Category «Government Documents»

INTELWIRE Releases FBI Documents Cited In 9/11 Commission Report

J.M. Berger, INTELWIRE.com: “INTELWIRE has obtained more than 1,700 pages of FBI documents cited in the end notes of the Final Report of the 9/11 Commission…The package covers a wide variety of topics, including the movements of the hijackers over more than 10 years, people who associated with the hijackers in the U.S., FBI interviews …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Largest Beef Recall in U.S. History Issued by USDA

Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer Regarding Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company Two Year Product Recall(02-17-2008) Questions and Answers Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing CO. – February 17, 2008 Audio: Technical Briefing Regarding Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company Two Year Product Recall (02/17/08) Transcript: Technical Briefing Regarding Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company Two Year Product Recall (02-17-2008) California Firm …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

2008 Development Marketplace Competition Theme of Sustainable Agriculture for Development

“Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grant program administered by the World Bank and supported by various partners that identifies and funds innovative, early-stage projects with high potential for development impact. Incubators and/or their client companies are eligible to apply, as long as they are partners with a local organization.” Snapshots from the Global Network …

Subjects: Government Documents

Comptroller General Commends Treasury – OMB Citizen's Guide, February 14, 2008

Comptroller General Commends Treasury – OMB Citizen’s Guide, February 14, 2008: “The Department of the Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget today issued the first-ever Citizen’s Guide highlighting certain important short and long-term financial information in the 2007 Financial Report of the United States Government. The U.S. Government Accountability Office, which audits the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Administration Shuts Down economicindicators.gov

Via ThinkProgress.org and Free Government Info: “Forbes has awarded EconomicIndicators.gov one of its “Best of the Web” awards. As Forbes explains, the government site provides an invaluable service to the public for accessing U.S. economic data: “This site is maintained by the Economics and Statistics Administration and combines data collected by the Bureau of Economic …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Update of CBO's Economic Forecast

Update of CBO’s Economic Forecast, February 15, 2008 “In preparation for new baseline projections that will be released at the beginning of March, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its macroeconomic forecast. CBO has occasionally issued revisions to the forecast it publishes in January, but they are relatively uncommon. This revision is motivated by …

Subjects: Government Documents

Search the DOD Surplus Database

“The Pentagon’s surplus program sells millions of dollars of excess military equipment to the public each year. It also moves extra supplies around within the federal government and gives surplus military gear such as weapons, armored personnel carriers and aircraft to state and local law enforcement agencies. Select a state for a list of military …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New Report Calls For Steps Toward a Nuclear-Free World

Press release: “The Federation of American Scientists, along with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), and independent analysts, have issued a report, Toward True Security, that calls for immediately declaring that the sole mission for U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attack, for taking all nuclear weapons off …

Subjects: Government Documents

Registry of USG Recommended Biometric Standards

“This Registry of USG Recommended Biometric Standards (Registry) supplements the NSTC Policy for Enabling the Development, Adoption and Use of Biometric Standards. This Registry is based upon interagency consensus on biometric standards required to enable the interoperability of various Federal biometric applications, and to guide Federal agencies as they develop and implement related biometric programs. …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents