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US Courts: “Supreme Court decisions, shifting Administration priorities, new legislation, and numerous other factors caused the composition of the federal courts caseload to change over the past decade. Between September 30, 1997 and September 30, 2006, appeals court filings steadily climbed, district court caseloads fluctuated, and bankruptcy filings hit a record high before tumbling following …
DOJ FOIA Post: Summaries of New Decisions — October 2007: “As announced previously by OIP, we are now posting up-to-date summaries of new court decisions. To facilitate their review, cases are broken down by FOIA Exemption or procedural element and internal citations and quotations have been omitted. OIP provides these case summaries as a public …
Audit of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Statements, November 15, 2007 (33 pages, PDF) NASA’s Most Serious Management and Performance Challenges, November 13, 2007
Press release: “Mayor Adrian M. Fenty today announced the first-ever data on HIV in the District of Columbia and updated AIDS statistics last reported five years ago. Released to coincide with events leading up to World AIDS Day this Saturday, December 1, the statistics show striking findings on the severity of the Districts epidemic. The …
“In a letter to the EPA Assistant Administrator for Water, Chairman Waxman discloses that documents the Committee has received raise new questions about whether EPA is effectively monitoring a 2003 Memorandum of Agreement intended to eliminate the injection of diesel fuel into underground sources of drinking water. The oil and gas industry has had a …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission is beginning a regulatory review of its environmental marketing guidelines, also known as the Green Guides. The guides outline general principles for all environmental marketing claims and provide specifics about certain green claims, such as degradabilty, compostability, recyclability, recycled content, and ozone safety. In a Federal Register Notice, the …
Potential Effect of Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act on Child Support Payments Cannot Be Determined because Data Needed for Study Are Not Available, GAO-08-148R, October 26, 2007 Social Security Reform: Issues for Disability and Dependent Benefits, GAO-08-26, October 26, 2007
White House, November 26, 2007: Fact Sheet: U.S.-Iraq Declaration of Principles for Friendship and Cooperation – “The U.S. and Iraqi “Declaration of Principles” is a shared statement of intent that establishes common principles to frame our future relationship. This moves us closer to normalized, bilateral relations between our two countries. With this declaration, leaders of …
Press release: “China and India play an increasing role in EU27 trade. China, which was the fourth trading partner of the EU27 in 2000, has since 2003 become the second trading partner after the USA. India, which was the 17th trading partner in 2000, ranked ninth in 2006. On the occasion of the EU-China Summit, …
Medicare Prescription Drug Plans – 2008 Plan Data Medicare Health Plans – 2008 Plan Data Medicare & You (120 pages, PDF) “contains important information about what’s new, health plans, prescription drug plans, and rights and protections to help people with Medicare review their coverage options and prepare to enroll in a new plan if they …
Press release: “With public concern over online fraud, new research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, has revealed that internet users will reveal more personal information online if they believe they can trust the organisation that requests the information. ‘Even people who have previously demonstrated a high level of caution regarding online privacy …
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, filed November 23. 2007, ACLU v DHS: Proposed Order Granting Defendants Motion to Stay Proceeding Pending New Rulemaking. ACLU press release: “The lawsuit was brought by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) …
