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OIG-08-23 – Review of FEMA’s Use of Proceeds From the Sales of Emergency Housing Unit (PDF, 22 pages) – New 02/22/2008 “Starting in fiscal year 2005, and continuing through early 2007, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials used funds received from the sale of used travel trailers and mobile homes to partially finance the operations …
From GOVDOC-L today: “The new Interior Board of Indian Appeals website is now being regularly updated by [an] Administrative Judge in the Office of Hearings and Appeals and will continue to be updated by her for the foreseeable future. A librarian at the Office of Hearings and Appeals believes it is reliable and can be …
Committee on Radiation Source Use and Replacement, National Research Council: “The U.S. government should take steps to promote the replacement of radioactive cesium chloride radiation sources, a potential “dirty bomb” ingredient used in some medical and research equipment, with lower-risk alternatives, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. Cesium-137 in the …
D-2008-054 Independent Auditor’s Report on the DoD FY 2007 Detailed Accounting Report of the Funds Obligated for National Drug Control Program Activities, February 21, 2008 (Project No. D2008-D000FD-0040.000)
Press release: “Workers in the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia metropolitan area earned an average of $23.78 per hour in April 2007, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. Regional Commissioner Sheila Watkins noted that wage data were reported for …
Follow up to February 17, 2008 posting, Administration Shuts Down economicindicators.gov, this news today: “The U.S. Department of Commerces Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) has decided to continue the economicindicators.gov website. Featuring the economic releases from ESAs Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the site was started by this Administration in 2002 to …
Forest Service: Better Planning, Guidance, and Data Are Needed to Improve Management of the Competitive Sourcing Program, GAO-08-195, January 22, 2008 Bank Secrecy Act: Increased Use of Exemption Provisions Could Reduce Currency Transaction Reporting While Maintaining Usefulness to Law Enforcement Efforts, GAO-08-355, February 21, 2008 Medicare Part D: Plan Sponsors’ Processing and CMS Monitoring of …
CRS Report: Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007, updated January 14, 2008 “The following list reviews hundreds of instances in which the United States has utilized military forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict to protect U.S. citizens or promote U.S. interests. The list does not include covert …
The Deductibility of State and Local Taxes, (54 pages, PDF) “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper, which was prepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, examines the arguments for and against the state and local tax deduction; how the benefits from the deduction are distributed among different groups of …
“Campus Law Enforcement, 2004-05 presents findings from a BJS survey of campus law enforcement agencies serving 4-year colleges and universities with 2,500 or more students. The survey covered the 2004-05 academic year and collected data from agencies using sworn police officers and those using only nonsworn security officers. The report compares law enforcement agencies serving …
Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population in 2006 (PDF, 5 pages): “This report provides estimates of the legal permanent resident population and population eligible to naturalize as of January 2006.” “An estimated 12.1 million legal permanent residents (LPRs) were living in the United States on January 1, 2006. Of the 12.1 million, an estimated …
Press release: “The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today submitted its Fifth Report to Congress on the Progress Made in Licensing and Constructing the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline, as required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. In the nine-page document, FERC recognizes Alaska’s selection of a preferred applicant, TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. TransCanada filed jointly …
