Category «Government Documents»

Bankruptcy Filings Down for Fiscal Year 2007, Up for Quarter

US Courts: “Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts totaled 801,269 for the 12-month period ending September 30, 2007, down 28 percent when compared to the 1,112,542 filings in Fiscal Year 2006. However, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the September 2007 filings are the highest of any previous 12-month period since September …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents

Department of Defense Releases Selected Acquisition Reports

News release: “The Department of Defense (DoD) has released details on major defense acquisition program cost, schedule, and performance changes since the June 2007 reporting period. This information is based on the Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) submitted to the Congress for the September 2007 reporting period. SARs summarize the latest estimates of cost, schedule, and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EU Report: Gender Differences In Use of Computers and Internet

Gender differences in the use of computers and the Internet – Issue number 119/2007: “The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has become an essential feature of both economic and social activity across Europe. In nearly all European countries and in all age groups, however, men are more regular users of both computers and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

New Site Offers Professional Guidance and Support to Distressed Homeowners

Press release: “A new national alliance, HOPE NOW, was announced… by Treasury Secretary Paulson and Housing Secretary Jackson to reach out and help homeowners who may not be able to pay their mortgages. The HOPE NOW collaboration of credit and homeowners’ counselors, mortgage servicers, and mortgage market participants was formed with the encouragement of the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ FY 2007 Performance and Accountability Report

FY DOJ 2007 Performance and Accountability Report: “The Department again earned an unqualified audit opinion on our financial statements as of September 30,2007. For the third year in a row, all of the Department’s components that produce financial statements received an unqualified opinion. For the first time in DOJ history, the Department had no material …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

House of Representatives Announces Single Filing Location for House and Senate Filings

Lobbying Disclosure, Office of the Clerk: “The Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate are pleased to advise you of the following new lobby report filing procedures resulting from the passage of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-81), which amends the Lobbying Disclosure …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

EEOC Fiscal Year 2007 Performance and Accountability Report

Fiscal Year 2007 Performance and Accountability Report: “The EEOC is the federal agency responsible for enforcing the Nation’s laws prohibiting employment discrimination. As part of our mission, we receive, review, investigate, and process charges of employment discrimination and file discrimination suits in the private sector. We provide administrative hearings and appellate decisions in the federal …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Information For Veterans Who Served In Iraq And Afghanistan And Their Families

Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom Review: Information For Veterans Who Served In Iraq And Afghanistan And Their Families (October 2007). Articles in this issue include: VA Researchers Develop New Prosthetic Ankle; VA Brings Mental Health Programs To Primary Care Settings; VA’s Suicide Hotline Begins Operations; How To Apply For Disability Compensation from VA; Where To get …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet

India's Hazardous Materials (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules

Basel Action Network BAN and Toxics Link press release, 14 November 2007 (New Delhi): “…Environmentalists say that the newly drafted hazardous waste management law for India seeks to undo established, science-based definitions of waste and consider waste that is being recycled somehow less hazardous than the waste being landfilled in order to curry favor with …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

Joint 60 Minutes-Washington Post Report on Discredited Comparative Bullet-Lead Analysis

“Hundreds of defendants sitting in prisons nationwide have been convicted with the help of an FBI forensic tool that was discarded more than two years ago. But the FBI lab has yet to take steps to alert the affected defendants or courts, even as the window for appealing convictions is closing, a joint investigation by …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research