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PandemicFlu.gov: “On June 13, Secretary Michael O. Leavitt, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is convening a Leadership Forum in Washington, DC on pandemic preparedness. This interactive forum will bring together highly influential leaders from the business, faith, civic and health care sectors to participate in dynamic discussions to help Americans become more prepared …
Federal Employees’ Compensation Act: A Nationwide Review of Federal Employees Who Received Compensation for Lost Wages for Periods When “Earned Wages” Were Reported on the Social Security Administration’s Master Earnings File (FAEC Audit Committee; 05/07)
Sales of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Travel Trailers and Mobile Homes, OIG-07-41, May 2007 (PDF, 5 pages)
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? — Part V Related postings on U.S. Attorney firings
European Union Committee, Home Affairs (Sub-Committee F), The EU/US Passenger Name Record (PNR) Agreement, HL Paper 108 is published today Tuesday 5th June, 2007 (139 pages, PDF). [see also HTML version (browsable)] Press release: The House of Lords EU Committee raises concerns over passenger name record agreement with the US
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today approved a complaint challenging Whole Foods Market, Inc.s approximately $670 million acquisition of its chief rival, Wild Oats Markets, Inc., and authorized the staff to seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in federal district court to halt the deal pending an administrative trial on the merits. …
Follow-up to previous postings on Libby trial and the Plame CIA investigation, today U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton (District of Columbia) sentenced Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby to 30 months in prison annd fined him $250,000. AP: Letters to the court defending and opposing Libby Commentary from The …
Cost Estimate for Senate Amendment 1150 to S. 1348, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, June 4, 2007 (44 pages, PDF)
The Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook April 2007 Update: The Bottom Line: Federal Fiscal Policy Remains Unsustainable GAO-07-983R, June 4, 2007 “As in previous updates, GAO’s current long-term simulations show ever-larger deficits resulting in a federal debt burden that ultimately spirals out of control. For this update we modified the alternative simulation to reflect a return …
CDT: “…a federal appeals court today limited the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing effort to expand its authority to regulate speech over broadcast media. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the FCC did not adequately explain its decision to reverse thirty years of policy of allowing “fleeting expletives ” on broadcast …
Report issued by Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, June 4, 2007: “Preliminary figures indicate that, as a whole, law enforcement agencies throughout the Nation reported an increase of 1.3 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention in 2006 when compared to figures reported for 2005. The violent …
Press release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a new advisory committee designed to counsel the agency on how to strengthen the communication of risks and benefits of FDA-regulated products to the public.” “Two related Federal Register notices are being published, one announcing the establishment of the new advisory committee and the …
