FDA Report "Reinforces Commitment to Drug Safety"
The Future of Drug Safety Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public – FDA’s Response to the Institute of Medicine’s 2006 Report, released January 30, 2007.
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Climate Risk Disclosure by the S&P 500
Climate Risk Disclosure by the S&P 500, January 2007 (80 pages, PDF: “This report assesses how S&P 500 corporations from 11 key industries disclose the risks and opportunities they face from climate change. The report finds that over half of the nation’s largest companies are providing inadequate disclosure to investors, despite growing financial losses in …
British Library Institutes Access Fees for Archives
Press release, The British Library and the Public Sector Spending Review: “Readers may have read in the newspapers that the British Library may have to start charging for access to the reading rooms. We are currently working with DCMS to assist them in making the best case for the British Library in the current public …
Additional Gov. Docs. Released Related to Ongoing Troop Equipment Shortages
Follow-up to my January 30, 2007 posting, DOD OIG Unclassified Summary of Equipment Status of Deployed Forces Within the U.S. Central Command, see today’s press release: “Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, today responded to a newly released Inspector General audit detailing equipment shortages for the American troops sent into …
Sens. Warner, Nelson, Collins Revised Resolution on Iraq
Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 Expressing the Sense of the Congress on Iraq, January 31, 2007. [S.Con.Res.7]
Oversight Hearing on Presidential Signing Statements under the Bush Administration
House Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing on Presidential Signing Statements under the Bush Administration: A Threat to Checks and Balances and the Rule of Law? January 31, 2007 Statement of Chairman John Conyers, Jr. Wintesses: Hon. Mickey Edwards, Former Member of Congress; John Elwood, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice; …
FCC Releases Data on High Speed Services for Internet Access
Press release: “High-speed lines increased by 26% during the first half of 2006, from 51.2 million to 64.6 million lines in service, compared to a 21% increase, from 42.4 million to 51.2 million lines, during the second half of 2005. For the full twelve month period ending June 30, 2006, high-speed lines increased by 52% …
Special IG for Iraq Reconstruction Quarterly Report to Congress
Special IG for Iraq Reconstruction – January 30, 2007 Quarterly and Semiannual Report to Congress: “Last January, SIGIR identified 2006 as the year of transition, highlighting many challenges to effective turnover of projects and programs to Iraqi control. SIGIR observed limited progress on these issues during 2006: supporting anticorruption efforts; enhancing infrastructure security; building ministerial …
GAO Reports on National Nuclear Security Administration Security Issues
National Nuclear Security Administration: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Management of the Nation’s Nuclear Programs GAO-07-36, January 19, 2007 National Nuclear Security Administration: Security and Management Improvements Can Enhance Implementation of the NNSA Act GAO-07-428T, January 31, 2007
Anglo-American Legal Tradition Project Launches Website
Via Spencer L. Simons, Director of the Law Library and Assistant Professor of Law University of Houston Law Center: “The Quinn Law Library at the University of Houston Law Center is proud to announce the inauguration of the extraordinary new website, the Anglo-American Legal Tradition (AALT). The AALT is the result of over fifteen years …
FCC Releases Data on Local Telephone Competition
Press release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released new data on local telephone service competition in the United States. Twice a year, all incumbent local exchange carriers (incumbent LECs) and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) are required to report basic information about their local telephone service, and all facilities-based mobile telephony providers are required …
President's State of the Economy Overview
President Bush Delivers State of the Economy Report, Federal Hall, New York, New York In Focus: Jobs and Economy Fact Sheet: State of the Economy Overview State of the Economy Overview, January 2007
