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Fact Sheet: Select Homeland Security Accomplishments For 2006, Release Date: December 29, 2006. Related: Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Protecting the Homeland: Meeting Challenges and Looking Forward, Release Date: December 14, 2006.
Press release: “The National Agricultural Library has completed the process of re-scoping the AGRICOLA Index and has published its list of titles recommended for indexing in 2007. The decision to re-scope was necessary because our appropriated resources were not sufficient to keep the AGRICOLA Index current and permit us to increase the number of items …
Press release: “Scientists at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville have succeeded in imaging, in unprecedented detail, the virus that causes influenza…This breakthrough has the potential to identify particular features of …
Press release: “he Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today made public Media Bureau staff reports and studies on media ownership and related issues in response to a request from Chairman Martin. Media Bureau staff provided copies of all studies and reports, draft or final, regarding media ownership, minority ownership, and localism and …
Press release: “The findings from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2005 are released today and posted on the U.S. Treasury web site. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System…The …
Press release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released its annual report on cable industry prices. The report shows that average monthly rates for cable service — including basic and expanded basic cable programming services — increased by 5.2 percent over the 12-month period ending January 1, 2005, from $40.91 to $43.04, and by 93 …
http://www.fec.gov/press/press2006/20061228summary.htmlPress release: “The Federal Election Commission reported today that it collected civil penalties of more than $6.2 million in 2006, more than doubling the total amount of penalties of any other single year in the agencys 31-year history. Since the FEC opened its doors in 1975, it has had 49 enforcement cases with penalties over …
SUMMARY: “The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is holding a public meeting to gather input to help NARA decide how to identify post-1970 non-trial civil cases with sufficient historical value to warrant permanent preservation. Pursuant to the U.S. District Court records schedule issued in 1983, the National Archives preserves all civil cases prior to …
Press release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued three documents on the safety of animal cloning — a draft risk assessment; a proposed risk management plan; and a draft guidance for industry.”
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has designated the state funeral for former President Gerald R. Ford as a National Special Security Event (NSSE). A number of factors are taken into consideration when designating an event as a National Special Security Event, including anticipated attendance by dignitaries and the size …
“77 new documents were added to the site on December 28, 2006. Additional recent releases may be found here.”
Chairman’s Report: The Oklahoma City Bombing: Was There A Foreign Connection? Washington, December 26, 2006 – Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee.
