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News release, March 6, 2008: “U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill…expressed her concern with a loophole included in a Bush Administration proposal that would exempt overseas federal contractors from being required to report criminal activity, including contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a letter to Jim Nussle, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, McCaskill conveyed …
“Board letter establishing a 60-day reporting requirement regarding the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board review of the preliminary design and safety basis for the replacement Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility (RLWTF) at Los Alamos National Laboratory.”
News release: “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today made available the public version of a combined license (COL) application for a new reactor at the Grand Gulf site near Port Gibson, Miss. The applicant, Entergy, submitted the application and associated information Feb. 27. The application, minus proprietary or security-related details, is available here. The Entergy COL …
News release: “EPA has unveiled a new plan of action for working with public port authorities and other interested groups to reduce the environmental impacts of moving goods through ports. The “Vision, Mission, and Strategy for Sustainable Ports” recognizes the steady growth in global maritime commerce and the critical role American ports and related transportation …
Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service’s Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditure Plan, GAO-08-420, March 7, 2008 Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006, GAO-08-463, March 7, 2008 Military Training: Compliance with Environmental Laws Affects Some Training Activities, but DOD Has Not Made a Sound Business Case for Additional Environmental Exemptions, GAO-08-407, …
OIG-08-24 – Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Upgrading of Shore Facilities in Support of United States Coast Guard Missions (PDF, 41 pages)
Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-10, March 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Federal Bureau of Prisons Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-09, March 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only)
OIG-08-26 – The State of Michigan’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004 (PDF, 45 pages) – New 03/07/2008
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, Executive Compensation II: CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis on Friday, March 7, 2008. The hearing examined the compensation and retirement packages granted to the CEOs of three corporations deeply involved in the current mortgage crisis. This was the Committees second hearing on executive …
News release: March 6, 2008 “Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released an investigative report entitled Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster At Crandall Canyon Mine. The report discusses the findings of Chairman Kennedy’s investigation into the events leading up to the mine …
FOIA Annual Report for 2007 (PDF, 94 pages)
News release: “There is no parallel in government to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) start-up five years ago, and the degree of maturity it has reached in the short period since. The department’s growth is testament to its 208,000 employees, who every day put service before self – patrolling borders, protecting ports, defending the …
