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News release: “As part of the Department of the Interiors commitment to building a coordinated strategy to respond to the impacts of climate change on the nations natural resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today releases its final strategic plan that will guide the agencys efforts to respond to the unprecedented threat posed by …
State Public Defender Programs, 2007, Donald J. Farole, Jr. Ph.D., Lynn Langton, September 16, 2010. NCJ 228229 “Examines the provision of public defender services in the 22 states that had an entirely state-funded and state-administered indigent defense program in 2007. The report presents an overview of state public defender programs in the context of public …
News release: “Some agencies under the Obama administration have energetically laid out a clear rulemaking agenda, while others have been stymied by a variety of factors, according to a new OMB Watch report. The report, The Obama Approach to Public Protection: Rulemaking, was released [September 20, 2010] and evaluates the regulatory activity of several environmental, …
“The Wetlands Mapper integrates digital map data with other resource information to produce timely and relevant management and decision support tools. We recommend looking at the following prior to launching a map: Wetlands Mapper Documentation and Instructions Manual Frequently Asked Questions: Wetlands Mapper Frequently Asked Questions web page Click here to open the Wetlands Mapper
“A new report by Mayors Against Illegal Guns reveals a strong connection between weak gun laws and interstate gun trafficking. The report, which examines comprehensive crime gun trace data provided by ATF to Mayors Against Illegal Guns, finds that the states with the weakest gun laws are the top suppliers of the guns recovered in …
“The Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was originally published by the Office of Legislative Services (now the Division of Congressional and Legislative Affairs) in 1979. This update is the third update since publication of the Digest. The Digest provides a comprehensive list and description of all …
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Conference Co-sponsored by the Center for Economic Policy Studies and the Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey September 24, 2010: Implications of the Financial Crisis for Economics “The financial crisis that began more than three years ago has indeed proved to be among the most difficult …
News release: “WIPO has launched IP Advantage, a new database which profiles the intellectual property (IP) experiences of inventors, creators, entrepreneurs, and researchers. This tool aims to promote a better understanding of how IP is created and protected, and how inventors, creators and society at large benefit from the IP system. The IP Advantage database …
News release: “During the second quarter of 2010, there were 1,146 reported violations of the Federal Bank Robbery and Incidental Crimes Statute, a decrease from the 1,304 reported violations in the same quarter of 2009. According to statistics released today by the FBI, there were 1,135 robberies, 11 burglaries, zero larcenies, and one extortion of …
Bureau of Labor Statistics – National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2010 – September 2010, Bulletin 2752
News release: “The Federal Communications Commission today took steps to free up vacant airwaves between TV channels — called white spaces — to unleash a host of new technologies, such as super Wi-Fi, and myriad other diverse applications. This is the first significant block of spectrum made available for unlicensed use in more than 20 …
Mortgage Financing: Financial Condition of FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, GAO-10-1066T, September 23, 2010 VA Health Care: Preliminary Observations on the Purchasing and Tracking of Supplies and Medical Equipment and the Potential Impact on Veterans’ Safety, GAO-10-1038T, September 23, 2010 Nonprime Mortgages: Analysis of Loan Performance, Factors Associated with Defaults, and Data Sources, GAO-10-805, August …
