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Project on Government Oversight, Pandemic Flu: Lack of Leadership and Disclosure Plague Vaccine Program, March 6, 2008. Summary: “The U.S. is in a race to prepare for the mass production of a vaccine before the next influenza pandemic strikes. In a pandemic, there could be deaths in the hundreds of thousands in the U.S. and …
News release, March 7, 2008: “Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., and senior Committee Member John Warner, R-Va., today asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review Iraqi oil revenues and determine how much money the Iraqi government has contributed to security and reconstruction efforts in the country. The senators voice concern that …
“The price of OPEC basket of twelve crudes stood at 98.46 dollars a barrel on Thursday, compared with $95.95 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations…The new OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Minas (Indonesia), Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of Iran), Basra Light …
News release: “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today made available the public version of a combined license (COL) application for a new reactor at the Grand Gulf site near Port Gibson, Miss. The applicant, Entergy, submitted the application and associated information Feb. 27. The application, minus proprietary or security-related details, is available here. The Entergy COL …
News release: “EPA has unveiled a new plan of action for working with public port authorities and other interested groups to reduce the environmental impacts of moving goods through ports. The “Vision, Mission, and Strategy for Sustainable Ports” recognizes the steady growth in global maritime commerce and the critical role American ports and related transportation …
Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service’s Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditure Plan, GAO-08-420, March 7, 2008 Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006, GAO-08-463, March 7, 2008 Military Training: Compliance with Environmental Laws Affects Some Training Activities, but DOD Has Not Made a Sound Business Case for Additional Environmental Exemptions, GAO-08-407, …
OIG-08-24 – Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Upgrading of Shore Facilities in Support of United States Coast Guard Missions (PDF, 41 pages)
Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-10, March 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Federal Bureau of Prisons Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-09, March 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only)
OIG-08-26 – The State of Michigan’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004 (PDF, 45 pages) – New 03/07/2008
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, Executive Compensation II: CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis on Friday, March 7, 2008. The hearing examined the compensation and retirement packages granted to the CEOs of three corporations deeply involved in the current mortgage crisis. This was the Committees second hearing on executive …
News release: March 6, 2008 “Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released an investigative report entitled Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster At Crandall Canyon Mine. The report discusses the findings of Chairman Kennedy’s investigation into the events leading up to the mine …
FOIA Annual Report for 2007 (PDF, 94 pages)
