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January 30, 2008 Quarterly Report and Semiannual Report to Congress: “Success in the continuing U.S. relief and reconstruction efforts in Iraq in 2008 will depend substantially on the Government of Iraq’s capacity to employ its own reconstruction resources in support of a national recovery plan. 2008 will be a Year of Transfer for the U.S. …
DOT OIG Audit, Assessment of FAA’s Risk-Based System for Overseeing Aircraft Manufacturers’ Suppliers, February 26, 2008, Project ID: AV-2008-026. “The audit objective was to evaluate FAAs oversight of aircraft manufacturers quality assurance systems for domestic and foreign suppliers. Although aviation manufacturers are ultimately responsible for the quality of their products, FAAs Aircraft Certification Service personnel …
“TSA’s National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program prepares dogs and handlers to serve on the front lines of America’s War on Terror. These very effective, mobile teams can quickly locate and identify dangerous materials that may present a threat to transportation systems. Just as important, they can quickly rule out the presence of dangerous materials …
Kaiser Family Foundation release, 2/28/08: “Statehealthfacts.org recently added new and updated data on Medicare – CMS data on total Medicare enrollment as of January is available for all states and the nation. In addition, CMS data on the prescription drug coverage status of Medicare beneficiaries has been updated up to January. The updated drug coverage …
Congressional Budget Office Presentation to The Tax Policy Center and, the American Tax Policy Institute, Taxes and Health Insurance, February 29, 2008
US Air Force shoots down blogs, airmen frustrated, by Ryan Paul: “The United States Air Force has stirred up controversy with a new Internet filtering policy that aims to prevent Air Force personnel from reading blogs while on the job. The ban has been implemented by the Air Force Network Operations Center (AFNOC), which houses …
The Connection Has Been Reset, by James Fallows. “In reality, what the Olympic-era visitors will be discovering is not the absence of Chinas electronic control but its new refinementand a special Potemkin-style unfettered access that will be set up just for them, and just for the length of their stay. According to engineers I have …
News release: “Preliminary data from a survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at end-June 2007 are released today on the U.S. Treasury web site. A revised table on Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities, where estimates through end-December 2007 are based in part on survey data, is also released at (http://www.treas.gov/tic/ticsec2.html, on line …
02/29/08 Release of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report; David T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Release of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report; Washington, DC. “The 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance …
D-2008-057 Contractor Past Performance Information, February 29, 2008 (Project No. D2006-D000AB-0207.000). “Results. The DoD Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System did not contain all active system contracts over $5 million. In addition, for system contracts that were in the DoD Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System and reviewed during the audit, we found that: 39 percent …
Follow up to previous postings on EPA library closures, this news release dated February 28, 2008: “A federal arbitrator has found the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guilty of unfair labor practices and acting in bad faith in its national series of library closures, according to a ruling posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility …
Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control – 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: “The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade …
