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The Joint Committee on Taxation Disclosure Report: “Section 6103(p)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall, within 90 days after the close of each calendar year, furnish to the Joint Committee on Taxation for disclosure to the public a report which provides with respect to each Federal agency and …
U.S. Courts: “Bankruptcy filings in the federal courts for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2008, exceeded 900,000, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The 901,927 bankruptcy cases filed represent a 30 percent increase over the 695,575 cases filed in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2007.”
Improved Controls Would Reduce Superfund Backlogs [Report PDF – 40 pages] [At a Glance PDF], Report No. 08-P-0169, June 2, 2008. “As of February 2007, there were 144 non-federal sites that had been on the National Priorities List (NPL) for over 20 years but had still not reached construction completion. We focused our review on …
News release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the Interim Final Rule for the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), a new online system that is part of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) and is required by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007.” Fact Sheet: Electronic System for …
Report of Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) – Travel to Pakistan and Afghanistan, June 3, 2008. “Pakistan has been plagued by terrorism in recent times and its Army has suffered substantial casualties in recent months. The safe havens in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) (including North and South Waziristan) and …
External Quality Reviews in Medicaid Managed Care (OEI-01-06-00510), June 3, 2008.
Defense Acquisitions: Better Weapon Program Outcomes Require Discipline, Accountability, and Fundamental Changes in the Acquisition Environment, GAO-08-782T, June 3, 2008 September 11: HHS Needs to Develop a Plan That Incorporates Lessons from the Responder Health Programs, GAO-08-610, May 30, 2008 U.S. Postal Service: Mail-Related Recycling Initiatives and Possible Opportunities for Improvement, GAO-08-599, June 3, 2008
D-2008-096 Identification and Reporting of Improper Payments by the Defense Logistics Agency, May 20, 2008 (Project No. D2007-D000FJ-0079.000). “Documentation showed that the Defense Logistics Agency could have identified and reported about $93.3 million in improper payments associated with its programs in its FY 2006 Financial Statements.”
“TRAC [Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University] has just added a unique new feature for displaying all the U.S. statutes cited by federal prosecutors as the primary charge in their prosecutions and convictions. For every law, there are case counts and the full text of the relevant statute, according to Congress. In addition, for those …
The Art of Written Persuasion: The Rise of Written Persuasion – In this column, Troy Simpson writes on persuading judges in writing. This first article in the series surveys the history of written advocacy in three jurisdictions England and Wales, Australia, and America – to show why good written advocacy is vital to the …
Defense Management: Assessment of the Reorganization of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, GAO-08-830R, May 30, 2008 Nuclear Weapons: NNSA Needs to Establish a Cost and Schedule Baseline for Manufacturing a Critical Nuclear Weapon Component, GAO-08-593, May 23, 2008
DOJ Office of the Inspector General – Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2007 – March 31, 2008 (64 pages, PDF) “This semiannual report summarizes the work of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) from October 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008. OIG staff have continued to conduct valuable audits, inspections, special reviews, and …