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Long-Term Unemployment, October 2007 (34 pages, PDF), Prepared at the Request of the House Budget and Ways and Means Committee. “Even in a strong labor market, many people become unemployed for short periods as they enter the labor force or change jobs. But some people take many months to find a job. Over the past …
Press release: “A nationwide survey released [November 1, 2007] by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows the number of Americans who hold anti-Semitic attitudes remains constant from its 2005 findings, demonstrating once again that “anti-Semitic beliefs endure in America.” The 2007 Survey of American Attitudes Towards Jews in America, a national telephone survey of 2,000 American …
“The government today unveiled a new Web site for the public and civic managers to monitor U.S. drought conditions, get forecasts, and know how drought impacts their communities or what mitigation measures exist. Called the U.S. Drought Portal, the www.drought.govs ite was developed for the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). A seemingly slow and …
Corporate Fraud Data Base: “Last spring, as the five-year anniversary of the Corporate Fraud Task Force approached, The American Lawyer set out to review its record of fraud prosecution. This turned out to be a difficult undertaking. The U.S. Department of Justice, after repeated inquiries, finally explained that it collects its statistics from individual U.S. …
Drug Safety: Preliminary Findings Suggest Weaknesses in FDA’s Program for Inspecting Foreign Drug Manufacturers, GAO-08-224T, November 1, 2007 Drug Testing: Undercover Tests Reveal Significant Vulnerabilities in DOT’s Drug Testing Program, GAO-08-225T, November 1, 2007 Indian Issues: Damages and Compensation for Tribes at Seven Reservations Affected by Dams on the Missouri River, GAO-08-249T, November 1, 2007 …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released staff comments to the federal banking agencies the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the National Credit Union Administration in response to their request …
“EPA has not established objectives to define an acceptable level of quality for National Emissions Inventory data used in the residual risk process.” At a Glance PDF | Report PDF.
United States Conference of Mayors, 2007 Best Practices Guide “showcases a broad range of environmentally driven and energy efficiency projects in 50 U.S. cities.” Related documents: C40 cities: “C40 is a group of the world’s largest cities committed to tackling climate change. On this website you will find news and updates on current C40 programmes, …
“The Southern Education Foundation (SEF) has released a research report on the growth of low income children in the Souths public schools. The report finds that public schools in the region have enrolled a majority of low income students in each of the last three years (2004-2006) and today the South is the only region …
Press release: “Today at a National Archives press conference, Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records Services and Robert M. Edsel, author of Rescuing Da Vinci and President of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, announced the discovery of two original leather bound photograph albums documenting …
“The United Nations, Google and Cisco today unveiled a pioneering online site that tracks progress towards decreasing global poverty by 2015, a global campaign known as the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs. Visit the website at www.mdgmonitor.org” Google press release: “MDG Monitor tracks progress toward the MDGs in a number of categories in nearly every …
The National Veterans’ Training Institute Veterans’ Program Letters Database is now searchable for the period of 1991-2007. “NVTI was established in 1986 to further develop and enhance the professional skills of veterans’ employment and training service providers throughout the United States.”