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International Migration Outlook 2007

International Migration Outlook 2007: “International migration has jumped up the policy agenda in OECD countries. This annual publication analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in these countries. It underlines the growing importance of inflows of highly qualified workers, temporary workers and students. It highlights the increased immigration from India, China, Eastern Europe and …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Court Orders OSHA To Release Toxic Exposure Database

Press release: “The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has wrongfully withheld data documenting years of toxic exposures to workers and its own inspectors, according to a federal court ruling posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). As a result, the world’s largest compendium of measurements of occupational exposures to toxic substances …

Subjects: Courts, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

DOT Withholds Documents on Greenhouse Gas Emmissions from Oversight Committee

Press release: “In response to Rep. Waxman’s request, the Department of Transportation provided limited documents and e-mails related to its lobbying of Members of Congress to oppose efforts by California and other states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. In the correspondence providing the documents, DOT states that it intends to withhold 53 …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

EFSA and FDA Strengthen Cooperation in Food Safety Science

Press release: “The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today signed the first U.S./European agreement in the area of assessing food safety risk. This is the first formal international cooperation agreement EFSA has signed and the first formal step in cooperation between the two bodies.” “The European Food …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Court Denies Libby's Request to Delay Prison Sentence and President Grants Him Clemency

Follow up to previous postings on Plame CIA leak case, news today that the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has unanimously denied I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s request to delay his prison sentence. Grant of Executive Clemency, July 2, 2007 and Statement by the President On Executive Clemency for Lewis Libby Special Prosecutor …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

GAO Releases Reports on Federal Housing Administration, Military Operations, South Florida Ecosystem

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports and correspondence: Reports Federal Housing Administration: Decline in the Agency’s Market Share Was Associated with Product and Process Developments of Other Mortgage Market Participants. GAO-07-645, June 29, 2007 Federal Housing Administration: Modernization Proposals Would Have Program and Budget Implications and Require Continued Improvements in Risk …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents