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“OLMS Online Public Disclosure Room, which is powered by a new database query system. From this site you can (1) view and print reports filed by unions, union officers and employees, employers, and labor relations consultants for the year 2000 and after, (2) order reports for the year 1999 and prior, and (3) search the …
“The National Select Agent Registry Program oversees the activities of possession of biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public, animal or plant health, or to animal or plant products. On this website you will be able to download application packages, submit forms electronically, view current regulations regarding …
Letter from Scott H. Amey, Project On Government Oversight General Counsel to Mary Peters, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, October 15, 2007: “Competition in contracting is essential to getting fair and reasonable costs and prices for goods and services. The Department of Transportations Transportation Technology Innovation and Demonstration (TTID) program, to provide real-time traffic information …
SSA Disability Representatives: Fee Payment Changes Show Promise, but Eligibility Criteria and Representative Overpayments Require Further Monitoring, GAO-08-5, October 15, 2007 Export-Import Bank: Improvements Needed in Assessment of Economic Impact, GAO-07-1071, September 12, 2007 USDA: Information on Classical Plant and Animal Breeding Activities, GAO-07-1171R, September 13, 2007
Press release: “Three telecommunications companies have provided responses to inquiries by the Committee on Energy and Commerce about their involvement with the National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping program. On October 2, Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and Rep. …
D-2007-133 Defense Civilian Pay System Controls Placed in Operation and Tests of Operating Effectiveness for the Period of July 1, 2006, Through June 30, 2007 (September 28, 2007) (Project D2007-D000FB-0189.000) 132 pages, PDF.
Annual Report to Congress on the Information Sharing Environment, Department of Homeland Security’s Information Sharing Environment, submitted by Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, September 2007 (44 pages, PDF).
A mission to remember: Volunteers for the Library of Congress are racing against time to collect oral histories of America’s remaining World War II veterans. By Deborah Horan, Chicago Tribune staff reporter, October 14, 2007: “Since 2000, volunteers working with the library’s American Folklife Center have collected more than 50,000 taped interviews as part of …
Press release: “The National Institutes of Health (NIH) the nation’s medical research agency is launching one of the most extensive collections of genetic and clinical data ever made freely available to researchers worldwide. Called SHARe (SNP Health Association Resource), the Web-based dataset enables qualified researchers to access a wealth of data from large …
Press release: “New documents uncovered as a result of an American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union lawsuit reveal that the Department of Defense secretly issued hundreds of national security letters (NSLs) to obtain private and sensitive records of people within the United States without court approval. A comprehensive analysis of 455 …
Press release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2008 Fuel Economy Guide to help consumers make well-informed choices when purchasing new vehicles…Data show that hybrid vehicles continue to lead the government’s fuel economy ratings and hybrid technology can be effectively used to improve fuel economy. …
Defense Health Care: DOD Needs to Address the Expected Benefits, Costs, and Risks for Its Newly Approved Medical Command Structure, GAO-08-122, October 12, 2007 Financial Regulation: Industry Trends Continue to Challenge the Federal Regulatory Structure, GAO-08-32, October 12, 2007 Hazardous Materials: EPA May Need to Reassess Sites Receiving Asbestos-Contaminated Ore from Libby, Montana, and Should …
