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AFL-CIO Releases 2007 Executive PayWatch Website

Press release: “The AFL-CIO today unveiled its 2007 Executive PayWatch Website, detailing how a flawed executive compensation system allowed CEOs in 2006 to collect excessive severance packages and providing an in-depth look at the ongoing stock options backdating scandal. The AFL-CIO PayWatch site…also provides a snapshot of the total compensation for CEOs, including the grant …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2006

Press release: “The Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2006 report is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with Section 665 of P.L. 107-228, the FY 03 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, which requires the Department to report on actions taken by the U.S. Government to encourage respect for …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Nation's Largest Single-Subject Declassification Effort Concludes April 2007

Eight Million Pages of New Material for Researchers on Nazi and Japanese War Crimes, Washington, D.C.: “The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (IWG), the group tasked with locating, declassifying, and making publicly available U.S. records of Nazi and Japanese war crimes, will conclude its work on March 31, 2007. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

2006 FDA Acceptable U.S. Industries Index for Employee Ownership

2006 FDA Listing of U.S. Industries – Annual Update 1/1/07: “The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) filers (i.e., employees who are required to file either a confidential or public financial disclosure report) may not hold financial interests in companies which are significantly regulated by the FDA. For purposes of the FDA Conflict of Interest regulations …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Google Introduces My Maps

Press release: “Today, Google is launching My Maps, a new feature of Google Maps that enables users to quickly and easily create custom maps for personal use or sharing through search. With this release, creating maps mashups is now as simple as pointing and clicking. From chronicling trips, to sharing tips and documenting academic endeavors, …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Search Engines

FDIC Releases State Bank Profiles, Performance Plan

Call and Thrift Financial Reports, April 2, 2007. “March 31, 2007 filing information for Call Reports are now available.” FDIC State Profiles, March 30, 2007: “Fourth quarter 2006 summary of state banking and economic conditions now available.” 2007 FDIC Annual Performance Plan, March 26, 2007: “This Plan sets out specific annual performance goals, indicators and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DHS OIG Reports on Legal Permanet Residents in 2006

Legal Permanent Residents: 2006 (PDF, 6 pages) – “This report presents information on the number and characteristics of persons who became legal permanent residents in the United States during fiscal year 2006.” Data on Legal Permanent Residents – Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2006 – “Access data on immigrants who became legal permanent residents in fiscal …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

White House Liaison Monica Goodling Again Refuses to Testify Before Congress on U.S. Attorney Firings

Follow up to March 29, 2007 posting, Conyers Announces Justice Department Deal to Begin Staff Interviews, these two related letters: “Today, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA) sent a letter to the Attorney General’s Special Counsel and White House Liaison Monica Goodling, through her attorney John M. Dowd, …

Subjects: Congress