Category «Government Documents»

Veterans in State and Federal Prisons, 2004

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Veterans Older, Better Educated Than Other State and Federal Prisoners, May 20, 2007: “There were an estimated 140,000 veterans held in state and federal prisons in 2004, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced [on April 29, 2007.] State prisons held 127,500 of these veterans, and federal prisons held …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Agencies Release Annual Report to Congress on Scholarship Fraud

Press release: “Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams that “guarantee” money for college in exchange for a fee. In 2000, Congress passed the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act to help federal agencies crack down on those scams. The Federal …

Subjects: Government Documents

International Biodefense Handbook 2007

International Biodefense Handbook 2007, by Sergio Bonin, published by the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, May 1, 2007. “The handbook compares different political, strategic, and structural approaches to biosecurity in seven countries and five international and supra-national organizations. It provides an overview of national and multilateral biodefense efforts by examining important policies in this …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review Now Online

“The Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review presents an assessment of the Nation’s progress toward increasing the quality and years of healthy life and eliminating health disparities for all Americans, halfway through the first decade of the 21st century. For three decades, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has established and monitored national …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Monica Goodling Testifies at Judiciary Committee Hearing

Follow up to previous posting on former DoJ Official Monica Goodling and the U.S. Attorney firings, the text of Goodling’s written remarks and the text of her testimony, before the House Judiciary Committee, May 23, 2007. See also DOJ Document Sets Released on 5-22-2007: Letter from Deputy AG Regarding Goodling Privledge Log Documents DOJ Document …

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

U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Sources 2006 Flash Estimate

U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Sources 2006 Flash Estimate (05/23/2007): “The flash estimate is based on data published in the Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Energy Review (April 2007). These estimates are considered to be preliminary. More detailed estimates of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from all sources, energy and non-energy, will appear in the report Emissions …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report on Iran Safeguards Sent to IAEA Board, Security Council

Report on Iran Safeguards Sent to International Atomic Energy Agency Board, Security Council Staff Report, 23 May 2007: “IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei has circulated his latest report to the upcoming meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors on the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

OMB Orders Agencies to Eliminate Unnecessary Collection of Social Security Numbers

Clay Johnson III, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget: M-07-16, Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information, May 22, 2007 (22 pages, PDF) “As part of the work of the Identify Theft Task Force, this memorandum requires agencies to develop and implement a breach notification policy within 120 …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

Recent CRS Reports on Immigration Reform, Iraq, Israel and Climate Change

Immigration Reform: Brief Synthesis of Issue, Updated May 10, 2007 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated May 10, 2007 Iraq: Government Formation and Performance, Updated May 2, 2007 Israel: Background and Relations with the United States, Updated April 30, 2007 Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bills in the 110th Congress, Updated April 24, 2007

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents