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Semiannual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies, May 15, 2008: “Global growth remained strong in 2007, as strong growth in emerging market and developing countries more than offset moderating growth in advanced economies. A slowdown in global growth is expected in 2008, in response to ongoing financial market turbulence. Emerging market …
Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in California: Community Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Strategies. Report No. 1: Heat-Related Illness and Mortality Information for the Public Health Network in California. “The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commissions Bureau of Economics will host a conference on May 29 to highlight and assess the role of consumer information in the current mortgage crisis from an economic perspective. Experts on real estate economics, information economics, consumer behavior, and consumer information policy will examine how consumer information and information regulation …
“OMB released the Presidents Management Agenda (PMA) Scorecard for the second quarter of FY 2008, showing a continued trend for improved agency performance government-wide. The full scorecard is available here. This quarter, nearly 50 percent of agency status scores were Green, the highest possible, and more than 75 percent of all progress scores were Green. …
Press release: “The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has launched a consultation process within the European Network of Ombudsmen on access to information contained in databases. This follows a complaint from a Danish journalist about the refusal of the European Commission to disclose data on beneficiaries of EU agricultural subsidies. The Commission justified its refusal …
News release: “Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne…announced that he is accepting the recommendation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The listing is based on the best available science, which shows that loss of sea ice threatens …
“At a REAL ID Workshop at the Berkman Center, EPIC today released a new report on the Department of Homeland Securitys national identification proposal, the REAL ID system. “May 11, 2008 is the statutory deadline for implementation of the REAL ID system. Yet on this date, not one State is in compliance with the federal …
Committee on Homeland Security Majority Staff Report Examining: Public Health, Safety, and Security for Mass Gatherings, May 2008 (64 pages, PDF). “Mass gatherings pose special challenges in terms of management and control, especially considering their value as targets for terrorism and other crimes. The terrorist goal of attacking cities in order to kill and injure …
CDT Policy Post 14.5: National Security Letters: “Widespread errors in the use of National Security Letters requires legislative action, says a Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) paper released today. The documents are used by the FBI when seeking records containing sensitive personal information. Successive Inspector General reports have uncovered abuses and mistakes by the …
News release: “The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) today launched a redesigned Web site featuring expanded content, improved navigation tools, and a new digital subscription service. The site’s fresh content includes a Frequently Asked Questions section and a gallery of photographs suitable for use by news organizations. Both are supported by an …
H. Sterling Burnett and D. Sean Shurtleff, Capping CO2 Emissions, Boosting Energy Costs, National Center for Policy Analysis, Brief Analysis No. 617, May 13, 2008. “Bills recently introduced in Congress would control greenhouse gas emissions through cap-and-trade schemes. They would place an upper limit, or cap, on the overall level of emissions, and then distribute …
Medical Devices: FDA Faces Challenges in Conducting Inspections of Foreign Manufacturing Establishments, GAO-08-780T, May 14, 2008 U.S. Department of Agriculture: Management of Civil Rights Efforts Continues to Be Deficient Despite Years of Attention, GAO-08-755T, May 14, 2008 Health Savings Accounts: Participation Grew, and Many HSA-Eligible Plan Enrollees Did Not Open HSAs while Individuals Who Did …
