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White House Fact Sheet: Helping Responsible Homeowners Across America, July 1, 2008 “The Federal Government must not prolong necessary corrections in the housing market, bail out lenders, or subsidize irresponsible borrowing and lending, at the expense of hard-working people who have played by the rules. GSE reform and FHA Modernization represent the appropriate next steps …
After Saddam – Prewar Planning and the Occupation of Iraq. Nora Bensahel, Olga Oliker, Keith Crane, Richard R. Brennan, Jr., Heather S. Gregg, Thomas Sullivan, Andrew Rathmell. “Soon after Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) began in March 2003, RAND Arroyo Center began a research project at the request of the U.S. Army. This project set out …
Next Stop for Oil Prices: $100 or $150? (06/30/2008): “This presentation provides an analysis of the various factors behind a six year, six-folding in oil prices and the market conditions likely to either accelerate that rise or result in a significant downturn.” June 2008 Natural Gas Monthly With Data for April 2008 (06/30/2008): “Natural and …
Report on Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan, June 2008. Report to Congress in accordance with the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act (Section 1230, Public Law 110-181), Unclassified. “After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States and our international partners toppled the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, ending years of brutal misrule and …
United States Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces, June 2008. Report to Congress in accordance with the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act (Section 1231, Public Law 110-181), Unclassified. “Developing the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), which includes both the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP), is one of the United …
Executive Order: Reforming Processes Related to Suitability for Government Employment, Fitness for Contractor Employees, and Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information, June 30, 3008.
Congressional Budget office: Recent Trends in the Variability of Individual Earnings and Household Income, June 2008: “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper, prepared at the request of Senator Charles E. Schumer and Senator Jim Webb, uses administrative and survey data to examine year-to-year changes in individual earnings and household income since 1984. It also examines …
News release: “Some 96 million voted in the 2006 congressional elections, an increase of 7 million from 2002, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. About 48 percent of voting-age citizens cast a ballot in 2006, the highest since 1994 when the Census Bureau first began collecting this data. These data …
“Near the end of the protracted negotiations that produced the historic Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) 40 years ago, U.S. government officials warned that countries could legally reach “nuclear pregnancy” under the Treaty and then withdraw and quickly acquire nukes, according to declassified U.S. government documents published on the Web today by the National Security Archive. …
Electronic Payments: Many Programs Electronically Disburse Federal Benefits, and More Outreach Could Increase Use, GAO-08-645, June 23, 2008 Highlights of the Joint Forum on Tax Compliance: Options for Improvement and Their Budgetary Potential, GAO-08-703SP, June 30, 2008 Medicaid: CMS Needs More Information on the Billions of Dollars Spent on Supplemental Payments, GAO-08-614, May 30, 2008 …
FOIA Facts: My Proposals for the FOIA: Following up on the passage earlier this year of the OPEN Government Act of 2007, FOIA expert Scott A. Hodes make two proposals absent from the law, but which would help FOIA requesters. Published June 29, 2008 60 Gadgets in 60 Minutes – Three techie gurus (Barbara …
“The World Trade Indicators (WTI), an interactive tool designed to benchmark a countrys trade policy and institutions and help policy makers, advisors, and analysts identify the main border and behind-the border constraints to trade integration. The WTI 2008 database is organized in five thematic categories, namely Trade Policy, External Environment, Institutional Environment, Trade Facilitation and …
