Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
Change.gov: “Throughout the Presidential Transition Project, this website will be your source for the latest news, events, and announcements so that you can follow the setting up of the Obama Administration. And just as this historic campaign was, from the beginning, about you — the transition process will offer you opportunities to participate in redefining …
Energy Information Administration, Domestic Uranium Production Report – Quarterly Data for 3rd Quarter 2008: “U.S. production of uranium concentrate was 980,933 pounds U3O8, down 9 percent from the previous quarter, and down 9 percent from the third quarter 2007.”
Presidential Transition Team website: “The Presidential Transition Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-293) authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop a transition directory in consultation with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Act provides that the transition directory “shall be a compilation of Federal publications and materials with supplementary materials developed by the …
Follow up to November 7, 2008 posting – Is a Government Bail-Out In GM’s Future? – this November 8 press release: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson calling on him to review the feasibility of using the authority given under the Emergency Economic …
News release: “EPA has released its first annual report that summarizes environmental compliance data from all mobile sources including cars, light duty trucks and non-road equipment. The 2007 model year report provides information about vehicle recalls, emissions certification testing, and emission defects. This report will help stakeholders better understand the compliance programs requirements, process and …
“This First Tranche Report to Congress (First Tranche Report) is the first report under section 105(b) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA). This First Tranche Report is in satisfaction of the requirements for reporting at the $50 billion and $100 billion commitment levels, because Treasury has made in one round of funding …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Terrorist Threat and Suspicious Incident Tracking System, Audit Report 09-02, November 2008
“Nearly 180 organizations representing the business, education and scientific communities have urged the next president to appoint a White House science adviser by January 20Inauguration Dayand give the adviser cabinet rank.” “Dear Senator Obama: The next President of the United States will face a wide range of domestic and international challenges, from financial and regulatory …
WSJ: “President-elect Barack Obama, flanked by a team of advisers, promised Friday to pass a major economic-stimulus plan in his first act as president. President-elect Barack Obama holds his first post-election press conference at the Hilton Hotel flanked by his transition team. Three days after his electoral triumph, Mr. Obama broke his silence amid news …
News release: Employment Situation Summary, October 2008: “Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 240,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. October’s drop in payroll employment followed declines of 127,000 in August and 284,000 in September, as revised. …
News release: “At midyear 2007, an estimated 4 in 10 inmates in Indian country jails were confined for a violent offense, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Domestic violence (20 percent) accounted for the largest group of violent offenders, followed by simple or aggravated assault (13 percent) and rape or sexual …
New York Times: “The rapidly deteriorating finances of General Motors are forcing the federal government to decide whether to bail out the largest American automaker or face the prospect that it might go bankrupt.” GM Announces $5 billion in Additional Liquidity Enhancement Initiatives: “GM has taken a host of aggressive self help actions to improve …
