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European Space Policy Institute papers available online: “Papers presented at the workshop The Fair and Responsible Use of Space: an International Perspective, held November 20-21 in Vienna, Austria, co-sponsored by the Secure World Foundation are now available online.”
Talking Points as Prepared for Delivery, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne’s Announcement of Final Regulations Re: Section 7 of the ESA, 12/11/08 Final Rule: Interagency Cooperation under ESA, December 11, 2008 New York Times – “The Interior Department on Thursday announced a rule that has largely freed federal agencies from their obligation to consult …
Follow up to related postings on “midnight regulations,” this news release and report: “In 2001, the Bush administration began its radical, anti-environmental agenda by rescinding, changing, or issuing rules that degraded Americas environment. From refusing to reduce the arsenic levels in drinking water, to opening wilderness areas to new roads, to rejecting the Kyoto Protocol …
News release: “More than 7.3 million men and women were under correctional supervision in the nations prisons or jails or on probation or parole at yearend 2007, the U.S. Department of Justices Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. About 3.2 percent of the U.S. adult population, or one in every 31 adults, was incarcerated …
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Additional Actions Needed to Better Ensure Integrity, Accountability, and Transparency, GAO-09-266T, December 10, 2008. “Treasury has taken a number of steps to try to stabilize the U.S. financial markets and banking system, including injecting billions of dollars into financial institutions. Although Treasury initially planned to buy mortgages and mortgage-related assets through …
Via Taxpayers for Common Sense: “The Congressional Oversight Panel for Economic Stabilization has released its first report on the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.” Hensarling Testifies Before House Financial Services Committee – [here] is a copy of the testimony (as prepared for delivery) by Congressman Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the Republican Study Committee and …
“The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) today released a series of papers [Transition Materials for President Obama] that outline Internet policy proposals for President-elect Obama’s Transition Team in the areas of security and civil liberties; preserving free speech on the Internet; keeping the Internet an open platform; protection of consumer privacy; and promoting open …
White House Fact Sheet: Transforming Our Armed Forces To Face The Threats Of Today And Tomorrow – Following the attacks of 9/11, President Bush strengthened and reshaped our approach to national security. To harden our defense, President Bush: Created the Department of Homeland Security; Provided national security professionals with vital new tools like the Patriot …
OIG-09-09 – Independent Auditors’ Report on DHS’ FY 2008 Financial Statements Management Report, November 2008. “While the auditors noted improvement toward correction of internal control weaknesses, the department was unable to represent that its financial statements as of, and for the year ended, September 30, 2008, were presented in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting …
DOJ OIG: Review of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2009-001, December 2008: “…we found that information in the national sex offender registries is incomplete and inaccurate and therefore the registries are not reliable tools for law enforcement and the public. For example, we found that registries were missing …
“Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan said today that new data shows that more than half of loans modified in the first quarter of 2008 fell delinquent within six months.” OCC & OTS Mortgage Metrics, Overall Redefault Rates (30+ days) Related postings on financial system
Marital Status is Associated With Health Insurance Coverage for Working-age Women at all Income Levels, 2007. 8 pp. (PHS) 2009-1209. December 2008. “Overall, unmarried women aged 25-64 years are about 60% more likely than married women to lack health insurance coverage, but that disadvantage is not consistent across poverty status groups.”
