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“The Center for Public Integrity researched state requirements on the filing of Personal Financial Disclosures by all three branches of state government executive, legislative and judicial to help the public hold officials accountable and determine the potential for conflicts of interest.” [Note: see the drop-down menu on the right hand side to view …
“The Treasury Department released today a background paper (54 pages, PDF) concerning some of the many issues to be discussed Thursday, July 26 at the Treasury Conference on Business Taxation and Global Competitiveness.”
ADVISE Report, Review of the Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight and Semantic Enhancement (ADVISE) Program including recommendations, July 11, 2007 (PDF, 25 pages)
Press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) announced that the Committee will meet Wednesday, July 25, at 10:15 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building to vote on contempt citations for former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten, following their refusal to comply with …
Cybercrime: Public and Private Entities Face Challenges in Addressing Cyber Threats, GAO-07-705, June 22, 2007: “Cybercrime has significant economic impacts and threatens U.S. national security interests. Various studies and experts estimate the direct economic impact from cybercrime to be in the billions of dollars annually. The annual loss due to computer crime was estimated to …
Press release: “The International Compact with Iraq (ICI) is an initiative of the Government of Iraq, in partnership with the United Nations, and supported by the World Bank. This initiative seeks a new partnership with the International Community. It establishes a framework of commitments that will enable Iraq to realize its National Vision of a …
“Human Security Act of 2007 – [This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2137 and House Bill No. 4839 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 8, 2007 and February 19, 2007, respectively.] SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is declared a policy of the …
Employment rate in the EU27 rose to 64.4% in 2006: “Summary: In 2006, 214.0 million people aged 15 years or more had a job or a business activity in the EU27. The total employment rate for people aged 15-64 was 64.4% in 2006, compared with 62.2% in 2000 and 63.4% in 2005. The employment rate …
Agricultural Prices 2006 Summary, July 20, 2007 (239 pages, PDF): “The 47th Annual Summary of Agricultural Prices contains prices farmers received for commodities sold as well as prices paid for production input goods and services. Prices are weighted and aggregated into price indexes. These indexes provide measures of relative price changes for agricultural outputs and …
President George W. Bush – Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency Economic Powers Act, July 17, 2007: “Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order blocking property of persons determined to have committed, …
Press release: “Personal information of certain uniformed service members, family members and others was placed at risk for potential compromise while being processed by SAIC under several health care data contracts for military service customers, the company said today. SAIC remedied the security lapses upon learning of them and began working with the customers to …
Automatic 401(k) Overview for Employers – A Survey of Companies with 500 to 5,000 Employees, 2007 (33 pages, PDF): Awareness and Attitudes About Automatic 401(k) Plans Enhancing 401(k) Value and Participation Key Benefits of an Automatic 401(k) A Systematic Approach to Automatic 401(k) Automatic 401(k) Implementation Costs Snapshots of Companies with Automatic 401(k)s Alon USA …
