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Energy Information Administration, Domestic Uranium Production Report – Quarterly Data for 3rd Quarter 2008: “U.S. production of uranium concentrate was 980,933 pounds U3O8, down 9 percent from the previous quarter, and down 9 percent from the third quarter 2007.”
Presidential Transition Team website: “The Presidential Transition Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-293) authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop a transition directory in consultation with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Act provides that the transition directory “shall be a compilation of Federal publications and materials with supplementary materials developed by the …
News release: “EPA has released its first annual report that summarizes environmental compliance data from all mobile sources including cars, light duty trucks and non-road equipment. The 2007 model year report provides information about vehicle recalls, emissions certification testing, and emission defects. This report will help stakeholders better understand the compliance programs requirements, process and …
“This First Tranche Report to Congress (First Tranche Report) is the first report under section 105(b) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA). This First Tranche Report is in satisfaction of the requirements for reporting at the $50 billion and $100 billion commitment levels, because Treasury has made in one round of funding …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Terrorist Threat and Suspicious Incident Tracking System, Audit Report 09-02, November 2008
“Nearly 180 organizations representing the business, education and scientific communities have urged the next president to appoint a White House science adviser by January 20Inauguration Dayand give the adviser cabinet rank.” “Dear Senator Obama: The next President of the United States will face a wide range of domestic and international challenges, from financial and regulatory …
News release: Employment Situation Summary, October 2008: “Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 240,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. October’s drop in payroll employment followed declines of 127,000 in August and 284,000 in September, as revised. …
News release: “At midyear 2007, an estimated 4 in 10 inmates in Indian country jails were confined for a violent offense, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Domestic violence (20 percent) accounted for the largest group of violent offenders, followed by simple or aggravated assault (13 percent) and rape or sexual …
New York Times: “The rapidly deteriorating finances of General Motors are forcing the federal government to decide whether to bail out the largest American automaker or face the prospect that it might go bankrupt.” GM Announces $5 billion in Additional Liquidity Enhancement Initiatives: “GM has taken a host of aggressive self help actions to improve …
Monthly Budget Review, November 2008 – Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for September and the Daily Treasury Statements for October, released November 7, 2008 “The federal government recorded a total budget deficit of $455 billion in fiscal year 2008, $293 billion more than the deficit incurred in 2007. The federal deficit rose as a …
News release: “The Commission has approved the Report to Congress Under the Do Not Call Improvement Act of 2007 (2007 DNCIA) [Pub. L. No. 110-187, 122 Stat. 633 (2008)], signed into law on February 15, 2008. The report, which is mandated under the 2007 DNCIA, contains information on the Commissions efforts to improve the accuracy …
Financial Audit: Bureau of the Public Debt’s Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007 Schedules of Federal Debt, GAO-09-44, November 07, 2008: “in response to the nation’s growing financial crisis, on October 3, 2008, the President signed into law legislation authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase up to $700 billion in troubled assets from financial …
