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News release: “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service today announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment that analyzes a limited set of proposed revisions to regulations that apply to interagency consultation procedures under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. The Services are seeking public review and comment …
Export Controls: Challenges with Commerce’s Validated End-User Program May Limit Its Ability to Ensure That Semiconductor Equipment Exported to China Is Used as Intended, GAO-08-1095, September 25, 2008 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative: Further Progress Is Needed in Developing a Risk-Based Monitoring Approach to Help HHS Improve Program Oversight, GAO-08-1002, September 26, 2008
“U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez took questions from the public concerning the current U.S. economy and announced a new interagency Web site led by the Commerce Department in an Interactive online forum, Ask the White House. The new web site, EconomicRecovery.gov, is a resource for the latest information from government agencies on Americas …
M-09-03, Guidance on implementing P.L. No. 110-329 in accordance with Executive Order 13457 on Protecting American Taxpayers From Government Spending on Wasteful Earmarks (October 23, 2008) M-09-02, Information Technology Management Structure and Governance Framework: “Organizational Structure and Reporting Relationships of IT Executives and Senior Managers – A. The Department or Agency has a designated executive-level …
News release: “New federal data show Americans are continuing a 10-month-long decline in driving habits, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters announced… The decline is putting new pressure on the way road, bridge and transit projects are funded at a time of record growth in transit ridership, showing the need for a new approach for …
“The Federal Reserve System and its 12 member banks partnered with the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program to produce a new, in-depth look at concentrated poverty in America. The two-year study, The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America – Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S., October 2008, profiles 16 high-poverty communities across the United …
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held holding a hearing titled, The Financial Crisis and the Role of Federal Regulators on, Thursday, October 23, 2008. The hearing examined the roles and responsibilities of federal regulators in the current financial crisis. A preliminary hearing transcript (201 pages, PDF) is available for download.” “Chairman Waxman: “Our …
DHS Privacy Office Annual Report Annual Privacy Report to Congress, July 2007 to July 2008 (100 pages, PDF)
News release: “Key manufacturers of outdoor wood-fired heaters pledged to make units that will emit 90 percent less air pollution, under the second phase of a voluntary partnership with EPA. EPA launched the voluntary program in January 2007, beginning with units 70 percent cleaner than unqualified models. Sales of EPA-qualified units to date will prevent …
Characteristics of State Parole Supervising Agencies, 2006: “Presents information for 52 state parole supervising agencies at midyear 2006, including the California Youth Authority and the District of Columbia. This report describes, by state, where these agencies were located in each state’s administrative structure, the number of adult parolees, and probationers, if any, under supervision, and …
Gartner Says Citizen Social Networks Will Complement, and May Replace, Some Government Functions, Egham, UK, October 23, 2008 “By 2011, 70 per cent of social computing deployments in government that achieve business benefits will do so in unplanned or unexpected ways, according to Gartner, Inc. Government organisations around the world are showing great interest …
House Document 108-224, Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007: “The most comprehensive history available on the 121 African Americans who have served in Congress. The Full House Document (803 pages) is available in five ZIP files.” Users may also download individual sections of the book, available in PDF.
