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Press release: “The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Saudi Arabia of Joint Direct Attack Munitions as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $123 million. The Government of Saudi Arabia has requested a possible sale …
U.S. Office of Special Counsel – No FEAR Act Report: Equal Employment Opportunity Data Fiscal Year 2007
“As part of its ongoing investigation into executive pay, the Oversight Committee invited three CEOs implicated in the subprime mortgage crisis to testify on February 7 about their severance and compensation packages: Mr. Angelo Mozilo, the CEO of Countrywide Financial; Mr. Charles Prince, the former CEO of Citigroup; and Mr. E. Stanley ONeal, the former …
Congressional Budget Office – Effects of Gasoline Prices on Driving Behavior and Vehicle Markets, January 2008 “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) studyprepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committeerelates rising gasoline prices to changes in how fast people drive, the volume of highway traffic, and rail transit ridership. It also …
Press release: “As fears of a flu pandemic have grown, the Bush administration has pursued a misguided approach to pandemic preparation that relies on a law enforcement/national security approach, rather than a public health approach to the problem, and which exposes Americans to unnecessary risk. That is the finding of an expert report…released today by …
Press release: “In the wake of the Indian “peaceful nuclear explosion” on May 17, 1974 and growing concern about the spread of nuclear weapons capabilities, the U.S. intelligence community prepared a Special National Intelligence Assessment, “Prospects for Further Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,” published today by the National Security Archive.” Special National Intelligence Estimate 4-1-74, “Prospects …
Press release: “A new report from the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) on congressional Web sites says the overall quality continues to be disappointing, with more than 40% of congressional Web sites earning a substandard or failing grade. The report also contains recognition and praise for the best Web sites on Capitol Hill with the announcement …
NPR Morning Edition, January 14, 2008, DHS Still Dogged by Questions over Effectiveness by Pam Fessler: “The Department of Homeland Security began to take shape five years ago this month. It involved the unprecedented merger of two dozen agencies and almost 200,000 federal employees. But now, more than $200 billion later, the department faces low …
Follow up to January 8, 2008 posting, CA sues EPA, citing new technical report: Study demonstrates that CA’s standards more effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions than federal Energy Bill, today from the House Oversight Committee – Investigation Into EPA’s Denial of State Greenhouse Gas Regulations Advances: “Following EPAs failure to meet the Committees deadline …
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Remediation of Arsenic for Agriculture Sustainability, Food Security and Health in Bangladesh: “Contamination of shallow groundwater aquifers with arsenic (As) has been reported in over 20 countries around the world…but is most serious in the Bengal Delta region of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India where the groundwater …
New Questions Raised About White House Records Preservation: “In letters to the White House and the National Archives, House Oversight Chairman Waxman asks whether the White House has preserved its records according to the obligations of the Presidential Records Act, and what the White House has done to prepare for the transition of presidential records …
Press release, January 11, 2009: “One of the biggest concerns weve had for the last several years, one we continue to have at the Department of Homeland Security, is how do we promote a secure form of identification across America? And Congress has spoken to this by passing the REAL ID Act several years ago, …