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Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General, U.S. Census Bureau Final Report – 2010 Census: Key Challenges to Enumerating American Indian Reservations Unresolved by 2006 Census TestEvaluation: OSE-18027 [49 pages, PDF]
“New orders for manufactured goods in August, down following two consecutive monthly increases, decreased $14.4 billion or 3.3 percent to $420.7 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 3.4 percent July increase. Shipments, down two the last three months, decreased $6.7 billion or 1.6 percent to $417.9 billion. This followed a 2.3 …
National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy – Unclassified Summary, October 2007 “The President’s National Drug Control Strategy seeks to disrupt the illicit drug industry as close to the source as possible. As a companion to the National Drug Control Strategy, this Strategy directs U.S. efforts to intercept drug shipments that manage to evade the robust international …
DOT OIG Audit – FAA’s Actions Taken to Address Allegations of Unsafe Maintenance Practices at Northwest Airlines, September 28, 2007- Project ID: AV-2007-080 “Summary: On September 28, we issued our report on FAA’s actions taken to address allegations of unsafe maintenance practices at Northwest Airlines. These allegations were reported by an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector …
House Committee on the Budget hearing, Issues in Federal Government Financial Liabilities: Commercial Nuclear Waste, October 4, 2007: Testimony on the Federal Government’s Liabilities Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
The United States Marshals Service Judicial Security Process, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2007-010, September 2007 (124 pages, PDF)
Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses, September 28, 2007 Campaign Finance: Developments in the 110th Congress, September 28, 2007 PEPFAR [President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief]: From Emergency to Sustainability, September 28, 2007 The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Previous …
Press release: “The value of U.S. imports receiving benefits under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) fell from $12.3 million in 2005 to $9.9 million in 2006, mainly because four Central American countries El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua left the CBERA when the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) entered into …
Telecommunications: FCC Should Take Steps to Ensure Equal Access to Rulemaking Information, GAO-07-1046, September 6, 2007 Elections: Further Testing Could Provide Increased but Not Absolute Assurance That Voting Systems Did Not Cause Undervotes in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, GAO-08-97T, October 2, 2007 Premium Class Travel: Internal Control Weaknesses Governmentwide Led to Improper and Abusive Use …
DHS OIG Independent Review of The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s reporting of FY 2006 Drug Control Funds, OIG-07-71 (PDF, 9 pages), Released October 3, 2007.
Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Brief on Iran, October 2007 (14 pages, PDF) “Iran is a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and ranks amongst the worlds top three holders of proven oil and natural gas reserves. Iran is OPECs second-largest exporter after Saudi Arabia, and is the fourth-largest exporter of …
On October 2, 2007, the House Oversight Committee …[held] a hearing to examine the use of private security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Previously undisclosed information reveals (1) Blackwater has engaged in 195 escalation of force incidents since 2005, an average of 1.4 per week, including over 160 incidents in which Blackwater forces fired first; …
