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National Association of Secretaries of State press release: Calendar of 2008 State Primaries/Caucuses, last updated February 9, 2007. “This calendar is a working draft based upon state election office reporting. Dates are subject to frequent changes. State dates that are under consideration but not yet finalized list the state in italics. States with an asterisk …
Selected Agencies Use of Criminal Background Checks for Determining Responsibility, GAO-07-215R, January 12, 2007. “This letter and its enclosure respond to the Congressional request for information on selected executive agencies’ policies and practices for making responsibility determinations before awarding contracts. Congress requested this information because of its continued concern for effective pre-contract screening to reduce …
FTC: “A new scam is swindling consumers: counterfeit checks that seem legitimate to both bank employees and consumers, but that leave unsuspecting consumers footing the bill. The Federal Trade Commission is issuing a new brochure, Giving the Bounce to Counterfeit Check Scams, which explains common angles used in these scams, the responsibilities of banks and …
Economic Report of the President – February 12, 2007: “Contains current/foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning topics such as employment, production, real income, and Federal budget outlays.” Fact Sheet: The Economic Report of the President, February 12, 2007
The Federal Bureau of Investigations Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-Up Audit, Audit Report 07-18, February 2007
“Financial Impacts of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Pharmaceutical Pricing: The goal of the hearing is to examine whether there are fraudulent, abusive, or wasteful pharmaceutical pricing practices that affect federal health programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and the Public Health Service 340B program that should be the subject of additional congressional oversight.” February 9, …
Prescription Drugs: Oversight of Drug Pricing in Federal Programs, full-text GAO-07-481T, and Highlights, February 9, 2007. “GAO and others have reported inadequacies in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) oversight of the prices manufacturers report to CMS to determine the statutorily required rebates owed to states. For example, GAO and others have reported …
USNews.com: “The Pentagon inspector general has rebuked a former top Defense official for disseminating misleading intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war. The reprimand of former Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith is the latest in a controversy that has swirled for four years.” Unclassified Executive Summary from (Classified) Report No. 07-INTEL-4 “Review of …
“The Foreign Relations of the United States series (FRUS) is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. The series is produced by the State Department’s Office of the Historian and printed volumes are available from the Government Printing Office…Foreign Relations of the United …
Press release: “Today, the Sunlight Foundation is announcing the creation of the Open House Project, a collaborative and bipartisan effort on open government. The purpose of the project is to study how the House of Representatives currently integrates the internet into its operations, and to make public recommendations to its leadership on how to make …
“The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today heard testimony during a public meeting about the launch of its accreditation program for laboratories that test voting systems, including discussion about the first two labs that will be considered for accreditation. The Commission also voted to stop accepting applications or additional information related to pending applications to …
Press release: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported findings today from the first and largest summary of prevalence data from multiple U.S. communities participating in an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) surveillance project. The results showed an average of 6.7 children out of 1,000 had an ASD in the six communities assessed in …
