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Gross Domestic Product by Industry, 2006 (advance): “Newly available data on the industry distribution of real GDP growth show that the private services-producing sector accelerated to 4.1 percent in 2006, up from 3.7 percent in 2005, and that the private goods-producing sector accelerated to 2.5 percent, up from 2.1 percent in 2005. Real growth in …
LC Global Legal Monitor, March 2007 Issue Now Available.
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has narrowed to approximately 38,700 the number of people whose private identification information was accessible to the public on a government-wide website. USDA takes seriously its responsibility to protect private information and after learning of the potential exposure, immediately took action to remove the information from the …
Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: Conditions in Iraq Are Conducive to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse GAO-07-525T, April 23, 2007: “…Despite U.S. and Iraqi efforts to shift a greater share of the country’s defense on Iraqi forces, the security situation continues to deteriorate. Poor security conditions have hindered the management of the more than $29 billion that …
Press release: “The United States ranks second in world maritime container traffic with one in nine maritime containers in the world either bound for or coming from the United States, according to America’s Container Ports: Delivering the Goods, a new report from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). BTS, a part of the U.S. Department …
Sudan Country Analysis Brief (04/23/2007)- “For information on the energy situation in Sudan, please see our updated Country Analysis Brief. Also included are a map, graph, and links to other related web sites.” Nigeria Country Analysis Brief (04/23/2007) – For information on the energy situation in Nigeria, please see our updated Country Analysis Brief. Also …
FDIC Report to Congress: Merger Decisions 2006 (23 pages, PDF), released April 23, 2007.
Press release: “Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced the completion of the Presidents Identity Theft Task Force strategic plan to combat identity theft. The strategic plan is the result of an unprecedented federal effort to formulate a comprehensive and fully coordinated plan to attack this widespread …
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Statement on the 2007 Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Reports, April 23, 2007: “…This year’s Social Security report again demonstrates that the Social Security program is financially unsustainable and requires reform. In just 10 years, cash flows are projected to turn negative, and the Trust Funds are projected …
Follow-up Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Efforts to Hire, Train, and Retain Intelligence Analysts, Audit Report 07-30, April 2007 (81 pages, PDF)
FEMA’s Award of 36 Trailer Maintenance and Deactivation Contracts, OIG-07-36 (PDF, 13 pages), 04/23/2007.
Follow up to previous postings on postings on the CIA Plame leak and Libby trial, today’s announcement from House Oversight Chairman Henry Waxman: “Current and former employees of the White House Security Office have reported to Chairman Waxman that there was a systemic failure at the White House to follow procedures for protecting classified information. …
