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Public Policy Institute of California Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government, January 2007. This is the 74th PPIC Statewide Survey and the 21st in the Californians and Their Government series. It is made possible with funding from The James Irvine Foundation. [40 pages, PDF]
“The State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System is an electronic data warehouse containing up-to-date and historical state-level data on tobacco use prevention and control. The STATE System is designed to integrate many data sources to provide comprehensive summary data and facilitate research and consistent data interpretation. The STATE System was developed by the …
Press release: “One week after U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced that the NSA warrantless surveillance program would soon be subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and several of his House colleagues, including House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) today called …
Follow-up to White House Fact Sheet: Affordable, Accessible, And Flexible Health Coverage, today’s press release: New Joint Economic Committee Report Highlights Critical Flaws of Bush Health Care Proposal and related Economic Policy Brief: The President’s Health Care Proposal: All Risk, No Reward.
Health Information Technology Initiative Major Accomplishments – background and history. Report (6 pages, PDF), Health Information Technology Initiative Major Accomplishments: 2004-2006
House Budget Committee, Democrats: CBO Forecasts Continued Fiscal Deterioration, January 24, 2007 – “While any improvement in the deficit is a welcome development, today’s report from CBO is no cause for a declaration of victory. When the surplus in Social Security is excluded, as it should be, the deficit for this year’s budget is $362 …
Poverty In America: Consequences for Individuals and the Economy, Full text GAO-07-343T, and Highlights, January 24, 2007: “In 2005, 37 million people, approximately 13 percent of the total population, lived below the poverty line, as defined by the Census Bureau.” Poverty in America: Economic Research Shows Adverse Impacts on Health Status and Other Social Conditions …
Summary of The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2017, prepared by the Congressional Budget Office (191 pages, PDF). See also this Summary (6 pages, PDF)
Full Committee Hearing: EIA Analysis of Draft Global Warming Legislation, January 24, 2007: “The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on analysis recently completed by the Energy Information Administration, Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade System.” Related postings on global warming …
Executive Order 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management, January 24, 2007. Fact Sheet: Strengthening America’s Energy Security and Improving the Environment, January 24, 2007 President Bush Discusses Energy Initiative, January 24, 2007 Executive Order 13423–Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management, Federal Register, January 26, 2007
Homeland Security: Progress Has Been Made to Address the Vulnerabilities Exposed by 9/11, but Continued Federal Action Is Needed to Further Mitigate Security Risks, Full-text GAO-07-375, and Highlights, January 24, 2007. “While much attention has been focused on mitigating the specific risks of 9/11, other critical assets ranging from passenger rail stations to power plants …
The Iraqi Security Forces: The Challenge of Sectarian and Ethnic Influences, Updated January 18, 2007 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated January 17, 2007 Iran: Profile and Statements of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, January 16, 2007 Iraq: Regional Perspectives and U.S. Policy, January 12, 2007
