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“Amnesty International’s Report 2008, shows that sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations, people are still tortured or ill-treated in at least 81 countries, face unfair trials in at least 54 countries and are not allowed to speak freely in at least 77 countries.”
Government Technology: “The New York State Office for Technology and the New York State Archives, a program of the State Education Department, issued a report last week that examines how the state can provide choice, interoperability and vendor neutrality in electronic document creation while ensuring electronic records are preserved and remain accessible. A Strategy for …
“The Committee on Energy and Commerce and its Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality are issuing a series of Climate Change Legislative Design White Papers as the next step toward enactment of an economy-wide climate change program. The fourth White Paper, released today, is entitled Getting the Most Greenhouse Gas Reductions for Our Money. The …
News release: “The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) today released Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3 (SAP 4.3): The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States. The CCSP integrates the federal research efforts of 13 agencies on climate and global change. Today’s report is one of …
News release: “The Federal Election Commission (FEC/the Commission) has introduced a new and improved version of its Presidential Campaign Finance map…the map now includes detailed information on each candidates campaign expenditures. It also provides a number of enhanced viewing and searching options for information about campaign contributors. The upgraded map is an easy-to-use online tool …
Federal Disability Programs: More Strategic Coordination Could Help Overcome Challenges to Needed Transformation, GAO-08-635, May 20, 2008 Food and Drug Administration: Agency Complied with Statutory Requirement to Reexamine Condom Labels, GAO-08-565R, April 25, 2008 Military Personnel: DOD Needs Data to Determine if Active Duty Service Has an Impact on the Ability of Guard and Reservists …
News release: “Food Safety Research Consortium (FSRC) researchers today released a new report that calls for sweeping changes in the way food safety information is collected and shared. The report, Harnessing Knowledge to Ensure Food Safety: Opportunities to Improve the Nations Food Safety Information Infrastructure, was written by Michael Taylor (The George Washington University) and …
Bureau of Transportation Statistics: “U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 4 percent fewer pilots and 32 percent fewer maintenance workers in 2007 than in 2000, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. The seven large network carriers employed 29.9 percent fewer pilots and 42.6 percent fewer maintenance workers in 2007 than …
Report Number D-2008-094, Report on Air Force Air Combat Command Contracts, May 20, 2008.
OIG-08-46 – A Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Procurement of Untrained Canines (PDF, 35 pages) “From April 2006 through June 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection procured 322 untrained canines at a cost of $1.46 million, or an average price of $4,535 per canine. The costs incurred for the untrained canines were reasonable …
Follow up to previous postings on retroactivity for sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine, from The Third Branch: “Federal district courts generally are coping well with the sudden increase in their workloads that occurred March 3, when a retroactive reduction in penalties for crack cocaine offenders took effect and more than 21,000 inmates became eligible for …
Quick Response Evaluation: Underpayments to Widows (A-01-08-28116), May 22, 2008: “Our objective was to quantify the amount of Title II benefits owed a group of widows whose benefits were not properly adjusted at full retirement age (FRA).”