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Pelosi Announces Nominations for Chairs of Exclusive Committees and Rules and Budget Committees

Press release: “Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi announced today that the Democratic Steering Committee nominated the Chairs of the four exclusive House Committees. The Steering Committee unanimously nominated: Congressman John Dingell of Michigan as Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee; Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee; Congressman Charles Rangel of New …

Subjects: Congress

Bankruptcy Filings Decline in FY 2006

U.S. Courts news release: “Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts tumbled in fiscal year 2006. According to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, filings for FY 2006, the 12-month period ending September 30, 2006, fell 37.6 percent to 1,112,542, from total filings of 1,782,643 in FY 2005.”

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research

DHS OIG Semiannual Report to Congress

Press release: OIG Reports More Than $38 Billion in Savings and Recoveries for FY 2006 Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1, 2006-September 30, 2006 (96 pages, PDF)

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Armed Services Committee Hearing Today Considers Nomination of Robert Gates

Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Tuesday, December 5, 2006 – 9:30 AM. To consider the nomination of Robert M. Gates to be Secretary of Defense. The nominee will be present. Georgetown University Law Center Library – Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense Nominee: A Bibliography

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

BJS Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2006

Press release: “The report, Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2006 (NCJ 214262), was written by BJS statistician Katrina Baum; Rachel Dinkes and Grace Kena, of the Education Statistics Services Institute in the American Institutes for Research; and Emily Forrest Cataldi, of MPR Associates, Inc.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New LC Country Profile on Yemen

Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Country Profle: Yemen, December 2006

Subjects: Government Documents

Topics of New CRS Reports: Intelligence Estimates and Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates

Recent CRS Reports made available by FAS: Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates, November 22, 2006 Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?, November 21, 2006

Subjects: Government Documents

Polls: What Do Americans Think of Their Courts?

Third Branch: “Do you think elected officials should have more control over federal judges and the decisions they make in court cases? A majority of Americans say no. In an October poll conducted for CNN by Opinion Research Corporation, 67 percent of 1,013 Americans interviewed said elected officials should not have more control over federal …

Subjects: Courts

Strategy Paper: Promoting Opportunity and Growth through Science, Technology, and Innovation

Promoting Opportunity and Growth through Science, Technology, and Innovation, A Hamilton Project Strategy Paper, December 2006 (20 pages, PDF). “Maintaining our nation’s economic leadership in the world and promoting broad-based growth at home will require effective policies to support research, innovation, and access to advanced information and telecommunications technologies. Innovation has long fueled economic growth, …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

DNI Information Sharing Environment Privacy Guidelines Released

Press release: DNI Information Sharing Environment Privacy Guidelines Privacy Guidelines (9 pages, PDF)

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

FBI Audit of Sentinel Investigative Case Management System

Sentinel Audit II: Status of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Case Management System (Redacted), Audit Report 07-03, December 2006 (PDF – Full Report) Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Ranking Member And Incoming Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On DOJ OIG Report On FBI Computer System Project, December 4, 2006: “Todays finding by the Department of …

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

On Amazon, The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward – A New Approach

On Amazon: The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward – A New Approach, by The Iraq Study Group, James A. Baker III, Lee H. Hamilton, 160 pages, Vintage Books (December 6, 2006).

Subjects: Government Documents

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