Category «Government Documents»

Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

From the State Department: The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism – Pakistan Endorses the U.S.-Russia-led Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (6/11/07) The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism is open to other partner nations who share the common goals of the initiative and are actively committed to combating nuclear terrorism on a determined …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CBO Reports: Current Accounting Deficit, Effectiveness of Medical Treatments, Medicare's Spending for Physicians' Services

Will the U.S. Current Account Have a Hard or Soft Landing? June 11, 2007 Testimony on Research on the Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Options for an Expanded Federal Role, June 12, 2007 Background Paper: Factors Underlying the Growth in Medicare’s Spending for Physicians’ Services, June 2007

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Released

“The purpose of this Report is to call the world’s attention to the existence of modern-day slavery, and the desperate need to eliminate it the same way the world ended the African slave trade more than a century ago. Human trafficking plagues every country including the United States. The Report covers 164 countries and territories, …

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

Congressional Research Accessibility Act

H.R. 2545: To make available on the Internet, for purposes of access and retrieval by the public, certain information available through the Congressional Research Service web site. Sponsor: Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] (introduced 5/24/2007). (1) IN GENERAL – The Director of the Congressional Research Service shall make available through a centralized, searchable, electronic database, for …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

New GAO Reports on BioFuels, Defense Acquisitions, and Motor Carrier Safety

Biofuels: DOE Lacks a Strategic Approach to Coordinate Increasing Production with Infrastructure Development and Vehicle Needs GAO-07-713, June 8, 2007 Defense Acquisitions: Analysis of Processes Used to Evaluate Active Protection Systems GAO-07-759, June 8, 2007 Motor Carrier Safety: A Statistical Approach Will Better Identify Commercial Carriers That Pose High Crash Risks Than Does the Current …

Subjects: Government Documents

EU Conference on Cooperation Against Cybercrime

Cooperation against Cybercrime: 11-12 June 2007, Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg, France: “Societies worldwide rely on information and communication technologies. However, the increasing dependency on such technologies is accompanied by a growing vulnerability to criminal intrusion and misuse. In response to these challenges the Council of Europe adopted the Convention on Cybercrime (ETS 185) in 2001 …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Government Documents, ID Theft, Internet, Legal Research

10 Million Pages of CIA Declassified Records Available

Press release: “The CIA recently delivered more than 420,000 additional pages of redacted declassified electronic records to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) facility in College Park, Maryland. The declassified CIA records are hosted on the CIA Records Search Tool (CREST), which is an electronic search and retrieval system. CREST now includes more than …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Economic and Financial Data for the United States

Economic and Financial Data for the United States, Updated June 10, 2007: “The data shown in this page correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). For a fuller explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which the United States has committed, please visit the DSBB …

Subjects: Government Documents

USPTO Report On Paper Search Collection of Registered Marks That Include Design Elements

Report of the USPTO Concerning the Paper Search Collection of Registered Marks that Include Design Elements: “The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has developed a plan to provide the public with access to United States trademark registrations that include design elements exclusively through its electronic search systems and through microfilm. Under the plan, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patent and Trademark