EPA OIG Annual Performance Report for FY 2006
Annual Performance Report Fiscal Year 2006 [Report PDF – 30 pages), EPA-350-R-06-006, December 2006.
Category «Government Documents»
FTC Tips on Buying, Giving, and Using Gift Cards
FTC press release: “Consumers are projected to spend $25 billion on gift cards in the 2006 holiday season. The Federal Trade Commission tells consumers that gift cards, whether purchased from a retailer, a restaurant, or a financial institution, may come with strings attached. In particular, consumers should know that some gift cards have expiration dates; …
Understanding Similarities and Differences Between Accrual and Cash Deficits
Understanding Similarities and Differences Between Accrual and Cash Deficits GAO-07-117SP, December 1, 2006. “…understanding our nation’s long-term fiscal outlook is important because, as GAO’s long-term simulations show, current fiscal policy is unsustainable. The accrual measure primarily provides more information on the longer-term implications of today’s policy decisions and operations by showing certain costs incurred today …
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Capital Punishment, 2005
Capital Punishment, 2005: “The Federal Bureau of Prisons and 36 states held 3,254 inmates on death row at the end of last year, which was 66 fewer such inmates than at the end of 2004, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The 2005 drop was the fifth consecutive year the number …
Effective Counterterrorism and the Limited Role of Predictive Data Mining
Effective Counterterrorism and the Limited Role of Predictive Data Mining, by Jeff Jonas [engineer and chief scientist with IBM’s Entity Analytic Solutions Group] and Jim Harper [director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute]. “Though data mining has many valuable uses, it is not well suited to the terrorist discovery problem. It would be …
EPA Responds to Protests Over Library Closures
Follow up to recent postings on opposition by public interest groups, members of Congress, library associations, librarians, and scientists, to the closure of EPA libraries throughout the country, today this EPA press release stated: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing broader access to a larger audience by making agency library materials available through its …
CRS Report – 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Implementation Status
CRS Report for Congress, 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Implementation Status, December 4, 2006 (73 pages, PDF).
Paper Reports on State Department Use of Google to Identify Iranian Sanctions' Targets
Washington Post: Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S. Tries Google – Internet Search Yields Names Cited in U.N. Draft Resolution “When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the agency refused, citing a large workload and a desire to protect …
CRS Report on Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress
CRS Report to Congress, Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress — Updated, December 7, 2006 (41 pages, PDF).
Brookings Analysis of the Iraq Study Group Report
“On December 7, leading Brookings experts will examine the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group and its impact on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Participants include Michael O’Hanlon, senior fellow, the Brookings Institution; Kenneth Pollack, senior fellow and director of research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy; and Bruce Riedel, senior fellow, Saban …
New LC Country Profile on Romania
The Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Country Profiles: Romania, December 8, 2006.
Secrecy and Foreign Policy
Secrecy and Foreign Policy, Robert Pallitto, December 8, 2006, Foreign Policy In Focus: “Since the beginning of the republic, U.S. presidents have used some form of secrecy in the course of governing. In the wake of the Watergate scandal, congressional hearings in the 1970s and the disclosure of covert U.S. programs of assassination and destabilization …
