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News.com: “Real ID’s scope is surprisingly broad. Jurors could potentially be denied entrance to federal courthouses. So could prospective students visiting the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis or the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Tours of federal buildings such as the Pentagon and the Treasury Department could be affected, as could public hearings, conferences, …
Ice Melt Accelerates Around the World, Frances C. Moore: “With atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at new record highs and global average temperature now some 0.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the frozen regions of the earth are showing us just how rapidly climate change can take effect. Recent years have seen ice melt accelerate and …
Department of the Interior, Office of Inspector General Assessment of the United States Park Police, February 2008, PI-EV-NPS-0001-2007. “This memorandum transmits our report detailing the results of our assessment of the United States Park Police (USPP). This assessment is part of our continuing efforts to evaluate the management of Department of the Interior law enforcement …
In a statement to the House of Commons, the PM said that the Government would look at ways of using intercept evidence as advised by the Chilcot Report. Guidelines would be drawn up to ensure that the interests of national security were never compromised, he said. The PM said: “The use of intercept in evidence …
The Threat Posed By Inflated Statutory Damages, Comments on the January 25, 2008 Meeting Hosted by the Copyright Office: “The PRO IP Act (H.R. 4279) proposes to weaken the long-established one work rule, which today imposes a measure of certainty on how copyright statutory damages are calculated. Under current law, a copyright plaintiff may seek …
Press release: “Reps. Henry A. Waxman, John D. Dingell, Bart Stupak, and Frank Pallone, Jr., called on members of one of FDAs own advisory committees to provide Congress with its assessment of the resources needed to remedy the crisis at the agency stemming from years of chronic underfunding…The Science Board recently released a report concluding …
“This webpage is hosted by Attorney General Mike Cox as a clearinghouse of information that allows users to track how Michigan tax dollars are being spent by the Attorney General’s office. Currently, users can search the total amount the Michigan Department of Attorney General spends on salary, benefits, rent, browse a detailed list of contracts, …
Air Travel Consumer Report, February 2008: The Air Travel Consumer Report is a monthly product of the Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (OAEP). The report is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by the airlines. This page was last updated on Feburary 5, 2008, and …
Annual Accounting and Authentication of Drug Control Funds and Related Performance – Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-05, January 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Office of Justice Programs, State and Local Emergency Preparedness Grant Awarded to the Maryland Department of State Police, Grant Number 2003-DD-BX-0002, Audit Report GR-30-08-001, January 2008 (Executive Summary Only) Office of …
Press release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Shell Oil Company have removed more than 23,000 pounds of hazardous toxins from the Del Amo Superfund Site Waste Pits near Torrance, Calif. With EPA oversight, responsible parties Shell Oil Company and the U.S. General Services Administration built a soil vapor extraction system at the Del Amo …
Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 5, 2008, J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence (47 pages, PDF). “You will see from the testimony that many of the key topics I touch on are not traditional national security topics. Globalization has broadened the number …
“In June 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) and eighteen multidisciplinary partners convened the first National Summit on Public Health Legal Preparedness. This Summit was without precedent in terms of the broad expertise and stature of the invited participants and its aims. The purpose of this working meeting was to provide a …
