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News release: “The current environment has made questions surrounding the determination of fair value particularly challenging for preparers, auditors, and users of financial information. The SECs Office of the Chief Accountant and the staff of the FASB have been engaged in extensive consultations with participants in the capital markets, including investors, preparers, and auditors, on …
Strategic Plan, Fiscal Years 2008-2013, September 2008 (PDF, 25 pages) Annual Performance Plan, Fiscal Year 2009 (PDF, 105 pages), September 2008
Find your voting location, registration information and more. Just enter your home address… Google Public Policy Blog: “Our guide already includes voting locations for a number of states and the District of Columbia, and we are aiming to have voting information for all 50 states added by mid-October. We hope that this tool will equip …
Internet Archive: “The FBI’s entire main (Headquarters) file on Martin Luther King, Jr. All 121 parts – 16,600+ pages – posted online for the first time, by The Memory Hole. The 121 parts have been put into 12 zip files. To access them, click here.”
OIG-08-91 – Progress Made In Strengthening DHS Information Technology Management, But Challenges Remain, September 2008. “DHS budgets more than $5 billion a year for its IT programs. Since its formation in 2003, DHS has faced significant challenges to establish an effective IT management structure to oversee and guide the departments IT resources. However, DHS has …
Pro Publica: “With the flurry of recent government bailouts, we decided to try to put them in perspective. The circles below represent the size of U.S. government bailout, calculated in 2008 dollars. They are also in chronological order. Our chart focuses on U.S. government bailouts of U.S. corporations (and one city). We have not included …
How to Read an FBI File by Phil Lapsley, author of The History of Phone Phreaking: “Maybe you found an FBI file on the web, maybe you got it through a web site like Get Grandpa’s FBI File or Get My FBI File, maybe you found it at the National Archives, or maybe it was …
Follow up to previous postings on EPA library closures, from the September 24, 2008 Federal Register: “EPA is enhancing access to library services for the public and Agency staff. EPA will open previously closed libraries in its National Library Network, with walk-in access for the public and EPA staff. Other library locations will expand staffing, …
Federal Justice Statistics, 2005, 9/30/08: “Immigration and drug arrests comprised more than half of the 140,200 federal suspects arrested and booked by the U.S. Marshals in 2005, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Material witness (20 percent), immigration (15 percent) and weapons (11 percent) arrests increased at the fastest annual rate …
A National Strategy for Energy Security: Recommendations to the Nation on reducing U.S. Oil Dependence, September 2008 “The Energy Security Leadership Council believes that Americas energy security can be fundamentally improved through major reductions in oil demand and increases in domestic energy production. Above all, we must transform our transportation sector so that oil is …
Follow up to September 28, 2008 posting on The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, “Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chairman Barney Frank of the House Financial Services Committee, and House Democratic leaders held a news conference this afternoon following the defeat of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008…” House Roll Call #1042 Details – H.R.3997: …
Nuclear Waste: Action Needed to Improve Accountability and Management of DOE’s Major Cleanup Projects, GAO-08-1081, September 26, 2008 USAID Acquisition and Assistance: Actions Needed to Develop and Implement a Strategic Workforce Plan, GAO-08-1059, September 26, 2008 Tax Gap: Actions That Could Improve Rental Real Estate Reporting Compliance, GAO-08-956, August 28, 2008 Military Operations: DOD Needs …
