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House Committee on the Judiciary – Oversight Hearing on: The Federal Bureau of Investigation, September 16, 2008 Statement of Robert Mueller, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC Related: See Commentary: New FBI Anti-Terror Guidelines, LLRX.com
News release: “After rising for two straight years, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation declined from the previous years total. The declining trend continued for property crimes, as those offenses were down for the fifth year in a row. Statistics released today by the FBI show that the estimated volume of violent …
CBO: Presentation to the Center for Public Health, Stanford University: A Federal Perspective on Health Care Policy and Costs, Peter Orszag Director, September 16, 2008.
Congressional Budget Office – The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, September 2008 (92 pages, PDF) Economic Projections Tables Budget Projections Tables CBO’s Year-by-Year Forecast and Projections for Calendar Years 2008 to 2018 Key Assumptions in CBO’s Projection of Potential Output Supplemental Data on Mandatory Outlays (As of March 2008) Budget Projections Tables
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today issued a complaint charging that Reed Elsevier Inc.s (Reed Elsevier) proposed $4.1 billion acquisition of ChoicePoint Inc. (ChoicePoint) would be anticompetitive and in violation of the antitrust laws, as it would combine the two largest providers of electronic public record services to U.S. law enforcement customers. To eliminate …
Arctic sea ice settles at second-lowest, underscores accelerating decline: “The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since the dawn of the satellite era. While above the record minimum set on September 16, 2007, this year further reinforces the strong negative trend in summertime …
“Food at home and shelter prices in the Washington-Baltimore area advanced, while energy prices declined in August, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Sheila Watkins, the Bureaus regional commissioner, noted that despite the one-month decrease in …
Cyber Analysis and Warning: DHS Faces Challenges in Establishing a Comprehensive National Capability, GAO-08-588, July 31, 2008 Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Needs to Better Address Its Cybersecurity Responsibilities, GAO-08-1157T, September 16, 2008 Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Needs to Fully Address Lessons Learned from Its First Cyber Storm Exercise, GAO-08-825, September 09, 2008 Environmental Health: EPA …
Top Ten Challenges Facing the Next Secretary of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Advisory Council, September 11, 2008.
News release: “Credit can be a helpful tool for a healthy, prosperous financial existence. But all too often, many Americans fall prey to the pitfalls of not using credit wisely. This is especially true for young Americans who may have a less thorough understanding of credit and who tend to think less about the consequences …
Commentary: New FBI Anti-Terror Guidelines – Beth Wellington’s commentary focuses on congressional and public response to the guidelines, related public surveillance actions, and on ramifications to civil liberties now and in future.
CBO – U.S. Policy Regarding Pandemic-Influenza Vaccines, September 2008 “The possibility of an influenza pandemic is cause for concern among policymakers, public health experts, and the worlds populations. Against that prospect, in 2005, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a plan that includes a series of measures, first to monitor the spread …
