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White House – Fact Sheet: the Largest Tax Increase in History Is Looming, May 28, 2008 – “President Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax relief fueled economic growth and reduced the marginal rate for every income tax bracket. By the end of last year, Americans would have paid an additional $1.3 trillion in taxes had it …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has put a permanent halt to an operation that allegedly obtained consumers confidential phone records without their knowledge or consent and sold them to third parties. The defendants are barred from obtaining consumers telephone records without their consent and court orders impose judgments on the defendants totaling more than …
High-Level Conference on World Food Security: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, Rome, 3 – 5 June 2008. Report: Soaring food prices: facts, perspectives, impacts and actions required (50 pages, PDF) “The world is experiencing a dramatic increase in food prices. During the first three months of 2008, international nominal prices of all major …
Petroleum Supply Monthly (05/28/2008): “Supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products on a national and regional level. The data series describe production, imports and exports, movements and inventories.” Country Analysis Brief – Russia, May 2008: “In 2007, Russias real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by approximately 8.1 percent, surpassing average growth rates in …
Commentary: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 – Beth Wellington focuses on the issue of pay inequity through an exploration of the positions taken by the administration, Congress, the Supreme Court and various journalists.
May 22, 2008 – Alien Smuggling: Recent Legislative Developments May 21, 2008 – Statutory Individual Income Tax Rates and Other Elements of the Tax System: 1988 through 2008 May 21, 2008 – Youth Transitioning From Foster Care: Background, Federal Programs, and Issues for Congress May 21, 2008 – Unauthorized Aliens’ Access to Federal Benefits: Policy …
Department of Defense Inspector General Growth Plan for Increasing Audit and Investigative Capabilities Fiscal Years 2008 2015 (March 31, 2008): “The committee report also notes that within the last three years there has been exponential growth in the number and cost of Department contracts for operations, procurement, research, and construction within the United States …
Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Information Security Controls, GAO-08-625R, May 27, 2008
Linda Greenhouse, New York Times: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that employees are protected from retaliation when they complain about discrimination in the workplace, adopting a broad interpretation of workers rights under two federal civil rights laws. By decisions of 7 to 2 in one case and 6 to 3 in the other, the …
“Amnesty International’s Report 2008, shows that sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations, people are still tortured or ill-treated in at least 81 countries, face unfair trials in at least 54 countries and are not allowed to speak freely in at least 77 countries.”
Government Technology: “The New York State Office for Technology and the New York State Archives, a program of the State Education Department, issued a report last week that examines how the state can provide choice, interoperability and vendor neutrality in electronic document creation while ensuring electronic records are preserved and remain accessible. A Strategy for …
“The Committee on Energy and Commerce and its Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality are issuing a series of Climate Change Legislative Design White Papers as the next step toward enactment of an economy-wide climate change program. The fourth White Paper, released today, is entitled Getting the Most Greenhouse Gas Reductions for Our Money. The …
