Category «Government Documents»

U.S. v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al.

FindLaw: U.S. v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al. (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 11, 2008) – “The U.S. Department of Defense announced that six high-value detainees held in Guantanamo Bay were charged, under the Military Commissions Act, with planning and executing the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Specific charges include violations of the laws of war, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

DOE Releases Climate VISION Progress Report 2007

Press release: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the Climate VISION Progress Report 2007, which reports on the actions taken by energy-intensive industries to improve greenhouse gas emissions intensity of their operations from 2002 to 2006. The report indicates that the power and energy-intensive industrial sectors improved their combined emissions intensity by 9.4 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, FDIC Audit, Los Alamos National Laboratory Security Issues

Hydrogen Fuel Initiative: DOE Has Made Important Progress and Involved Stakeholders but Needs to Update What It Expects to Achieve by Its 2015 Target, GAO-08-305, January 11, 2008 Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds’ 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements, GAO-08-416, February 11, 2008 Los Alamos National Laboratory: Information on Security of Classified Data, Nuclear …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Analysis of the Growth in Funding for Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Elsewhere in the War on Terrorism

Congressional Budget Analysis of the Growth in Funding for Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Elsewhere in the War on Terrorism, February 11, 2008. “The United States began combat operations in Afghanistan in fiscal year 2002 and in Iraq in fiscal year 2003. To finance those operations (and other activities related to the war on terrorism), …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Defense Department Official and Two Others Arrested on Espionage Charges Involving China

Press release: “Tai Shen Kuo, age 58, and Yu Xin Kang, age 33, both of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Gregg William Bergersen, age 51, of Alexandria, Virginia, were arrested today on espionage charges related to the passage of classified U.S. government documents and information to the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Both …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Legal Resource Guide to the Federal Bureau of Prisons 2008

Legal Resource Guide to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) 2008 : “This publication is intended to serve as a guide to legal resources, including relevant statutes, regulations, policy documents, and current case law concerning issues the BOP faces today. It provides a general overview of the BOP, its services, and its programs. Statutes, regulations, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Government Information Online (GIO): Ask a Librarian

“Through Government Information Online (GIO) you can ask government information librarians who are experts at finding information from government agencies of all levels (local, state, regional, national international) on almost any subject from aardvarks to zygomycosis. GIO is a free online information service supported by nearly twenty public, state and academic libraries throughout the United …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Libraries

1.9 million expected to exhaust unemployment insurance benefits by year-end

Long-term unemployment warrants action now and is projected to get worse, by Heidi Shierholz: “The White House has demanded that legislators not extend unemployment benefits as part of the upcoming economic stimulus package, despite the fact that the latest jobs report from the Department of Labor shows that long-term unemployment is already a problem. After …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Research report on U.S. electrical distribution network power outages

Utility Automation & Engineering T&D: “The Exacter 20,000-Mile Survey shows that failing electrical distribution equipment may be much worse than suggested by the Department of Energy’s 2003 Study by a factor of nearly 2-to-1,” said the president of Exacter Inc., whose company measured failure signatures across more than 20,000 miles of distribution lines in 2007. …

Subjects: Government Documents