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Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point Report: An Assessment of 516 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) Unclassified Summaries, July 25, 2007 New York Times: Study Paints a Threatening Portrait of Detainees Related documents: A Response to the Seton Hall Study, July 25, 2007 Report on Guantanamo Detainees – A Profile of 517 Detainees through …
Press release: “Remedying serious problems with imported food safety will require significant reforms to trade policy as well as improvements in domestic laws, according to a report released today by Public Citizens Global Trade Watch division. The report, Trade Deficit in Food Safety; Proposed NAFTA Expansions Replicate Limits on U.S. Food Safety Policy That Are …
Press release: “In two separate letters, Chairman Waxman asks when the White House Counsel’s office learned about White House officials’ use of nongovernmental e-mail accounts for official purposes, and what steps, if any, it took to preserve these records and prevent violations of the Presidential Records Act. A staff report issued by the committee’s majority …
Press release: “A new collection of handy tools designed especially for libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and historic preservation and arts organizations has been released by the Heritage Emergency National Task Force. The tools are the result of the Task Forces Lessons Applied initiative to develop practical applications for the lessons from Hurricane Katrina, such …
2007-B-00002 Assessment of EPAs Projected Pollutant Reductions Resulting from Enforcement Actions and Settlements, [Report PDF – 44 pages] [At a Glance PDF] July 24, 2007.
Press release: “The growing adoption of broadband combined with a dramatic push by content providers to promote online video has helped to pave the way for mainstream audiences to embrace online video viewing. Fifty-seven percent of online adults have used the internet to watch or download video, and 19% do so on a typical day. …
Compact of Free Association: Implementation Activities Have Progressed, but the Marshall Islands Faces Challenges to Achieving Long-Term Compact Goals, GAO-07-1125T, July 25, 2007 Environmental Justice: Measurable Benchmarks Needed to Gauge EPA Progress in Correcting Past Problems, GAO-07-1140T, July 25, 2007 Food and Drug Administration: Methodologies for Identifying and Allocating Costs of Reviewing Medical Device Applications …
Press release, July 25, 2007: “Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Banks indicated that economic activity continued to expand in June and early July. New York, Richmond, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and San Francisco described the pace of growth as “moderate” while Cleveland and Chicago saw it as “modest.” Philadelphia noted that economic conditions improved. Kansas …
Press release: A commission tasked to fix problems with wounded servicemembers care today presented a 29-page proposal to President Bush that suggests overhauling the disability-rating system and urges more attention be paid to returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans suffering from brain injuries. In the wake of reports that servicemembers at Walter Reed Army Medical …
Feel Free to Move About the Airport: Turbulence Continues to Roil the Airline Industry, July 25, 2007 in Knowledge@Wharton: “Airline consumer advocates contend delays are now a routine part of air travel. For the first five months of this year, the major airlines’ on-time arrival rate was 73.5%, the lowest for that period in the …
NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources – Updated July 2007: “At the request of NCSL’s Legislative Research Librarians (LRL) staff section, NCSL has developed this resource of 50-state compilations covering various issues that concern state legislators and legislative staff. Here you will find a topical, alphabetical listing of legislative and statutory databases, compilations and state …
Press release: “Today, the House Judiciary Committee sent a report and resolution to the House of Representatives finding former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten in statutory contempt of Congress for failing to respond to the Committee’s subpoenas in the U.S. Attorney investigation. The report passed by a …
