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News release: “The Department of Defense (DoD) has released details on major defense acquisition program cost, schedule, and performance changes since the June 2007 reporting period. This information is based on the Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) submitted to the Congress for the September 2007 reporting period. SARs summarize the latest estimates of cost, schedule, and …
Gender differences in the use of computers and the Internet – Issue number 119/2007: “The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has become an essential feature of both economic and social activity across Europe. In nearly all European countries and in all age groups, however, men are more regular users of both computers and …
Press release: “A new national alliance, HOPE NOW, was announced… by Treasury Secretary Paulson and Housing Secretary Jackson to reach out and help homeowners who may not be able to pay their mortgages. The HOPE NOW collaboration of credit and homeowners counselors, mortgage servicers, and mortgage market participants was formed with the encouragement of the …
FY DOJ 2007 Performance and Accountability Report: “The Department again earned an unqualified audit opinion on our financial statements as of September 30,2007. For the third year in a row, all of the Department’s components that produce financial statements received an unqualified opinion. For the first time in DOJ history, the Department had no material …
Lobbying Disclosure, Office of the Clerk: “The Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate are pleased to advise you of the following new lobby report filing procedures resulting from the passage of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-81), which amends the Lobbying Disclosure …
Fiscal Year 2007 Performance and Accountability Report: “The EEOC is the federal agency responsible for enforcing the Nations laws prohibiting employment discrimination. As part of our mission, we receive, review, investigate, and process charges of employment discrimination and file discrimination suits in the private sector. We provide administrative hearings and appellate decisions in the federal …
Hate Crime Statistics 2006: “Today, were releasing the latest suite of hate crime numbers that weve collected in concert with our law enforcement partners. Its one third of our trilogy of annual crime statistics, along with Crime in the U.S. and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted….A total of 7,722 incidents and 9,080 offenses were …
Basel Action Network BAN and Toxics Link press release, 14 November 2007 (New Delhi): “…Environmentalists say that the newly drafted hazardous waste management law for India seeks to undo established, science-based definitions of waste and consider waste that is being recycled somehow less hazardous than the waste being landfilled in order to curry favor with …
“Hundreds of defendants sitting in prisons nationwide have been convicted with the help of an FBI forensic tool that was discarded more than two years ago. But the FBI lab has yet to take steps to alert the affected defendants or courts, even as the window for appealing convictions is closing, a joint investigation by …
“The IPCC has launched the first three volumes of its assessment report Climate Change 2007 and is currently finalizing its Synthesis report [Fourth Assessment report (“AR4″]. The Synthesis Report [was] launched in Valencia, Spain, 17 November 2007 during a press conference.” Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (23 …
Press release: “Tabulations of all surnames occurring 100 or more times in the census 2000 returns are provided in [these] files… The first link [Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000] explains the methodology used for identifying and editing names data. The second link [Top 1000 Names] provides an Excel file of the top 1000 …
“State governments are improving their transparency practices, but many are still not taking full advantage of the Internet to inform the public. Online disclosure of corporate tax breaks and other economic development subsidies lags far behind reporting on procurement contracts and lobbying activities. These are the main findings of a report entitled The State of …
