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2010 Census: Population Measures Are Important for Federal Funding Allocations, GAO-08-230T, October 29, 2007 End-Stage Renal Disease: Characteristics of Kidney Transplant Recipients, Frequency of Transplant Failures, and Cost to Medicare, GAO-07-1117, September 28, 2007 International Trade: An Overview of Use of U.S. Trade Preference Programs by Beneficiaries and U.S. Administrative Reviews, GAO-07-1209, September 27, 2007 …
Office of Director of National Intelligence, Guidance on National Intelligence Estimate Key Judgments, October 29, 2007. Washington Post, Walter Pincus: “The director of national intelligence will disclose today that national intelligence activities amounting to roughly 80 percent of all U.S. intelligence spending for the year cost more than $40 billion, according to sources on Capitol …
“Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Brazil – Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2291-4), I hereby certify, with respect to Brazil, …
Press release: “The research and development component of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), a program that aims to reprocess spent nuclear fuel which could then be shared with partner countries, should not go forward at its current pace, says a new report from the National Research Council. DOE’s Office of …
Greg R. Notess updated his guide, Finding Old Web Pages: “The Web changes constantly, and sometimes that page that had just the information you needed yesterday (or last month or two years ago) is not available today. At other times you may want to see how a page’s content or design has changed. There are …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released a statistical survey of fraud in the United States that shows that 30.2 million adults 13.5 percent of the adult population were victims of fraud during the year studied. More people an estimated 4.8 million U.S. consumers were victims of fraudulent weight-loss products …
“DisabilityInfo.gov [celebrating 5th anniversary] is the federal government’s one-stop Web site for people with disabilities, their families, employers, veterans and service members, workforce professionals and many others. A collaborative effort among twenty-two federal agencies, DisabilityInfo.gov connects people with disabilities to the information and resources they need to a.ctively participate in the workforce and in their …
American Bar Assocation Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project releases the Pennsylvania Death Penalty Report, October 28, 2007. Related documents are as follows: Executive Summary of the Pennsylvania Death Penalty Report Full Pennsylvania Death Penalty Assessment Report Pennsylvania Death Penalty Assessment Guide Pennsylvania Death Penalty Assesment Team Biographies Fact Sheet: Problems with Pennsylvania’s Death Penalty System …
Follow up to previous postings on litigation and hearings on missing White House email and violations of the Presidential Records Act: “The National Security Archive filed a motion on Friday, October 26, seeking expedited discovery against the Executive Office of the President to find out what e-mails are missing from the White House e-mail system …
AP: “The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. should pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages in connection with the huge Exxon Valdez oil spill that fouled more than 1,200 miles of Alaskan coastline in 1989.” Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council WSL Law Blog – Exxon Valdez: Who Will Get …
Senate Intelligence Committee, S. Rpt. 110-209, Report to Accompany FISA Amendments Act of 2007.
OIG-07-68 – A Review of Homeland Security Activities Along a Segment of the Michigan-Canadian Border, Unclassified Summary, August 2007 (PDF, 3 pages) OIG-07-64 – Audit of Implementation of Aviation Security Requirements at Foreign Airports, Unclassified Summary, August 2007 (PDF, 4 pages)