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Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Audit DivisionThe Drug Enforcement Administration’s Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-up Audit, Audit Report 08-21, March 2008 (125 pages, PDF). “In our 2002 audit we reported that the DEA had significant weaknesses in its internal controls over weapons and laptops. This follow-up audit found that while …
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology – Everyone’s Business: Working Towards Sustainability Through Environmental Stewardship and Collaboration, March 2008 (68 pages, PDF). This report focuses primarily on EPAs environmental stewardship activities and opportunities. We begin this report by offering a summary of our key recommendations, findings, and immediate action steps. We then describe …
Getting Rid of Junk, Staying Green: “Boulder’s Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials (CHaRM) opens its doors to one new material each year. The center takes in a variety of items, including porcelain sinks and toilets, home audio equipment and cooking oil.” Related postings on e-waste and recycling
News release: “The Commission has issued a staff report highlighting the challenges of consumer protection in the face of emerging and evolving technologies in the next ten years. The report summarizes the proceedings of the FTCs three-day public hearings, Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade, and which will inform its consumer protection efforts in the …
News release: “Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today issued the FTCs 2008 Annual Report at the American Bar Associations Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. The FTC in 2008: A Force for Consumers and Competition, describes the agencys competition and consumer protection missions and accomplishments. The online version of the …
State Personal Income 2007: “U.S. personal income grew 6.2 percent in 2007, down from 6.7 percent in 2006, according to preliminary estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. On average, personal income has grown 6.2 percent for the last four years. Inflation, as measured by the national price index for personal consumption …
“The Department of State and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the final rule for the land and sea portion of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), a core 9/11 Commission recommendation. The WHTI final rule requires travelers to present a passport or other approved secure document denoting citizenship and identity for all land …
Implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Audit Report 08-20, March 2008. Redacted for public release. “Criminal organizations and individuals frequently use the telecommunication systems of the United States to further serious crimes, including terrorism, kidnapping, extortion, organized crime, drug trafficking, and public corruption. One of the …
San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban Interests Other Cities, by David Gorn: “In San Francisco, the age-old question “Paper or plastic?” was answered one year ago this week. The city banned hard-to-recycle plastic bags in grocery stores, and so far, that translates into 5 million fewer plastic bags every month. Now, other cities are considering similar …
GPO is pleased to announce the release of Authenticated Public and Private Laws for the 110th Congress on GPO Access: “Public and private laws are prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). GPO Access contains the text of public and private laws enacted from the …
News release: “In the FTCs action against data brokers Reed Elsevier (REI) and Seisint, the complaint alleges that REI – through its LexisNexis data broker business – and Seisint collect and store in databases information about millions of consumers, including names, current and prior addresses, dates of birth, drivers license numbers and Social Security numbers. …
HIV/AIDS in the United States, March 2008: “At the end of 2003, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 persons in the United States were living with HIV/AIDS. In 2006, 35,314 new cases of HIV/AIDS in adults, adolescents, and children were diagnosed in the 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting [2]. New HIV/AIDS diagnoses tell …
