CBO Monthly Budget Review
Monthly Budget Review, July 2006: “CBO estimates that the government recorded a deficit of $208 billion for the first three quarters of 2006.”
Category «E-Government»
Expert Creates State Filtering Feature For Google Gov. Search
From Tara Calishain: “This page allows you to search Googles government search engine and narrow your results by a state. Try adding a city or county name to your query as well.” See also Peggy Garvin’s review of U.S. Government Search on LLRX.com.
FDA's Monitoring of Postmarketing Study Commitments
FDA’s Monitoring of Postmarketing Study Commitments (OEI-01-04-00390), released July 7, 2006 (45 pages, PDF).
FDIC State Profiles, Summer 2006
FDIC press release, July 6, 2006: “Job market conditions remained generally positive in most of the U.S. through the first quarter of 2006, with some pockets of weakness along the Louisiana Gulf Coast and the auto-dependent upper Midwest. FDIC-insured institutions also continue to record strong earnings, supported by low credit losses and growth in both …
Government Funds Law School Analysis of Sensitive Gov't Docs.
USAToday.com reported that “the federal government will pay a Texas law school $1 million to do research aimed at rolling back the amount of sensitive data available to the press and public through freedom-of-information requests. Beginning this month, St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio will analyze recent state laws that place previously …
DOE IG Report on Human Reliability and National Security at Livermore Labs
Department of Energy’s Office of the Inspector General Report IG-0732, The Human Reliability Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (20 pages, PDF), June 30, 2006.
Appeals from General Civil Trials in 46 Large Counties, 2001–2005
Bureau of Justice Statistics press release: “From 2001 through April 2005 about 15 percent of general civil trials concluded in 46 large counties in the United States were appealed after trial verdict or judgment, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Litigants filed appeals in 11 percent of all tort trials, 21 …
CBO Reports on Effects of Liberalizing World Agricultural Trade
CBO, The Effects of Liberalizing World Agricultural Trade: A Review of Modeling Studies, June 2006 (128 pages, PDF).
Handbook on Military Law
Steven Aftergood: “The 2006 edition of the Operational Law Handbook (598 pages, PDF) published by the Army Judge Advocate General is “a ‘how to’ guide for Judge Advocates practicing operational law. It provides references and describes tactics and techniques for the practice of operational law.” Related government documents: Center for Law and Military Operations (CLAMO) …
NOAA Issues Service Assessment Report On Hurricane Katrina
“The NOAA National Weather Service released an internal evaluation of its operations during Hurricane Katrina. Service assessments are done routinely following major weather events and include input from government agencies, emergency managers, media and the public…The NOAA National Hurricane Center consistently projected for more than two days in advance that Katrina would strike southeast Louisiana …
Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants 2003 – 2004 Edition
“The Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants 2003 and 2004 (released July 5, 2006) 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 …
DOJ IT Audit of FAA Emergency Disaster Transportation Services
Internal Controls Over Payments For Emergency Disaster Relief Transportation Services, (13 pages, PDF), June 30, 2006. “We reviewed FAA’s internal controls over emergency disaster relief transportation services. The objective of this review was to determine if FAA’s internal controls over the contract were sufficient to ensure that the Government received the transportation services it paid …
