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“States have promised at least $2.73 trillion in pension, health care and other retirement benefits for public employees over the next three decades, according to a report released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts Center on the States. Promises with a Price, the first 50-state analysis of its kind, finds that states have saved enough …
The National Security Archive: “The House of Representatives at 5:18 pm today unanimously passed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reform bill (S. 2488) that passed the Senate by unanimous consent on December 14. The bill aims to fix some of the most persistent problems in the FOIA system, including excessive delay, lack of responsiveness, …
Press release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday proposed and asked for public comment on changes to Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to protect consumers from unfair or deceptive home mortgage lending and advertising practices. The rule, which would be adopted under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (HOEPA), would restrict certain practices and …
Press release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today concluded its quadrennial review of the broadcast ownership rules. The Commission amended the 32-year-old absolute ban on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership by crafting an approach that would presumptively allow a newspaper to own one television station or one radio station in the 20 largest markets, subject to strict criteria …
Air Traffic Control: FAA Reports Progress in System Acquisitions, but Changes in Performance Measurement Could Improve Usefulness of Information, GAO-08-42, December 18, 2007 Plum Island Animal Disease Center: DHS Has Made Significant Progress Implementing Security Recommendations, but Several Recommendations Remain Open, GAO-08-306R, December 17, 2007 Rebuilding Iraq: International Donor Pledges for Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq, …
Congressional Budget Office, Research on Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Issues and Options for an Expanded Federal Role, December 2007 “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paperprepared at the request of the Chairmen of the Senate Budget and Finance Committeesexamines options for expanding federal support for research on comparative effectiveness. It reviews the current state of …
“In a letter to the Attorney General, Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Waxman reiterated his request for documents from Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgeralds investigation into the leak of the covert identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson, noting the absence of any pending Justice Department investigation or litigation.” Related postings on Investigation of Plame …
Congressional Budget Office, CBO Cost Estimate for the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, December 2007
Press release: “[December 17, 2007] House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey reiterating the Chairman’s request to have a Department of Justice representative testify at Thursday’s hearing on the Applicability of Federal Criminal Laws to the Interrogation of Detainees. Congressional leaders have already criticized the Department’s …
The State of State Disclosure: An Evaluation of Online Public Information About Economic Development Subsidies, Procurement Contracts and Lobbying Activities by Philip Mattera, Karla Walter, Julie Farb Blain and Michelle Lee, November 2007, (Revised 11/19/07), Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First. “The Good Jobs First study evaluates the quantity and quality of state government …
“Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) released the fifth annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report (124 pages, PDF), which found that while important progress has been made, critical areas of the nation’s emergency health preparedness effort still require attention. In addition, the continuing trend of annual cuts in …
Capital Punishment, 2006 – Statistical Tables, Tracy L. Snell, BJS Statistician: “Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2006, and of persons executed in 2006 from the NPS-8 data collection. Tables present state-by-state information on the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during 2006, status of capital …
