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Joint Strike Fighter: Progress Made and Challenges Remain, GAO-07-360, and Highlights, March 15, 2007. “The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program–a multinational acquisition program for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and eight cooperative international partners–is the Department of Defense’s (DOD) most expensive aircraft acquisition program. DOD currently estimates it will spend $623 billion to develop, …
Press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales demanding he answer allegations that he may have advised the President to shut down an Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) inquiry into the Administration’s domestic wiretapping surveillance program because of his role in the …
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Preliminary Observations on Iraqi Security Forces’ Logistical Capabilities, GAO-07-582T, and Highlights, March 9, 2007. “The National Strategy for Victory in Iraq, issued in November 2005, implies a conditions-based linkage between the development of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and the size and shape of the U.S. presence there. The Department of Defense …
Congressional Budget Office: Characteristics and Pay of Federal Civilian Employees, March 2007 (37 pages, PDF)
House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: New Travel Rules for Officially-Connected Travel Paid for by a Private Source, March 15, 2007.
As reported by Roll Call: “Following a contentious half-day debate, the House Appropriations Committee voted to approve the $124 billion Iraq War spending bill Thursday, attaching several amendments including a provision to prohibit the closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center but leaving intact language requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq …
“As part of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s commitment to help respond to the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, here you will find resources related to an ongoing effort to monitor and study the health coverage and needs of the victims – topics include: Survivor Experiences, Surveys, Health Coverage, State Facts (Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, States Most Affected …
“LEP.gov promotes a positive and cooperative understanding of the importance of language access to federal programs and federally assisted programs. This website supports fair, reasoned and consistent implementation of Executive Order 13166, Title VI, and the Title VI regulations regarding language access. This site also acts as a clearinghouse, providing and linking to information, tools, …
“Today the House of Representatives passed four good government bills. H.R. 985 enhances protections offered to federal whistleblowers, H.R. 1255 strengthens the Freedom of Information Act, H.R. 1255 makes clear that presidential records belong to the public, and H.R. 1254 requires organizations that raise money for presidential libraries to disclose information about their donors. H.R. …
AP: “Suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed to the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl and a central role in 30 other attacks and plots in the U.S. and worldwide that killed thousands of victims, said a revised transcript released Thursday by the U.S. military.” Related documents are available at the Department of Defense …
Heritage Foundations Federal Revenue and Spending: A Book of Charts
The Presidential Primary Systems Democracy Problems, by Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation, 3/13/2007 “News reports in recent weeks have describedand often decriedthe scramble among states to move the dates of their presidential primaries much earlier than in the past in order to gain greater influence in determining the nominees of both parties. In this …
