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Monthly Budget Review, November 2007 Cost Estimate for Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 November 6, 2007: “The amendment would modify and extend the major farm income support, food and nutrition, land conservation, trade promotion, rural development, research, forestry, energy, specialty crops, and crop insurance programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). …
Fact Sheet: “Secretary Chertoff highlighted the Departments progress on immigration efforts. More than 76 miles of pedestrian fence have been completed on the Southwest border, and the number of Border Patrol agents is increasing: currently roughly 15,000, it is scheduled to be more than 18,300 by the end of next year. Over the past year, …
Press release: “The Secretary of the Interior today released the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (FPEIS) for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Alternative Energy and Alternate Use (AEAU) Program and announced an interim policy for authorization of the installation of offshore data collection and technology testing facilities in federal waters.” OCS Alternative Energy and Alternate …
“For the seventh year, FOREIGN POLICY partners with A.T. Kearney to measure countries on their economic, personal, technological, and political integration. Find out whos climbing the ranks, and whos sliding down.” The Globalization Index 2007 Download the Raw Index Data
Press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) offered White House Counsel Fred Fielding yet another opportunity to negotiate terms and agree on compliance with the committee’s subpoenas issued to Joshua Bolten, for documents, and Harriet Miers, for documents and testimony. The two were subpoenaed earlier this year as part of the …
The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change, Kurt M. Campbell, Jay Gulledge, J.R. McNeill, John Podesta, Peter Ogden, leon Fuerth, R. James Woolsey, Alexander T.J. lennon, Julianne Smith, Richard Weitz, and Derek Mix, November 2007 “Global climate change poses not only environmental hazards but profound risks to …
Border Security: Despite Progress, Weaknesses in Traveler Inspections Exist at Our Nation’s Ports of Entry, GAO-08-219, November 5, 2007 School Mental Health: Role of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Factors Affecting Service Provision, GAO-08-19R, October 5, 2007 Securing U.S. Nuclear Material: DOE Has Made Little Progress Consolidating and Disposing of Special …
Audit of Security and Controls Over the National Driver Register, October 29, 2007, Project ID: FI-2008-003 (32 pages, PDF) “Summary: On October 29, we issued a final report on the audit of the National Driver Register (NDR) system administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). NDR is a central register that enables state …
Press release: “U.S. natural gas proved reserves increased 3 percent in 2006, rising to over 211 trillion cubic feet, the highest level since 1976 according to estimates released today by the Energy Information Administration. Additions to reserves replaced 136 percent of the dry natural gas produced in 2006. This was the eighth year in a …
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004, OIG-08-03 (PDF, 44 pages) – New 11/05/2007 Management Letter for the FY 2006 FLETC Balance Sheet, OIG-08-04 (PDF, 16 pages) – New 11/05/2007 Progress Has Been Made But More Work Remains in Meeting Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released new rankings on fuel economy for 2008 models. Rankings include: Top ten leaders in fuel economy Ten models with the lowest overall fuel economy In each class, models with the best fuel economy In each class, models with the lowest fuel economy.
“CBS News 60 Minutes exposure last night of the Iraqi agent known as CURVEBALL has put a major aspect of the Bush administrations case for war against Iraq back under the spotlight. Rafid Ahmed Alwans charges that Iraq possessed stockpiles of biological weapons and the mobile plants to produce them formed a critical part of …
