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House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: “The Committee held a hearing to assess the performance of State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard following a series of allegations that the Inspector General halted investigations, censored reports, and refused to cooperate with law enforcement agencies. Witness: The Honorable Howard J. Krongard, Inspector General, U.S. Department …
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: “An undercover GAO investigation of airport security checkpoints succeeded in passing through TSA screening checkpoints undetected with liquids and other materials that could be combined to make a dangerous improvised explosive device.” Testimony Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, United States Government Accountability …
Financial Market Perceptions of Recession Risk, Thomas B. King, Andrew T. Levin, and Roberto Perli, 2007-57 Abstract: “Over the Great Moderation period in the United States, we find that corporate credit spreads embed crucial information about the one-year-ahead probability of recession, as evidenced by both in- and out-of-sample fit. Furthermore, the incidence of “false positive” …
“The impact of climate change will make the poorest communities across the world poorer. Many of them are already affected by conflict and instability and thus face a dual risk. International Alerts new research finds that the consequences of climate change will fuel violent conflict, which itself hinders the ability of governments and local communities …
[November 6, 2007] “…the Commission adopted a new package of proposals aimed at improving the EUs capabilities in the fight against terrorism. The package contains a series of proposals dealing with the criminalization of terrorist training, recruitment and public provocation to commit terrorist offences, the prevention of the use of explosives by terrorists and the …
GSA Office of Intergovernmental Solutions Newsletter Issue 20: How E-Government Is Changing Society and Strengthening Democracy, 48 pages, PDF, November 14, 2007.
November 13, 2007: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) will join Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Chairman Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and JEC Vice Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today released a new report exposing the hidden costs of the war in Iraq. The Joint Economic Committee report investigates the …
Veteran Suicide – Methodology, November 13, 2007: “When CBS News began looking into veteran suicide, it found that no federal organization or agency tracks the number of veteran suicides nationally. No one is keeping count. We wanted to know how many veterans are committing suicide nationwide and how the rate of suicide for veterans compares …
Press releass: “The Treasury Department today released a study on income mobility of U.S. taxpayers from 1996 through 2005. The study showed that, just as in the previous 10-year period, a majority of American taxpayers move from one income group to another over time. The study also recognizes that the dynamism of the U.S. economy …
Human Capital: Building Diversity in GAO’s Senior Executive Service, GAO-08-275T, November 13, 2007 Border Security: Despite Progress, Weaknesses in Traveler Inspections Exist at Our Nation’s Ports of Entry, GAO-08-192T, November 13, 2007 Hazardous Waste: Information on How DOD and Federal and State Regulators Oversee the Off-Site Disposal of Waste from DOD Installations, GAO-08-74, November 13, …
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Significant Potential for Undiscovered Resources in Afghanistan, Released: 11/13/2007. “Afghanistan has significant amounts of undiscovered non-fuel mineral resources according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s 2007 assessment, unveiled today at the 3rd annual U.S.-Afghan Business Matchmaking Conference organized by the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. Mineral …
OIG-08-06 – Better Administration of Automated Targeting System Controls Can Further Protect Personally Identifiable Information (Redacted) (PDF, 22 pages) – New 11/09/2007
