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No Child Left Behind Act: Education Actions Could Improve the Targeting of School Improvement Funds to Schools Most in Need of Assistance, GAO-08-380, February 29, 2008 Native Hawaiian Education Act: Greater Oversight Would Increase Accountability and Enable Targeting of Funds to Areas with Greatest Need, GAO-08-422, March 25, 2008 Federal User Fees: Substantive Reviews Needed …
“The annual reports and other documents relating to the Federal Home Loan Bank between 1933 and 1952 have been posted. These documents include reports on its related subsidiaries throughout that period – the Federal Home Loan Bank System and Administration, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan Association, the Federal Savings and …
UK Times Online: “A one-year investigation and analysis of 235 countries by Jane’s Information Services has put the UK joint seventh in the premier league of nations with the US at 22nd and Switzerland, normally associated with wealth and untouchable stability, is rated 17th. Here is the full list…”
Assessment of FAA’s Cost Accounting System and Practices, Report Number: FI-2008-045. On March 21, 2008, we issued our final report on the Assessment of FAA’s Cost Accounting System and Practices. During FY 2006, FAA completed the implementation of the cost accounting system and, in FY 2007, finalized implementation of a labor distribution system. Overall, we …
News release and analysis: “The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today after announcing the closing of its investigation into the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. – After a careful and thorough review of the proposed transaction, the Division concluded that the evidence does …
Fact Sheet Prepared by the White House Council on Environmental Quality – Conserving Our Oceans, March 24, 2008.
“NOAA released the first report to Congress on the Implementation of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, called for in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (MSRA). Prepared under the auspices of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and in consultation with the Nation’s eight Regional Fishery Management Councils, the …
March 24, 2008: Resolution From the Federal Housing Finance Board – Allows Federal Home Loan Banks to Make Additional Investments in Mortgage-Backed Securities.
Remarks With Indian Minister of External Affairs Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Remarks following meeting, Washington, DC, March 24, 2008: “India is the fastest-growing democracy in the world. It is also, perhaps, the fastest-growing export market for U.S. business and industry. Two-way trade and investment between our two countries is growing along with our …
“With a shift towards providing long-term services and supports (LTSS) in the community, policy interest in Medicaid consumer direction of personal assistance services (CD-PAS) has grown. Although overall enrollment in these programs is small, 42 states offered consumer direction in Medicaid in 2006. These programs allow Medicaid beneficiaries control over hiring, scheduling, training and paying …
James Randerson, science correspondent, The Guardian, Monday March 24 2008: “Soot produced by burning coal, diesel, wood and dung causes significantly more damage to the environment than previously thought, according to research published today. So-called “black carbon” could cause up to 60% of the current warming effect of carbon dioxide, according to the US researchers, …
NIJ Journal Issue No. 259, March 2008: The ‘CSI Effect’: Does It Really Exist? “Many attorneys, judges, and journalists have claimed that watching television programs like CSI has caused jurors to wrongfully acquit guilty defendants when no scientific evidence has been presented. The mass media quickly picked up on these complaints. This so-called effect was …
