Category «Government Documents»

New GAO Reports: Anabolic Steroid Abuse, Digital TV Transition, NASA Investment Decisions

Anabolic Steroid Abuse: Federal Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Anabolic Steroid Abuse among Teenagers, GAO-08-15, October 31, 2007 Digital Television Transition: Questions on the DTV Converter Box Subsidy Program and a DTV Inter-Agency Task Force, GAO-08-297R, November 19, 2007 NASA: Agency Has Taken Steps Toward Making Sound Investment Decisions for Ares I but Still Faces …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Internal FDA Guidance on Off-label Uses of Drugs Released by House Cmte.

House Government and Oversight “Chairman Waxman today released a draft of an internal FDA guidance that would allow drug companies to use journal articles to promote potentially dangerous uses of drugs and medical devices without prior FDA review and approval.” Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach from Chairman Waxman: “I have obtained a copy of …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

FTC Staff Issues Summary of Comments on Private-sector Use of Social Security Numbers

Press release: “The Division of Privacy and Identity Protection of the Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection has issued a summary of information it has obtained in preparation for an upcoming FTC workshop on private-sector use of Social Security numbers (SSNs)…In July 2007, FTC staff invited interested parties to comment on the issues surrounding private sector …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Immigrants in the United States, 2007

Center for Immigration Studies, Immigrants in the United States, 2007 – A Profile of America’s Foreign-Born Population, November 2007, Steven A. Camarota. “This Backgrounder provides a detailed picture of the number and socio-economic status of the nation’s immigrant or foreign-born population, both legal and illegal. The data was collected by the Census Bureau in March …

Subjects: Government Documents

Twelve States Sue EPA Over Regs Denying Public Access to Toxic Chemicals Database

Press release: Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York and eleven other states are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over new regulations denying the public access to information about toxic chemicals in their communities. The EPA will allow thousands of companies to avoid disclosing information to the public about the …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

New Improved Version of FedSpending.org Released

“To celebrate the one-year anniversary of FedSpending.org, OMB Watch Nov. 29 released a new and improved version of the website. The new version includes a complete FY 2006 data set for both contracts and federal assistance spending. The upgraded site also incorporates major functionality improvements, including the addition of a mapping feature on all searches, …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Report: Federal Efforts Are Helping to Alleviate Some Challenges Encountered by State and Local Information Fusion Centers

Homeland Security: Federal Efforts Are Helping to Alleviate Some Challenges Encountered by State and Local Information Fusion Centers, GAO-08-35, October 30, 2007: “Most states and many local governments have established fusion centers to address gaps in information sharing. Fusion centers across the country vary in their stages of development–from operational to early in the planning …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Agencies to Issue Proposed Rules and Guidelines that Address Accuracy and Integrity of Consumer Report Information and Rules to Allow Direct Disputes

Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission and the federal financial regulatory agencies (the Agencies) have approved proposed regulations and guidelines to help ensure the accuracy and integrity of information provided to consumer reporting agencies and to allow consumers to directly dispute inaccuracies with financial institutions and other entities that furnish information to consumer reporting agencies. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Leahy Takes Next Step On White House Subpoenas, Directing Compliance By Current And Former White House Officials

Follow up on previous postings on U.S. Attorney firings, today’s press release: “Taking the next step to enforce subpoenas that the White House has refused to heed, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday ruled that White House claims of executive privilege and immunity in the Senate’s investigation of the mass firings of U.S. …

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

United Nations Arms Embargoes: Their Impact on Arms Flows and Target Behaviour

United Nations Arms Embargoes: Their Impact on Arms Flows and Target Behaviour, A Report by SIPRI and the Uppsala University Special Program on the Implementation of Targeted Sanctions. ISBN 978-91-85114-56-6. Executive Summary. This report is the first analysis of the 27 United Nations arms embargoes that have been imposed since 1990. UN arms embargoes have …

Subjects: Government Documents