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The Food Stamp Program And Older Americans Fact Sheet, Jean C. Accius, AARP Public Policy Institute, October 2008: “Approximately 2 million older individuals (of whom 1.6 million live alone) received food stamps in 2006.” Related resource from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Food Stamp Provisions of the Final 2008 Farm Bill
News release: “Key manufacturers of outdoor wood-fired heaters pledged to make units that will emit 90 percent less air pollution, under the second phase of a voluntary partnership with EPA. EPA launched the voluntary program in January 2007, beginning with units 70 percent cleaner than unqualified models. Sales of EPA-qualified units to date will prevent …
Characteristics of State Parole Supervising Agencies, 2006: “Presents information for 52 state parole supervising agencies at midyear 2006, including the California Youth Authority and the District of Columbia. This report describes, by state, where these agencies were located in each state’s administrative structure, the number of adult parolees, and probationers, if any, under supervision, and …
House Document 108-224, Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007: “The most comprehensive history available on the 121 African Americans who have served in Congress. The Full House Document (803 pages) is available in five ZIP files.” Users may also download individual sections of the book, available in PDF.
VA Health Care: Improved Staffing Methods and Greater Availability of Alternate and Flexible Work Schedules Could Enhance the Recruitment and Retention of Inpatient Nurses, GAO-09-17, October 24, 2008
Navigating the Global Storm: A Policy Brief on the Global Financial Crisis [23 October 2008] “Developing Pacific nations must intensify their structural reform efforts to achieve sustainable economic growth and protect themselves from the global economic crisis, a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study says. The Pacifics banking system is well shielded from the most …
News release: “The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved an interim rule to govern its newly created Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP). While the rule is effective immediately, comments will be taken for a 15-day period…The program has two components. One guarantees newly issued senior unsecured debt of the participating …
News release: “Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, joined by Vice President Al Gore, today announced an agreement that requires a national energy company, Dynegy Inc. (Dynegy), to disclose timely and relevant information to investors about climate change risks…Under the agreement, Dynegy has agreed to provide disclosure of material risks associated with climate change in its …
DHS Issues Supplemental Final Rule with Guidance For Employers Who Receive Social Security ‘No-Match’ Letters: “Secretary Chertoff announced the issuance of the No-Match Supplemental Final Rule, which provides guidance to help businesses comply with legal requirements intended to reduce illegal employment of unauthorized workers, in his quarterly State of the Border address. The Secretary also …
DOJ Office of Information and Privacy (OIP) Guidance: Segregating and Marking Documents for Release in Accordanc with The Open Government Act “…it is important that agencies do not white out information when withholding it under the FOIA, as that can make it difficult for a requester to identify the amount of withheld material and its …
Processed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests – “The George Bush Library is in the process of updating and adding to the list of finding aids on this page” [which currently includes documents from 1998 to 2005].
Federal Energy Management: Agencies Are Acquiring Alternative Fuel Vehicles but Face Challenges in Meeting Other Fleet Objectives, GAO-09-75R, October 22, 2008
