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“Sales of new one-family houses in November 2007 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 647,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 9.0 percent (±13.9%)* below the revised October rate of 711,000 and is 34.4 percent (±7.9%) below the …
“This Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) report provides an overview of stalking statistics during 2005 and 2006. A summary of training and outreach efforts undertaken by the OVW-funded Stalking Resource Center is also included. (NCJ 220827)” Full text of the report: PDF PDF(Appendix A) PDF(Appendix B)
The Best and Worst of 2007: Government Secrecy, Patrick Radden Keefe, The Century Foundation, 1/2/2008. “America has a classification problem, and has for quite some time. The late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan once observed that if all the newspapers in the United States printed all the classified documents produced by the government on any given …
Trends in Naturalization Rates (PDF, 2 pages): “This report examines the trends in naturalization rates of different cohorts and regions of birth.” “Asian immigrants had the highest cumulative naturalization rates and Mexican immigrants had among the lowest. Asian immigrants naturalized at a rate of approximately 70 percent for the 1973 to mid-1980s cohorts and 60-65 …
California Air Resources Board Technical Assessment, January 2, 2008: Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Reductions Under the CAFE Standards and ARB Regulations Adopted Pursuant To AB1493. “In public comments explaining his denial of a waiver under Sec. 209(b) of the Clean Air Act for California to enforce its regulations implementing AB1493, U.S. EPA Administrator Steven Johnson …
Press release: “Following a preliminary inquiry into the destruction by CIA personnel of videotapes of detainee interrogations, the Departments National Security Division has recommended, and I have concluded, that there is a basis for initiating a criminal investigation of this matter, and I have taken steps to begin that investigation as outlined below. This preliminary …
Government Auditing Standards: Implementation Tool: Professional Requirements Tool for Use in Implementing Requirements Identified by “Must” and “Should” in the July 2007 Revision of Government Auditing Standards, GAO-08-210G, December 31, 2007.
Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program: “The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has launched the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program (Coupon Program), as authorized in the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005. Starting January 1, 2008, all U.S. households will be eligible to request up to two coupons, worth …
The Deemed Export Rule in the Era of Globalization, Submitted to The Secretary of Commerce By the members of The Deemed Export Advisory Committee, December 20, 2007 (153 pages, PDF). “It is the Committees principal conclusion that the existing Deemed Export Regulatory Regime no longer effectively serves its intended purpose and should be replaced with …
“On December 21, 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy issued revised standards for the design and construction of new Federal commercial and multi-family high rise residential buildings and low-rise residential buildings.”
“TechPresident presents our 2007 Campaign Web Index, a year-end study of which campaigns are best at using the various elements of the web. For the survey we’ve tapped the very brightest minds working in tech and politics, who happen to be our own bloggers and other friends (some respondents have asked to remain anonymous). Check …
“…the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA) provides that United States citizens and nonimmigrant aliens may enter the United States only with passports or such alternative documents as the Secretary of Homeland Security may designate as satisfactorily establishing identity and citizenship… The vicinity RFID electronic chip contains only one item of information–a …
