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Press release: Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York and eleven other states are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over new regulations denying the public access to information about toxic chemicals in their communities. The EPA will allow thousands of companies to avoid disclosing information to the public about the …
“To celebrate the one-year anniversary of FedSpending.org, OMB Watch Nov. 29 released a new and improved version of the website. The new version includes a complete FY 2006 data set for both contracts and federal assistance spending. The upgraded site also incorporates major functionality improvements, including the addition of a mapping feature on all searches, …
Homeland Security: Federal Efforts Are Helping to Alleviate Some Challenges Encountered by State and Local Information Fusion Centers, GAO-08-35, October 30, 2007: “Most states and many local governments have established fusion centers to address gaps in information sharing. Fusion centers across the country vary in their stages of development–from operational to early in the planning …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission and the federal financial regulatory agencies (the Agencies) have approved proposed regulations and guidelines to help ensure the accuracy and integrity of information provided to consumer reporting agencies and to allow consumers to directly dispute inaccuracies with financial institutions and other entities that furnish information to consumer reporting agencies. …
Follow up on previous postings on U.S. Attorney firings, today’s press release: “Taking the next step to enforce subpoenas that the White House has refused to heed, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday ruled that White House claims of executive privilege and immunity in the Senates investigation of the mass firings of U.S. …
McAfee Virtual Criminology Report – Cybercrime: The Next Wave – The annual McAfee global cyber trends study into organized crime and the Internet in collaboration with leading international security experts, November 2007. “For this report we consulted with more than a dozen security specialists at top institutions such as NATO, the FBI, SOCA, the Center …
Press release: “The new, non-proprietary, open standard, ACAP (Automated Content Access Protocol), is set to put an end to publisher-search engine legal clashes was unveiled and showcased in New York today, 29 November 2007 at a conference opened by World Association of Newspapers President, Gavin OReilly and addressed by keynote speaker AP CEO Tom Curley. …
United Nations Arms Embargoes: Their Impact on Arms Flows and Target Behaviour, A Report by SIPRI and the Uppsala University Special Program on the Implementation of Targeted Sanctions. ISBN 978-91-85114-56-6. Executive Summary. This report is the first analysis of the 27 United Nations arms embargoes that have been imposed since 1990. UN arms embargoes have …
What a Family of Four Would Need to Earn in Selected Urban Areas to Have Purchasing Power Equal to 300% of the U.S. Federal Poverty Level ($61,950), 2007. Data is ranked by state (and ranked within group; Lowest Cost Urban Area, Middle Cost Urban Area, Highest Cost Urban Area).
A National Study of Confidence in Leadership: “Americans are alarmed about the quality of their leaders and concerned about the countrys future, yet optimistic that things can improve. The third national study of confidence in leadership, conducted by the Center for Public Leadership in cooperation with U.S. News & World Report and Yankelovich, Inc., reveals …
2005 Alternative to Traditional Transportation Fuels, Part II (11/28/2007): “Annual data report reflecting the supply and use of alternative fueled vehicles (AFVs) and alternative transportation fuel (ATF) consumption for the onroad domestic AFV marketplace for 2003 through 2005.” State Electricity Profiles 2006 (11/28/2007): “Annual report describes the electricity industry in each State, with printer-friendly statistics …
Press release: “The Treasury Department today sent to Congress a Congressionally mandated report on three international tax issues. The Report to the Congress on Earnings Stripping, Transfer Pricing and U.S. Income Tax Treaties (108 pages, PDF) describes current issues regarding U.S. earnings stripping rules, transfer pricing rules, and the misuse of income tax treaties to …
