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Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Ready Campaign today launched an updated version of its Web site, www.ready.gov, to educate Americans about the simple steps they should take to be ready for a variety of emergencies.”
Weather Forecasting: National Weather Service Is Planning to Improve Service and Gain Efficiency, but Impacts of Potential Changes Are Not Yet Known GAO-06-792, and Highlights, July 14, 2006.
Electricity Data for the International Energy Annual 2004 (07/10/2006): “Excel spreadsheets with time series data for the years 1980-2004 on: (1) net consumption and generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power in both billion kilowatthours and British thermal units (Btu); (2) net conventional thermal electricity generation, total net …
Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants 2003 and 2004 (07/05/2006) “This publication provides information concerning the quality, quantity, and cost of fossil fuels used by electric power generating plants in the United States. These plants are comprised of regulated utility power plants and independent power producers, including combined heat and power producers in …
Press release: “Effective July 17, the Central Intelligence Agency website began using industry-standard SSL (secure sockets layer) to enable secure communications between visitors’ browsers and our Web server and a digital SSL server certificate issued by a trusted commercial Certificate Authority to authenticate that visitors are connected to the CIA website and not a copy …
CDT, July 14, 2006: “Contrary to press reports of a White House compromise on NSA legislation, Senator Specter has agreed to a bill that would shield the Administration from accountability for its illegal warrantless wiretapping. The bill has been erroneously described as requiring judicial review of the President’s warrantless wiretapping program. In fact, the bill …
Press release: “The number of federally registered political action committees (PACs) increased slightly, from 4,210 on January 1, 2006, to 4,217 by July 1, 2006 according to a semi-annual survey by the Federal Election Commission. Corporate PACs remain the largest category, with 1,621 committees, followed by non-connected 1,233 trade/membership/health – 935, labor – 283, …
[Federal Register: July 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 134)][Rules and Regulations][Page 39707-40001] Foreign Assets Control Office – Sanctions; blocked person, specifically designated nationals, terrorists, and narcotics traffickers, and foreign terrorist organizations: Individuals and entities subject to various economic sanctions programs. U.S. Treasury – Office of Foreign Assets Control, Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List), July …
Clean Energy Solutions – EJournal – U.S. Department of State, July 2006: “Projected dramatic increases in energy consumption in the coming decades, combined with a higher risk of climate change, require a massive global response based on technological innovation and the power of the marketplace. Experts and government officials describe the options before us, including …
Mid-Session Review for FY 2007 from the US Budget, July 11, 2006 (54 pages, PDF)
OMB Introduces Key Resource to Give Agencies Easier Access to Emergency Response Information Federal Register, July 5, 2006 – FAR Part 18: “This rule revises FAR Part 18 to provide a single reference to the acquisition flexibilities already available in the FAR to facilitate and expedite acquisitions of supplies and services during all types of …
Although Improvements Have Been Made, More Can Be Done to Identify Businesses by Their Principal Business Activity, July 2006, Reference Number: 2006-30-097 (21 pages, PDF). “This report presents the results of our review of the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) efforts to identify businesses by their principal business activity. The overall objective of this review was …
