Category «Government Documents»

New GAO Reports: U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, Defense Exports, Assistance for Needy Families, Aviation and the Environment

2010 Resubmission of the U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Further Actions Needed by State and Other Agencies to Improve the Review of the Classified Nuclear Proliferation Assessment, GAO-10-1039R, September 21, 2010 Defense Exports: Reporting on Exported Articles and Services Needs to Be Improved, GAO-10-952, September 21, 2010 House and Senate Campaign Expenditures: Available Historical Data Limited, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Mine Safety and Health Administration announces results of 5 months of impact inspections

Follow up to Mine Safety and Health Administration – Upper Big Branch Mine-South Single Source Page, this news release: “The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that, from April through August, the agency conducted “impact inspections” at 111 coal and metal/nonmetal mines throughout the country designated by the agency as …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Vice President Biden, University Leaders Discuss Impact of Stimulus on Research and Innovation

News release: The presidents of six leading research universities and two higher-education associations joined Vice President Joe Biden and White House science advisor Dr. John Holdren to discuss the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Participating in the event held in the Roosevelt …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) External Strategy; FAQs

EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) External Strategy (9/21/10): “The European Commission adopted today a package of proposals on the exchange of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data with third countries (countries outside the EU), consisting of an EU external PNR strategy and recommendations for negotiating directives for new PNR agreements with the United States, Australia and …

Subjects: EU Data Protection, Government Documents, Privacy

EIA: Financial News for Independent Energy Companies

Financial News for Independent Energy Companies, Second Quarter 2010 Sep 21, 2010 – “reviews the recent financial performance of independent U.S. energy companies, and now includes ethanol producers. The latest data presented are for April through June 2010. Independent energy companies overall reported a large increase in income in the second quarter of 2010 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

BEA: State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2010

State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2010, news release and tables: “State personal income growth averaged 1.0 percent in the second quarter of 2010 up slightly from 0.9 percent in the first quarter, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Growth rates ranged from 2.0 percent in North Dakota to 0.3 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Brookings: The Federal Budget Outlook

The Federal Budget Outlook, Chapter 11, Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale, September 15, 2010. Brookings Institution. “We present new estimates of the budget outlook, based on the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office and the Medicare and Social Security Trustee reports. The medium-term budget outlook has not changed appreciably since earlier this …

Subjects: Government Documents

Business Cycle Dating Committee, National Bureau of Economic Research

September 20, 2010 – “The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met yesterday by conference call. At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009. The trough marks the end of the recession that began in December 2007 and …

Subjects: Government Documents

FDA: Safe Disposal of Unused Medication

Safe Disposal of Unused Medication: “On September 25, 2010, the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice, will coordinate a collaborative effort with state and local law enforcement agencies to remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from our nations medicine cabinets. Collection activities will take place from 10:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. at sites established throughout …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

A Review of the FBI's Investigations of Certain Domestic Advocacy Groups

A Review of the FBI’s Investigations of Certain Domestic Advocacy Groups, September 2010 The Atlantic: “FBI agents misled officials and the public, violated their own policy manual, used poor judgment, and engaged in sloppy police work when they investigated certain left-leaning, high-profile, domestic advocacy groups in the years immediately following 9/11, the Justice Department announced …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

New GAO Reports: AIDS Relief, Recovery Act, Global Positioning System, State and Local Government Pension Plans, NIH, Sudan Divestment

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Efforts to Align Programs with Partner Countries’ HIV/AIDS Strategies and Promote Partner Country Ownership, GAO-10-836, September 20, 2010 Recovery Act: Opportunities to Improve Management and Strengthen Accountability over States’ and Localities’ Uses of Funds, GAO-10-999, September 20, 2010 Recovery Act: Survey of State Housing Finance Agencies’ Use of the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Global Governance 2025

Global Governance 2025, September 2010: “This report analyzes the gap between current international governance institutions, organizations and norms and the demands for global governance likely to be posed by long-term strategic challenges over the next 15 years. The report is the product of research and analysis by the National Intelligence Council and European Unions Institute …

Subjects: Government Documents

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