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News release: “The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, and a bipartisan majority of the Committee (10-5), today unveiled the final two sections of its Phase II report on prewar intelligence. The first report details Administration prewar statements that, on numerous occasions, misrepresented the intelligence and the threat …
Fiscal Year 2007 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Sustained Improvement in Financial Management Is Crucial to Improving Accountability and Addressing the Long-Term Fiscal Challenges, GAO-08-847T, June 5, 2008 Individual Retirement Accounts: Government Actions Could Encourage More Employers to Offer IRAs to Employees, GAO-08-590, June 4, 2008 Oil and Gas Royalties: Litigation over Royalty Relief Could Cost …
OIG-08-18 – The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria (Redacted) (PDF, 50 pages – New 06/05/2008
Increasing Transparency in the Pricing of Health Care Services and Pharmaceuticals, June 5, 2008. Economic and Budget Issue Brief. “The rising cost of health care represents the nations single most important long-term fiscal challenge. This brief explores whether increased transparency about prices for specific health care services and pharmaceuticals would help to temper the rapid …
More Action Needed to Protect Public from Indoor Radon Risks [Report PDF – 44 pages] [At a Glance PDF]
Monthly Budget Review, June 2008. Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for April and the Daily Treasury Statements for May 2008. “The federal government incurred a deficit of about $317 billion during the first eight months of fiscal year 2008, CBO estimates, $168 billion more than the shortfall recorded through May of last year. About …
OIG Testimony – Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight concerning The Role of the FBI at Guantanamo Bay, June 4, 2008. “FBI agents in Guantanamo and other military zones were faced with interrogators from other …
“The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report on 170 countries is the most comprehensive worldwide report on the efforts of governments to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons. Its findings will raise global awareness and spur countries to take effective actions to counter trafficking in persons. The annual Trafficking in Persons Report serves as the …
The ONC [Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology] Coordinated Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan: 2008-2012 – Using the Power of Information Technology to Transform Health and Care. “The Plan has two goals, Patient-focused Health Care and Population Health, with four objectives under each goal. The themes of privacy and security, interoperability, …
“This online Guide to the House and Senate Members of the 110th Congress is intended to be a single point of access for Member information from several different official sources. Both congressional offices and the public will be able to: Access data concerning House and Senate Members from various publications including: the Congressional Pictorial Directory, …
Federal Disability Programs: Coordination Could Facilitate Better Data Collection to Assess the Status of People with Disabilities, GAO-08-872T, June 04, 2008 Combating Terrorism: Guidance for State Department’s Antiterrorism Assistance Program Is Limited and State Does Not Systematically Assess Outcomes, GAO-08-875T, June 04, 2008 Management Report: Improvements Needed in IRS’s Internal Controls, GAO-08-368R, June 04, 2008 …
Executive Office of the President: Expanding E-Government – Achieving Results for the American People, May 2008. “The Federal Government continues to improve services and deliver results through the adoption and implementation of the E-Government (E-Gov) initiatives and common government wide solutions. The departments and agencies continue to make great improvements in the area of security …
