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News release: “Together with its supporting documentation, the PREMIS Data Dictionary provides a comprehensive, practical resource for implementing preservation metadata in digital archiving systems. Preservation metadata is defined as information that preservation repositories need to know to support digital materials over the long term. This document is a revision of Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: …
News release: “Secretary Paulson announced…the completion of the Treasury-commissioned study, The Changing Nature and Consequences of Public Company Financial Restatements, as part of his efforts announced in May 2007 to encourage U.S. capital markets competitiveness.”
Fact Sheet, Office of the Coordinator for, Counterterrorism, Washington, DC, April 8, 2008 “Foreign Terrorist Organizations – Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) are foreign organizations that are designated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended. FTO designations play a critical role in our fight …
News release: “Representatives of the UN refugee agency and Google on Tuesday unveiled a powerful new online mapping programme that provides an up-close and multifaceted view of some of the world’s major displacement crises and the humanitarian efforts aimed at helping the victims. The Google Earth Outreach programme gives UNHCR and other humanitarian agencies the …
International Monetary Fund Report – World Economic Outlook: Housing and the Business Cycle, April 2008 “The World Economic Outlook (WEO) presents the IMF staff’s analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.), and in many individual countries. It focuses on major economic …
DoD Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Auditing – Training Requirements for U.S. Ground Forces Deploying in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, April 9, 2008. “CENTCOM requires that all personnel deploying in support of OIF be trained in 14 areas, including the defeat of improvised explosive devices, land navigation, and rules of engagement. The …
Census 2010: Census at Critical Juncture for Implementing Risk Reduction Strategies, GAO-08-659T, April 9, 2008 Department of Homeland Security: Progress Made in Implementation of Management Functions, but More Work Remains, GAO-08-646T, April 9, 2008 Electronic Government: Additional OMB Leadership Needed to Optimize Use of New Federal Employee Identification Cards, GAO-08-292, February 29, 2008 Employee Security: …
Fact Sheet on Energysolutions Proposal to Import Low-Level Radioactive Waste from Italy: “EnergySolutions, based in Salt Lake City, is seeking a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to import up to approximately 20,000 tons (a total volume of up to approximately 1 million cubic feet) of various types of materials from decommissioned nuclear facilities in …
“Chairman Henry A. Waxman today issued a subpoena to compel EPA to provide unredacted copies of documents involving the White House that have been improperly withheld from the Committee regarding EPAs decision to reject Californias efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles. The subpoena compels production of approximately 100 EPA documents involving the White …
News release: “Today Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Departments Tax Division, announced the creation of the National Tax Defier Initiative or TAXDEF. The purpose of this initiative is to reaffirm and reinvigorate the Tax Divisions commitment to investigate, pursue and, where appropriate, prosecute those who take concrete action to defy and …
“Kosovo is one step closer to full statehood. Today, its assembly officially adopted a new constitution declaring Kosovo a democratic, secular, multiethnic state. Right from the start, the constitution makes clear that Kosovo will not be partitioned nor will it be joining a Greater Albania. From Article 1: The Republic of Kosovo is an independent, …
“In a letter to EPA Administrator Johnson, Chairman Waxman expressed his concerns that an EPA proposal could expose significant populations in the United States to contamination levels in drinking water up to three times what the law now allows.”
