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Follow up to three recent postings addressing poverty in American and around the world, Interim Statement of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health 2007; Joint Economic Committee: Income Down, Poverty Up Since 2000; Census Bureau Reports Household Income Rises, Poverty Rate Declines – see the following report from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR): …
House Committee on Homeland Security, Turning Spy Satellites on the Homeland: the Privacy and Civil Liberties Implications of the National Applications Office [Links to Witness Statements] Thursday, September 06, 2007 Press release, September 6, 2007: “Committee on Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment Chair …
Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, updated September 6, 2007 (62 pages, PDF): “Increasingly in 2007, U.S. commanders have seemed to equate AQ-I with the insurgency, even though most of the daily attacks are carried out by Iraqi Sunni insurgents.”
Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General: Issues Pertaining To The Proposed NAFTA Cross-Border Trucking Demonstration Project, September 06, 2007, Audit, Project ID: MH-2007-065 (48 pages, PDF) Summary: “On September 6, 2007, we issued our report on “Issues Pertaining to the Proposed NAFTA Cross-border Trucking Demonstration Project,” as required by the May 2007 Iraqi Supplemental …
Guidance on Submitting Backlog Reduction Goals for Fiscal Years 2008, 2009, and 2010: “As part of the June 1, 2007 report to the President on agency progress under Executive Order 13,392, “Improving Agency Disclosure of Information,” the Attorney General recommended that any agency that has a FOIA request or administrative appeal pending beyond the statutory …
Follow up to September 6, 2007 posting, Backgrounder on H.R. 1908, the Patent Reform Act of 2007, Bloomberg News report, House Passes Bill to Curb Suits by Patent Owners: “The House approved the most sweeping changes to United States patent law in more than half a century on Friday…The measure passed by the House would …
World Health Organization: “The Interim Statement sets out the Commissions vision and goals, the problems it seeks to ameliorate, and the intellectual foundation for a social determinants approach. In doing so, the Interim Statement is a resource for stakeholders concerned with social determinants of health and health equity, as they build towards a global movement. …
Press release: “Future reduction of sea ice in the Arctic could result in a loss of 2/3 of the world’s polar bear population within 50 years according to a series of studies released today by the U.S. Geological Survey.” Related government websites and reports: USGS New Polar Bear Finding Website Climate Model Uncertainty and Executive …
“Accurate, up-to-date information on health issues affecting Hispanic seniors is now available online in Spanish from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The user-friendly website has information on a wide range of health topics, including diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cancer and diabetes. Helpful tips on choosing a doctor …
Statement of Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Friday, September 7, 2007: “Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in August (-4,000), and the unemployment rate held at 4.6 percent. Payroll employment has grown little during the past 3 months (44,000 per month on average), following downward revisions to June and July estimates. …
New SEC filing indicates there were no rival bids to purchase Dow Jones/WSJ: SEC Filing by News Corp. and Dow Jones & Co., Form S-4, filed September 7, 2007.
Reports Health Care 20 Years From Now: Taking Steps Today to Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges. (Highlights of a forum convened by the comptroller general of the United States.) GAO-07-1155SP, September 2007, 2007 Maritime Transportation: Major Oil Spills Occur Infrequently, but Risks to the Federal Oil Spill Fund Remain. GAO-07-1085, September 7, 2007 Water Resources: Four Federal …
