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The Inspectors General, Journal of Public Inquiry Fall/Winter 2007/08 (96 pages, PDF) “The Journal is a semiannual publication of the Presidents Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) and the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE), which together includes 64 statutory Inspectors General who oversee stewardship in the federal government..We are pleased to present over …
News release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Committee Members Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Artur Davis (D-AL), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced three critical actions in the Committee’s investigation into allegations of selective or poltiically-motivated prosecution in the Justice Department. The Members today invited Karl Rove to testify before the committee; urged …
House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations: Agency Stovepipes vs Strategic Agility: Lessons We Need to Learn from Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, April 2008, 84 pages, PDF. “The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations chose to investigate Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) because they are considered …
Combating Terrorism: The United States Lacks Comprehensive Plan to Destroy the Terrorist Threat and Close the Safe Haven in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas, GAO-08-622, April 17, 2008 Highlights of a Forum Convened by the Comptroller General of the United States: Improving the Federal Government’s Financial Management Systems, GAO-08-447SP, April 16, 2008 Homeland Security: Federal …
CBO Issue Summary, Growing Disparities in Life Expectancy, April 17, 2008: “In a continuation of long-term trends, life expectancy has been steadily increasing in the United States for the past several decades. Accompanying the recent increases, however, is a growing disparity in life expectancy between individuals with high and low income and between those with …
Air Traffic Control Modernization: “On April 14, 2008, we issued our report on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) air traffic control modernization efforts. At the request of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, we examined three objectives: (1) trends in recent FAA capital spending, (2) changes in cost and schedule baselines of major acquisitions, …
News release: “Today, the White House sought clarification from the court concerning its ability to restore missing records from backup tapes that are currently being preserved. The White House inquiry comes as the National Security Archive continues to await a ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on its pending …
Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food 10 States, United States, 2007, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 11, 2008.
News release: “The National Transportation Safety Board today released preliminary aviation accident statistics for 2007…The Safety Board’s aviation accident statistics show that in 2007, there were 24 nonfatal accidents involving Part 121 airlines (aircraft with 10 or more seats). One fatality occurred involving a nonscheduled Part 121 aircraft when a mechanic was fatally injured while …
OIG-08-32 – Federal and State Oversight of the New York City Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program (PDF, 38 pages) New 04/16/2008 “The Urban Area Security Initiative grant program provides states and local governments with the funding needed in high-risk urban areas to build an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover …
Treasury today released the fourth in a series of papers on Social Security. Issue Brief No. 4 is entitled Social Security Reform: Mechanisms for Achieving True Pre-Funding. “As was discussed in the second brief, there is nothing currently in place to prevent current contributions in excess of current benefits from being unwound by larger deficits …
“Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and based on information collected on or before April 7, 2008. This document summarizes comments received from businesses and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and is not a commentary on the views of Federal Reserve officials. Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicate that …
