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News release: “Sixty-five million Americans depend on broadband services for work, education, entertainment and communications. But too many other Americans have no access to broadband services, according to a new telecom industry survey. Aggravating the country’s broadband gap is the current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) definition of broadband, 200 kilobits per second. At that rate, …
“The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have initiated a joint national data center energy efficiency information program. The program coordinates a wide variety of activities from the DOE Industrial Technologies Program Save Energy Now initiative, the DOE Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), and the EPA ENERGY STAR program. …
FDIC State Profiles – Fourth Quarter 2007, last updated March 21, 2008.
Mass Layoffs Summary: “In February, employers took 1,672 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported [March 21, 2008]. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer; the number of workers …
“A survey commissioned by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission reveals that military and overseas citizen voters continue to face logistical challenges registering to vote and receiving and transmitting ballots. The EAC also released the results of case studies from four states on how they serve these voters, and the innovative practices officials are implementing. The …
“This CDC Influenza Pandemic OPLAN is an INTERNAL document that provides guidance for CDC operations as directed by the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This plan is made available to outside agencies for the sole purpose of providing an understanding of the internal processes within CDC. This document in no way prescribes guidance …
“February 2008 Preliminary Post-Kimbrough/Gall Data Report: A set of tables presenting preliminary data on fiscal year 2008 cases sentenced on or after December 10, 2008. The numbers are prepared using data received, coded, and edited by the Commission by February 21, 2008.”
RL34404 – Border Searches of Laptops and Other Electronic Storage Devices, March 05, 2008 Summary: “The Fourth Amendment generally requires a warrant to support most searches and seizures conducted by the government. Federal courts have long recognized that there are many exceptions to this general presumption, one of which is the border search exception. The …
“In celebration of Sunshine Week, the National Security Archive’s Mexico Project publishes today a new study of Mexico’s transparency law: FOI in Practice: Measuring the Complexity of Information Requests and Quality of Government Responses in Mexico. The study represents the first comprehensive analysis of the Mexican freedom of information law: what information requesters have sought …
CRS Report RS22826 – Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans, March 04, 2008 Summary: “Energy-related expenditures include spending for utilities and fuel to operate, heat, and cool homes and spending for gasoline and motor oil for private transportation. Energy prices to consumers have increased 70% between 2000 and 2007, driven largely by growth …
AP: “At least four State Department workers pried into the supposedly secure passport files of presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain, abashed officials admitted Friday in a revelation that had Condoleezza Rice promising a full investigation and telephoning the candidates to apologize personally.” Questions Taken at the March 21, 2008 Daily …
