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“A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, this annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It provides the most current detailed statistical information to inform the Nation on the nature of crime in schools. This report presents …
IRS Fall 2007 Statistics of Income Bulletin: “Seven articles from the fall 2007 issue of the Statistics of Income Bulletin (IRS Publication 1136) are now available. The articles present individual income tax data for Tax Year 2005; partnership data for Tax Year 2005; tax-exempt governmental and private activity bond data for Calendar Year 2005; private …
A CBO Paper: Modernizing the Army’s Rotary-Wing Aviation Fleet, November 2007 (39 pages, PDF). “The United States Armys rotary-wing aviation fleet numbers about 3,500 aircraft, including utility, cargo, attack, and reconnaissance helicopters. Between now and 2030, the Army is planning to modernize the fleet to sustain and improve its capabilities, a task the Congressional Budget …
Press release: “Violent and property crime rates at the nations schools during 2005 57 such crimes per 1,000 students age 12 or older were statistically unchanged from the 2004 rate of 55 victimizations per 1,000 students, according to a new report by the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Department …
Bureau of Justice Statistics: “Presents findings on the pretrial release phase of the criminal justice process using data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the 75 largest U.S. counties in May during even-numbered years from 1990 to 2004. It includes trends on pretrial release rates and the types of release used. …
Dr. James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute, at the Washington Foreign Press Center Briefing on “Arab Americans and the Middle East Policy in the 2008 U.S. Elections,” Thursday, November 29, 2007 – Transcript. Related State Department links on Role of Minority Groups in the 2008 Elections
Press release: “The Commission has issued a study, 2007 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration, its third annual report on the state of ethanol production in the United States, as required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. On the assumption that U.S. fuel ethanol is a relevant market, the report concludes that the market, when …
Anabolic Steroid Abuse: Federal Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Anabolic Steroid Abuse among Teenagers, GAO-08-15, October 31, 2007 Digital Television Transition: Questions on the DTV Converter Box Subsidy Program and a DTV Inter-Agency Task Force, GAO-08-297R, November 19, 2007 NASA: Agency Has Taken Steps Toward Making Sound Investment Decisions for Ares I but Still Faces …
House Government and Oversight “Chairman Waxman today released a draft of an internal FDA guidance that would allow drug companies to use journal articles to promote potentially dangerous uses of drugs and medical devices without prior FDA review and approval.” Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach from Chairman Waxman: “I have obtained a copy of …
Press release: “The Division of Privacy and Identity Protection of the Commissions Bureau of Consumer Protection has issued a summary of information it has obtained in preparation for an upcoming FTC workshop on private-sector use of Social Security numbers (SSNs)…In July 2007, FTC staff invited interested parties to comment on the issues surrounding private sector …
DHS OIG FY 2008 Annual Performance Plan (PDF, 101 pages – 1.3 MB) – New 11/30/2007
Press release: Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York and eleven other states are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over new regulations denying the public access to information about toxic chemicals in their communities. The EPA will allow thousands of companies to avoid disclosing information to the public about the …
