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News release: “Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today unveiled the successor to the agencys 1980s-era EDGAR database, which will give investors far faster and easier access to key financial information about public companies and mutual funds. The new system is called IDEA, short for Interactive Data Electronic Applications. Based on a completely new …
News release: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today delivered to Congress the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Licensing Strategy Report which describes the licensing approach, the analytical tools, the research and development activities and the estimated resources required to license an advanced reactor design by 2017 and …
News release: “The Internal Revenue Service today released the summer 2008 issue of the Statistics of Income Bulletin, which features tax year 2005 data on the growth in profits and tax liability reported by foreign-controlled domestic corporations. According to 2005 data, there were 61,820 foreign-controlled domestic corporations (FCDCs), accounting for 1.1 percent of the total …
Food and Drug Administration: Approval and Oversight of the Drug Mifeprex, GAO-08-751, August 07, 2008 Supply Chain Security: CBP Works with International Entities to Promote Global Customs Security Standards and Initiatives, but Challenges Remain, GAO-08-538, August 15, 2008 Superfund: Funding and Reported Costs of Enforcement and Administration Activities, GAO-08-841R, July 18, 2008 PBGC Assets: Implementation …
“The Government has published a National Risk Register which sets out our assessment of the likelihood and potential impact of a range of different risks that may directly affect the UK. The National Risk Register is designed to increase awareness of the kinds of risks the UK faces, and encourage individuals and organisations to think …
Project will preserve Bush administration Web sites, By Jill R. Aitoro: “More than 100 million Web pages from President Bush’s second term will be preserved for historians, researchers and the public, thanks to a joint effort announced on Thursday of government agencies and non-profit libraries. The Library of Congress and Government Printing Office, in partnership …
Is Dietary Knowledge Enough? Hunger, Stress, and Other Roadblocks to Healthy Eating, By Lisa Mancino and Jean Kinsey. Economic Research Report No. (ERR-62) 29 pp, August 2008. Poor diets and rising obesity rates among Americans persist despite increased public awareness of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. This report presents a consumer demand model to …
FOIA Facts: Expanding the FOIA – Scott A. Hodes highlights the recent introduction of legislation that would eliminate the FOIA shield for the Smithsonian Institute, and the continued lack of transparency when dealing with other federal agencies.
News release: “The Reason Foundation’s 17th Annual Report on the Performance of State Highway Systems measures the performance of all state-owned roads and highways from 1984 to 2006. The study calculates the effectiveness and performance of each state in 12 different categories, including traffic fatalities, congestion, pavement condition, bridge condition, highway maintenance costs, and administrative …
AIA news release: “American counties are showing how to “Walk the Walk” on sustainability by creating impressive green building programs across the country. County green building programs have increased fivefold since 2003, and the future looks bright for green design, according to Local Leaders in Sustainability: Green Counties, an analysis conducted by the AIA and …
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economic News Release, Mass Layoffs Summary, August 15, 2008 “In the second quarter of 2008, employers initiated 1,534 mass layoff events that resulted in the separation of 299,886 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor …
Via FAS: Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector, July 28, 2008: “Damage to or destruction of the nations water supply and water quality infrastructure by terrorist attack or natural disaster could disrupt the delivery of vital human services in this country, threatening public health and the environment, or possibly causing loss of …
