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Transportation for Tomorrow: Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, “prepared by a specially convened Commission, meets the charge given under Section 1909 of the Safe Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The Report includes detailed recommendations for creating and sustaining a pre-eminent surface …
Department of Justice Issues New Annual FOIA Report Guidance: “In the wake of the OPEN Government Act of 2007, which amended the reporting requirements for agency Annual FOIA Reports, the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, has revised both the content and the format of the Report and its …
Annual Performance Plan (Revised), Fiscal Year 2008 (PDF, 94 pages)
Data on the Distribution of Federal Taxes and Household Income – December 2007 “This page contains CBO’s most recent estimates of federal effective tax rates (taxes as a percentage of income) across household income groups for the four largest sources of federal revenues–individual income taxes, social insurance (payroll) taxes, corporate income taxes, and excise taxes–as …
Canada Country Analysis Brief (05/23/2008): “For the latest information on energy in Canada, please see our updated Country Analysis Brief. Acquisitions & Divestitures by Foreign Direct Investors in U.S. Energy in 2006 (05/22/2008): “Today the Energy Information Administration released its annual report, Acquisitions & Divestitures by Foreign Direct Investors in U.S. Energy in 2006. Foreign …
Chairman Kelliher testified before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology on Implications of Cyber Vulnerabilities on the Resiliency and Security of the Electric Grid “The Congress made FERC responsible for overseeing the reliability of the bulk power system, but it provided specific restrictions on the procedures to …
“The Commission on Growth and Development released its final report, The Growth Report: Strategies for Sustained Growth and Inclusive Development, which looks at how developing countries can achieve fast sustained and equitable growth. According to the Commission, fast sustained growth is not a miracle; it is attainable for developing countries with the “right mix of …
Department of Defence OIG: Internal Controls Over Payments Made in Iraq, Kuwait and Egypt, May 22, 2008 Between April 2001 and June 2006, the Army made 183,486 commercial and miscellaneous payments, totaling $10.7 billion, from 7 Army contingency disbursing stations in Iraq, Kuwait, and Egypt…DoD did not maintain a complete audit trail to facilitate transparency …
International Review of the Red Cross (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970): “The International Review of the Red Cross has been continuously published by the International Committee of the Red Cross since 1869, and jointly with Cambridge University Press since 2006. It was first published as Bulletin international Sociétés de secours aux militaries blesses and later …
“The Center’s Shadow Government project investigated a few federal advisory committees, part of a vast maze of committees, tasked with influencing federal government agencies on a variety of safety and policy issues, often done under secretive conditions with little public accountability…At least 900 committees, boards, commissions, councils and panels give advice to federal agencies and …
High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories: DHS Lacks Evidence to Conclude That Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Can Be Done Safely on the U.S. Mainland, GAO-08-821T, May 22, 2008 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: DOE Should Reassess Its Approach to Designing and Building Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycling Facilities, GAO-08-483, April 22, 2008 Chemical Assessments: EPA’s New Assessment Process Will Further Limit …
Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2006, Part I (05/21/2008): “Data tables and graph representing alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles made available from original equipment manufactures and aftermarket conversion facilities.” Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2006, Part II (05/21/2008): “Data tables and graph representing data on the use of alternative fuel vehicles and the amount of …
