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Advance Earned Income Tax Credit: Low Use and Small Dollars Paid Impede IRS’s Efforts to Reduce High Noncompliance, GAO-07-1110, August 10, 2007 Defense Infrastructure: Management Actions Needed to Ensure Effectiveness of DOD’s Risk Management Approach for the Defense Industrial Base, GAO-07-1077, August 31, 2007
Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population: 2006 (PDF – 6 pages):”This report provides estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States as of January 2006 for periods of entry and leading countries of birth and states of residence.” Refugees and Asylees: 2006 (PDF, 6 pages): “This report presents information on the number …
“In recognition of National Preparedness Month 2007 (September), as well as the on-going military conflict in Iraq, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, offers concerned citizens, service providers, allied professionals, and military families, information on the following topics: Citizen Preparedness Volunteer Opportunities Support …
“Among a growing number of Americans seeking general health information and information about cancer, the Internet remains a frequent first source, even though the public’s trust in online material about health has declined, reports a government study. At the same time, consumers voiced greater confidence in information received from healthcare professionals. The report, Cancer Communication: …
Railroad Bridges and Tunnels: Federal Role in Providing Safety Oversight and Freight Infrastructure Investment Could Be Better Targeted, GAO-07-770, August 6, 2007. “Freight railroads account for over 40 percent (by weight) of the nation’s freight on a privately owned network that was largely built almost 100 years ago and includes over 76,000 railroad bridges and …
“Today Chairman Waxman wrote [Letter to Fred Fielding] to request information from the White House Office of Administration about reports that millions of e-mails that may have been lost from the White House e-mail system.” Related postings on White House e-mail investigation
August 2007 Natural Gas Monthly (08/30/2007): “Natural and supplemental gas production, supply, consumption, disposition, storage, imports, exports, and prices in the United States. This report is updated during the first week of each month.”
Follow up to August 28, 2007 posting Census Bureau Reports Household Income Rises, Poverty Rate Declines, see today’s press release: “Senator Charles E. Schumer, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Vice Chair of the JEC, today reacted to the U.S. Census Bureaus release of its 2006 report on income, …
Press release: “Market factors explain increases in the national average retail price for gasoline during the spring and summer of 2006, according to a report sent to the President today by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justices Antitrust Division. In April 2006, while the FTC was completing its intensive investigation of …
D-2007-118 Contract Administration of the Ice Delivery Contract Between International American Products, Worldwide Services and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers During the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Effort (08/24/2007) (777KB) (Project D2006-D000CG-0075.000) PDF and Summary.
Press release: “A NASA safety review released Wednesday found no evidence to support claims that astronauts were impaired by alcohol when they flew in space. NASA chief of Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor conducted the monthlong review to evaluate allegations included in the Astronaut Health Care System Review Committee’s report, which was released in …
“A member of Congress has agreed to provide [Center for Democracy and Technology} CDT with a running list of new Congressional Research Service reports in order to help bolster CDT’s OpenCRS project, which provides the reports to the public at no cost. CRS generates in-depth, non-partisan research on a wide range of issues critical to …
