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January 15, 2010 – The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)–Responsibilities and Potential Congressional Concerns “The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was established in 2004 to ensure that information from any source about potential terrorist acts against the U.S. could be made available to analysts and that appropriate responses could be planned..As a component of the Office of …
National Corrections Reporting Program, Thomas P. Bonczar, January 21, 2010 “Updates the electronic series of selected tables on most serious offense, sentence length, and time served of state prison admissions and releases and parole entries and discharges. The National Corrections Reporting Program collects demographic information, conviction offenses, sentence length, credited jail time, type of admission, …
CBO’s Analysis of Scenarios for Funding the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Letter to John M. Spratt Jr., January 21, 2010 “As you requested, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed both the funding needed to support an additional 30,000 troops in Afghanistan and the reduction in costs resulting from the ongoing withdrawal of U.S. …
Via DOJ Office of Special Counsel of the Civil Rights Division: “ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) instructors and immigrant advocates now have new workbooks at their disposal courtesy of the Justice Departments Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) education grant program. Through lessons titled: Working in the United …
The Long-Term Outlook for the U.S. Navy’s Fleet, Statement of Eric J. Labs, Senior Analyst for Naval Forces and Weapons The Long-Term Outlook for the U.S. Navys Fleet before the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, January 20, 2010 “If the Navy receives the same amount of …
News release: “[January 21, 2010] the Interior Departments Inspector General office released a report concluding that the last known wild jaguar in the United States, dubbed Macho B, who was captured and killed last year in Arizona, had been intentionally caught by employees of the Arizona Game and Fish Department in a snare. This directly …
News release: “The global ocean surface temperature was the second warmest on record for December, according to scientists at NOAAs National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Based on records going back to 1880, the monthly NCDC analysis is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides. Scientists also reported the combined global land …
News release: “In 2009, the union membership rate–the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of a union–was 12.3 percent, essentially unchanged from 12.4 percent a year earlier, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions declined by 771,000 to 15.3 million, largely …
News release: “Regional and state unemployment rates were generally higher in December. Forty-three states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, four states registered rate decreases, and three states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and …
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Review of NOAA Fisheries Enforcement Programs and Operations, Final Report No. OIG-19887, January 2010, Office of Investigations. “In short, we found systemic, nationwide issues adversely affecting NOAAs ability to effectively carry out its mission of regulating the fishing industry. These issues have contributed significantly to a highly-charged regulatory climate and …
Race and Hispanic Origin of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2007: “This report from American Community Survey data describes the race and Hispanic-origin composition of the foreign-born population in 2007 and compares it with that of the total and native-born populations. It shows the foreign-born have a pattern of race and Hispanic-origin reporting …
Via Rick McKinney: “GPO finally made available the text of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, H.R. 4173, as passed by the House on December 11, 2009. The 1706 page bill had been 1279 pages when introduced, but after numerous amendments adopted on the House floor (there was no reported version …
