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Fact Sheet: Emergency Supplemental – Iraq, Afghanistan, Veterans and Workers

Fact Sheet: Emergency Supplemental: Iraq, Afghanistan, Veterans and Workers, Prepared by the Majority Staff of the House Appropriations Committee, May 14, 2008: “Tomorrow the House of Representatives will consider the emergency supplemental bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and pressing domestic needs. Under consideration are $183.9 billion in outstanding requests from the …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Consumer Price Index April 2008

Consumer Price Index News Release, May 14, 2008: “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in April, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The April level of 214.823 (1982-84=100) was 3.9 percent higher than in April 2007.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Recent CRS Reports: Congress's Contempt Power, U.S.-French Commercial Ties, Strategic Airlift Modernization

Via Secrecy News: Defense: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations, May 5, 2008 Second FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes, updated May 8, 2008: Director of National Intelligence Statutory Authorities: Status and Proposals, updated April 17, 2008 Congress’s Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure,” updated April 15, 2008 Navy LPD-17 Amphibious …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

The Public and Broadcasting – How to Get the Most Service from Your Local Station

Press release: “In its recent Report on Broadcast Localism and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission concluded that the record in the localism proceeding (MB Docket No. 04-233) revealed a substantial need for greater public understanding of broadcaster obligations, and of the procedures by which the Commission enforces those obligations. The Commission expressed its desire …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Residential Facilities, Defense Logistics

Residential Facilities: Improved Data and Enhanced Oversight Would Help Safeguard the Well-Being of Youth with Behavioral and Emotional Challenges, GAO-08-346, May 13, 2008 Defense Logistics: Navy Needs to Develop and Implement a Plan to Ensure That Voyage Repairs Are Available to Ships Operating near Guam when Needed, GAO-08-427, May 12, 2008 Transportation Security: Transportation Security …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ Office of Information Privacy FOIA Posts – April 2009

“As announced previously by OIP, we are now posting up-to-date summaries of new court decisions. To facilitate their review, the cases are broken down by FOIA Exemption or procedural element and internal citations and quotations have been omitted. OIP provides these case summaries as a public service; due to their nature as summaries, they are …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

DHS OIG Reviews of Customs, Immigration and Coast Guard Reporting

OIG-08-44 – Independent Review of The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Reporting of FY 2007 Drug Control Obligations (PDF, 9 pages) New 05/12/2008 OIG-08-43 – Independent Review of The U.S. Coast Guard’s Reporting of FY 2007 Drug Control Performance Summary (PDF, 10 pages) New 05/12/2008 OIG-08-42 – Independent Review of The U.S. Coast Guard’s Reporting …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Harvard Law faculty votes for 'open access' to scholarly articles

News release: “In a move that will disseminate faculty research and scholarship as broadly as possible, the Harvard Law School faculty unanimously voted last week to make each faculty member’s scholarly articles available online for free, making HLS the first law school to commit to a mandatory open access policy.” [John Palfrey via Darlene Fichter]

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Legal Research