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H.R.1338 – To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. House Reports: 110-783 Center for American Progress – Fair Pay by the Numbers: “the House passed the Paycheck Fairness Act, which …
Via FAS: Intelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives, July 28, 2008 The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions, July 31, 2008 U.S. Nuclear Cooperation With India: Issues for Congress, updated July 30, 2008 Financing Issues and Economic Effects of American Wars, updated July 29, …
Public Integrity: “For more than seven months, the nations top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states, reportedly because it contains such potentially alarming information as evidence of elevated infant mortality and cancer rates. Researchers found low birth weights, elevated rates …
News release: “In response to Chairman Waxmans inquiry, EPA provided analyses EPA had conducted of reductions that would be necessary from the transportation sector to meet a range of global warming goals.” The Potential Energy and GHG Implications of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles: A Scenario Analysis, 2008 – SAE Government/Industry Meeting, U.S. EPA, May 14, 2008 …
News release: “U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that a number of the largest American internet companies [Microsoft, Google, Yahoo], human rights organizations and other stakeholders have reached agreement on a voluntary code of conduct that would govern internet companies operating in countries where internet freedom is restricted, like China.” See also Senate Judiciary Committee, …
CBO Testimony, Statement of Eric J. Labs, Senior Analyst, The Navys Surface Combatant Programs before the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, July 31, 2008. “The total cost of the Navys shipbuilding program through the period covered by the Department of Defenses 20092013 Future Years Defense Program …
News release: “The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the Conference Report on H.R. 4040 the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act under suspension of the rules…This conference report represents the most significant overhaul of U.S. consumer product safety laws since the creation of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, said House Committee on Energy and Commerce …
“Congressman John P. Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, announced today that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense has marked-up the Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Appropriations Bill. The $487.7 billion bill is $4 billion below the Presidents budget request and $28.4 billion above the Fiscal Year 2008 enacted level.”
Follow up to Committee Investigates Accidental Electrocutions of Soldiers in Iraq, today the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, Deficient Electrical Systems at U.S. Facilities in Iraq. The hearing examined electrical problems leading to the injuries and deaths of military personnel and the Department of Defenses management and oversight of contractors. …
Follow up to July 28, 2008 Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica Goodling and Other Staff in the Office of the Attorney General, the Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing concerning Politicized Hiring at the Department of Justice, July 30, …
The text of the Conference Report for H.R. 4040, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (183 pages, PDF). August 15, 2008 news release: “Bipartisan legislation was signed into law on Thursday that protects children and consumers from toxic toys and other dangerous products by strengthening the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and providing …
DOJ press release: “United States Senator Theodore F. Stevens of Alaska was charged today in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia with seven counts of making false statements related to Stevens financial disclosure forms, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced. The seven-count indictment …
