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“The Internal Revenue Service released a payment calendar today letting Americans know when they should expect their stimulus payment in the mail. For those who chose direct deposit on their 2007 tax returns, they will receive their stimulus payments through direct deposit starting May 2 and ending May 16. Those who will receive their payments …
Carnage and despair: Iraq five years on. Index Number: MDE 14/001/2008. Date Published: 17 March 2008. “Five years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country is still in disarray. The human rights situation is disastrous, a climate of impunity has prevailed, the economy is in tatters and the refugee crisis continues to escalating. A …
DOJ OIG: Audit of the Department of Justice Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Processes, Audit Report 08-16, March 2008
Aviation and the Environment: FAA’s and NASA’s Research and Development Plans for Noise Reduction Are Aligned but the Prospects of Achieving Noise Reduction Goals Are Uncertain, GAO-08-384, February 15, 2008 Defense Acquisitions: Progress Made in Fielding Missile Defense, but Program Is Short of Meeting Goals, GAO-08-448, March 14, 2008 Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations …
Treasury International Capital (TIC) Data for January – Monthly Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows (Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted)
Convergence in Global Food Demand and Delivery, By Anita Regmi, Hiroyuki Takeshima, and Laurian Unnevehr, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Report No. (ERR-56) 39 pages, March 2008: “Using food expenditures and food sales data over 1990-2004, this report examines whether food consumption and delivery trends are converging across 47 high- and middle-income countries. Middle-income …
News release: “The Federal Reserve on Sunday announced two initiatives designed to bolster market liquidity and promote orderly market functioning. Liquid, well-functioning markets are essential for the promotion of economic growth. First, the Federal Reserve Board voted unanimously to authorize the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to create a lending facility to improve the …
“Three-quarters of American adults view the federal government as secretive, and nearly nine in 10 say it’s important to know presidential and congressional candidates’ positions on open government when deciding who to vote for, according to a Sunshine Week survey by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University. The survey shows a significant increase over …
Newsweek: Unintended Consequences – Spitzer got snagged by the fine print of the Patriot Act “The Patriot Act gave the FBI new powers to snoop on suspected terrorists. In the fine print were provisions that gave the Treasury Department authority to demand more information from banks about their customers’ financial transactions. Congress wanted to help …
PBS.org – Semi-Pro Journalism Teams Give Alternative View of U.S. Elections, by Mark Glaser: “Each of these projects provides an alternative to mainstream media coverage, combining the ground work of average citizens or inexperienced journalists with editorial and production expertise of professional journalists. Rather than being lone citizen journalists, these semi-pros are given the tools …
Fact Sheet: Taking Responsible Action to Help Homeowners and the Economy, March 14, 2008 President Bush Visits the Economic Club of New York, New York Hilton, New York, New York, March 14, 2008
Defense Manpower Data Center, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office: Results of the 2006 Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members of the United States Military, March 2008 (246 pages, PDF). “This report presents the results of the 2006 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members (WGRA2006). The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) …
