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Fact Sheet: Emergency Supplemental: Iraq, Afghanistan, Veterans, and Workers, House Appropriations Committee – Majority, May 7, 2008. “This week the House of Representatives will consider the emergency supplemental bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and pressing domestic needs. Under consideration are $183.77 billion in outstanding requests from the President. The Democratic proposal …
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works – hearing entitled Perchlorate and TCE in Water, May 6, 2008. From Opening Statement by Chairman Barbara Boxer: “…today we will hear about EPA’s particularly disturbing failures to address significant risks to our families from two widespread drinking water contaminants: perchlorate and trichloroethylene, usually just called “TCE.” Perchlorate …
News release: “Today, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) released a Congressional Research Service (CRS) study on the implications for U.S. economic and security interests of Chinas rising global influence. The study, which CRS produced at Senator Bidens request in consultation with a distinguished group of China specialists …
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearings to examine the current lack of hospital emergency surge capacity. The hearings will focus on the widening mismatch between the growing demand for emergency care and available supply, impact of the Administrations Medicaid regulations on hospital emergency surge capacity, and the ability of hospitals to respond to a …
Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT): “The long-range or “vicinity” Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology chosen by the Departments of Homeland Security and State for government-issued ID documents poses serious risks to personal privacy and security, CDT testified today before a Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee. CDT recommended that DHS and State abandon the technology, which …
“Throughout 2007, OMB Watch diligently exposed assaults on public protections and fought for greater government accountability and performance. Our 2007 Annual Report offers you some highlights from the past year.” “OMB Watch, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, was formed in 1983 to lift the veil of secrecy shrouding the White House Office of Management …
News release: “…Besides meeting Congressional requirements, the 2007 edition of the Country Reports on Terrorism aims to inform, to stimulate constructive debate, and to enhance our collective understanding of the international terrorist threat. The Country Reports should serve as a reference tool to inform policymakers, the American public, and our international partners about our efforts, …
Committee Report: Deploying Federal Civilians to the Battlefield: Incentives, Benefits and Medical Care, April 2008. Report Prepared by the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. “Our government has asked many federal civilian volunteers to serve in Iraq or Afghanistan. With the current plans to develop corps of more readily deployable active and reserve …
May 2008 Petroleum Marketing Monthly With Data for February 2008 (04/30/2008): “Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional and state level.” April 2008 Natural Gas Monthly With Data for February 2008 (04/30/2008): “Natural and supplemental gas production, supply, consumption, disposition, storage, imports, exports, and prices in the …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportations Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism [Improving Consumer Protections in Subprime Lending], about the Commissions continuing efforts to protect subprime mortgage borrowers. The testimony described the agencys priorities, including deceptive mortgage advertising, deceptive or unfair servicing practices, …
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Holds Hearing on Defense Department Acquisitions: “The hearing will examine the recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) titled, Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs. This report found that the Defense Departments 95 major weapons acquisition programs currently exceed their original budgets by nearly $300 billion dollars …
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2006, Volumes I and II (Note: 1125 pages, PDF). Senate Print 110-40, April 2008. “The country reports on human rights practices contained herein were prepared by the Department of State in accordance with sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. They also …
