Category «Government Documents»

Census – Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders

“New orders for manufactured goods in August, down following two consecutive monthly increases, decreased $14.4 billion or 3.3 percent to $420.7 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 3.4 percent July increase. Shipments, down two the last three months, decreased $6.7 billion or 1.6 percent to $417.9 billion. This followed a 2.3 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy

National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy – Unclassified Summary, October 2007 “The President’s National Drug Control Strategy seeks to disrupt the illicit drug industry as close to the source as possible. As a companion to the National Drug Control Strategy, this Strategy directs U.S. efforts to intercept drug shipments that manage to evade the robust international …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

DOT OIG: FAA's Actions Taken to Address Allegations of Unsafe Maintenance Practices at Northwest Airlines

DOT OIG Audit – FAA’s Actions Taken to Address Allegations of Unsafe Maintenance Practices at Northwest Airlines, September 28, 2007- Project ID: AV-2007-080 “Summary: On September 28, we issued our report on FAA’s actions taken to address allegations of unsafe maintenance practices at Northwest Airlines. These allegations were reported by an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Combating Terrorism, Energy Efficiency, Global Health, Maritime Security, Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq, USPTO

Combating Terrorism: Law Enforcement Agencies Lack Directives to Assist Foreign Nations, GAO-08-144T, October 4, 2007 Energy Efficiency: Opportunities Exist for Federal Agencies to Better Inform Household Consumers, GAO-07-1162, September 26, 2007 Environmental Right-To-Know: EPA’s Recent Rule Could Reduce Availability of Toxic Chemical Information Used to Assess Environmental Justice, GAO-08-115T, October 4, 2007 Global Health: U.S. …

Subjects: Government Documents

New CRS Reports: Journalists' Privilege, Campaign Finance, PEPFAR, Military Commissions Act of 2006

Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses, September 28, 2007 Campaign Finance: Developments in the 110th Congress, September 28, 2007 PEPFAR [President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief]: From Emergency to Sustainability, September 28, 2007 The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Previous …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

The Impact of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, Eighteenth Report, 2005-2006

Press release: “The value of U.S. imports receiving benefits under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) fell from $12.3 million in 2005 to $9.9 million in 2006, mainly because four Central American countries El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua left the CBERA when the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) entered into …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: FCC and Access to Rulemaking, E-Voting Reliability, Agricultural Quarantine, Nuclear Energy Oversight

Telecommunications: FCC Should Take Steps to Ensure Equal Access to Rulemaking Information, GAO-07-1046, September 6, 2007 Elections: Further Testing Could Provide Increased but Not Absolute Assurance That Voting Systems Did Not Cause Undervotes in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, GAO-08-97T, October 2, 2007 Premium Class Travel: Internal Control Weaknesses Governmentwide Led to Improper and Abusive Use …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Report on Iran

Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Brief on Iran, October 2007 (14 pages, PDF) “Iran is a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and ranks amongst the world’s top three holders of proven oil and natural gas reserves. Iran is OPEC’s second-largest exporter after Saudi Arabia, and is the fourth-largest exporter of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents