77 – Information Technology Management Letter for the FY 2007 DHS Financial Statement Audit (Redacted) (PDF, 162 pages) New 07/25/2008 OIG-08-48 – Challenges Remain In Executing the Department of Homeland Securitys Information Technology Program For Its Intelligence Systems (PDF, 4 pages) New 07/25/2008
“This second Annual Report to the Congress on the Information Sharing Environment (ISE) describes the state of the ISE, highlights areas where there has been measurable progress in improving information sharing, and demonstrates the value of the ISE to the Nation’s broader counterterrorism (CT) mission. In particular, the President’s October 2007 National Strategy for Information …
Final Audit Report, Abandoned Mine Lands in the Department of the Interior, July 2008 (No. C-IN-MOA-0004-2007) “This final report presents the results of our audit of abandoned mine lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Park Service (NPS). We visited approximately 45 areas with abandoned mines from March 2007 through April …
