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“Today, EPA is opening the doors on a new, more interactive, and task-oriented Web site designed to meet users’ needs. We’ve heard from our audience the American people and they are interested in more than just reading about EPA programs on the Web. Citizens want to participate in protecting the environment in which …
DOJ FOIA Post: “In light of Section 9 [Section 9 amends 5 U.S.C. § 552(f), the definitions provision of the FOIA, by including in the definition of record any information maintained for an agency by an entity under Government contract, for the purposes of records management. This provision makes clear that records, in the possession …
“OpenTheGovernment.orgs fifth annual report, Secrecy Report Card 2008, shows both a continued expansion of government secrecy across a broad array of agencies and actions and some movement toward more openness and accountability, particularly in the Congress. The public has a right to know what its government is doing to preserve health, safety, and the public …
News release: “The Department today issued a report informing consumers, businesses and policy makers about issues relating to monopolization offenses under the antitrust laws. The report, Competition and Monopoly: Single-Firm Conduct Under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, September 2008, U.S. Department of Justice (215 pages, PDF) examines whether and when specific types of single-firm …
News release: “The Justice Department today announced that on Sept. 9, 2008, it will monitor the primary elections in New York (Manhattan), Kings (Brooklyn), and Queens Counties, N.Y., to ensure compliance with federal voting rights statutes, and specifically the minority language provisions of the Voting Rights Act.” More information about the Voting Rights Act and …
Via Secrecy News: Knowledge Management Section, U.S. Army Field Manual 6-01.1, August 29, 2008 “This manual provides doctrine for the organization and operations of the knowledge management (KM) section. It establishes the doctrinal principles, tactics, techniques, and procedures necessary to effectively integrate KM into the operations of brigades, divisions, and corps.”
News release: “For consumers who choose to buy a new TV, EPA recommends purchasing Energy Star-qualified sets. EPA also encourages consumers to recycle their unwanted TVs, which recovers valuable materials from the circuit boards, metal wiring, leaded glass, and plastics. Last year Americans disposed of more than 20 million TVs, which represents a lost opportunity …
News release: “Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker, and other senior officials of the Department of Justice (DOJ) met today with leaders of dozens of civil rights groups, as well as national organizations representing state and local officials, secretaries of state and attorneys general …
Update to September 7, 2008 posting, Treasury and Federal Housing Finance Agency Action to Protect Financial Markets and Taxpayers, additional documents available today: Freddie Mac Warrant to Purchase Common Stock Freddie Mac Certificate Freddie Mac Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement Fannie Mae Warrant to Purchase Common Stock Fannie Mae Certificate Fannie Mae Senior Preferred Stock …
G.19 Statistical Release, September 8, 2008 – Consumer Credit: “Consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 2 percent in July. Revolving credit rose at an annual rate of 4-3/4 percent, and nonrevolving credit rose at an annual rate of 1/2 percent.”
News release: “…today’s topic is going to cover a different kind of vulnerability, not the vulnerability to identity but the vulnerability to the physical world in which we operate. That is our critical infrastructure. And I want in particular to talk about how these vulnerabilities look to me as we enter the 21st century, and …
“The Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, with support from the Federal Reserve, announced actions today regarding the housing government sponsored enterprises to protect the financial system, to support the housing market, and to protect the taxpayers.” Paulson Remarks on Housing GSE Actions FHFA Director Lockhart Remarks on Housing GSE Actions Fact Sheet: …
