New EIA Reports: Use of Alternative Fueled Vehicles, State Electricity Profiles, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

2005 Alternative to Traditional Transportation Fuels, Part II (11/28/2007): “Annual data report reflecting the supply and use of alternative fueled vehicles (AFVs) and alternative transportation fuel (ATF) consumption for the onroad domestic AFV marketplace for 2003 through 2005.” State Electricity Profiles 2006 (11/28/2007): “Annual report describes the electricity industry in each State, with printer-friendly statistics …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Treasury Issues Report on International Tax Issues

Press release: “The Treasury Department today sent to Congress a Congressionally mandated report on three international tax issues. The Report to the Congress on Earnings Stripping, Transfer Pricing and U.S. Income Tax Treaties (108 pages, PDF) describes current issues regarding U.S. earnings stripping rules, transfer pricing rules, and the misuse of income tax treaties to …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

GAO Report on Nuclear and Worker Safety

Nuclear and Worker Safety: Actions Needed to Determine the Effectiveness of Safety Improvement Efforts at NNSA’s Weapons Laboratories, GAO-08-73, October 31, 2007: “The nuclear weapons laboratories have experienced persistent safety problems, stemming largely from long-standing management weaknesses. Since 2000, nearly 60 serious accidents or near misses have occurred, including worker exposure to radiation, inhalation of …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot Interference with Internet Traffic

Press release: “In the wake of the detection and reporting of Comcast Corporation’s controversial interference with Internet traffic, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a comprehensive account of Comcast’s packet-forging activities and has released software and documentation instructing Internet users on how to test for packet forgery or other forms of interference by their …

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Subjects: Internet

Army Issues Instructions to Prepare for Funding Shortfall

U.S. Army News release: “The Army announced Nov. 28 that it has taken initial steps to plan for reduced operations at all Army bases while the congressional review continues on funding for operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and requirements associated with the Global War on Terror. With no funds provided for GWOT requirements since the beginning …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

EFF Wins Fast-Track Release of Telecom Lobbying Records

Press release: “Late Tuesday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won the speedy release of telecom lobbying records from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The agency was ordered to comply with a new December 10 deadline — in time for the documents to play a role in the congressional debate over granting …

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Subjects: Congress, Courts, E-Government, Patriot Act, Privacy

New United Nations' Human Development Report

“The Human Development Report 2007/2008 shows that climate change is not just a future scenario. Increased exposure to droughts, floods and storms is already destroying opportunity and reinforcing inequality. Meanwhile, there is now overwhelming scientific evidence that the world is moving towards the point at which irreversible ecological catastrophe becomes unavoidable. Business-as-usual climate change points …

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Subjects: Government Documents

Report – The Search is On: State CIO Starting Points for E-Discovery

National Association of State Chief Information Officers – The Search Is On: State CIO Starting Points for E-Discovery November 2007: “In its September 2007 Issue Brief entitled Seek and Ye Shall Find? State CIOs Must Prepare Now for E-Discovery!, NASCIO raised the importance of State CIO involvement in e-discovery and the need for collaborative state …

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Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

EPA Releases First Round of Data from its Lower Manhattan Test and Clean Program on Web

Press release: “Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the first round of sampling results from its Lower Manhattan Test and Clean program, established to identify the possible presence of contaminants associated with the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings. EPA has posted this round of data on its Web site. The Agency …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Sixth Edition of Greenpeace International's Guide to Greener Electronics

Press release: “The sixth edition of Greenpeace International’s ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ has been expanded to include televisions and game consoles.(1) Market leaders Microsoft, Nintendo, Philips and Sharp enter at the bottom of the ranking of environmental performance with Nintendo being the first company scoring zero out of a possible 10 points. Philips and Microsoft …

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Subjects: Internet

Google Announces Corporate Initative for Renewable Energy

Press release: “Google today announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. The newly created initiative, known as RE/C [Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal], will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and other potential breakthrough …

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Subjects: Search Engines
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