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Press release: “New documents uncovered as a result of an American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union lawsuit reveal that the Department of Defense secretly issued hundreds of national security letters (NSLs) to obtain private and sensitive records of people within the United States without court approval. A comprehensive analysis of 455 …
Press release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2008 Fuel Economy Guide to help consumers make well-informed choices when purchasing new vehicles…Data show that hybrid vehicles continue to lead the government’s fuel economy ratings and hybrid technology can be effectively used to improve fuel economy. …
Defense Health Care: DOD Needs to Address the Expected Benefits, Costs, and Risks for Its Newly Approved Medical Command Structure, GAO-08-122, October 12, 2007 Financial Regulation: Industry Trends Continue to Challenge the Federal Regulatory Structure, GAO-08-32, October 12, 2007 Hazardous Materials: EPA May Need to Reassess Sites Receiving Asbestos-Contaminated Ore from Libby, Montana, and Should …
CFO Council and the Presidents Council on Integrity and Efficiency – Best Practices Guide for Coordinating the Preparation and Audit of Federal Financial Statements, September 2007 (13 pages, PDF)
“DogsInDanger.com is a nonprofit national shelter outreach program at the forefront of a grassroots movement trying to help shelters save the lives of millions of innocent dogs…Shelters are the last line for millions of innocent dogs. The public has no idea of the magnitude of this national tragedy. The sad reality is that over four …
U.S. Census, Facts for Features: “Veterans Day originated as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation in 1954 to change …
Press release, October 9, 2007: “Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for more than $1 trillion of the $2.3 trillion the federal government spent in 2005, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which publishes the only consolidated source of data on the geographic distribution of federal expenditures. The Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year …
“This 73 page report by the European Scrutiny Select Committee, published as HC1014 session 2006-7 in October 2007, reviews the content of the EU reform Treaty and compares it with the earlier concept of a European constitution.”
The Rise of the Machines report, July 2006, details the explosion of energy using products in the home from the 1970s to now. Written by Paula Owen.
“H.Res. 734 expresses the sense of the House that the State Department has abused its classification authority by withholding from Congress and the American people information about the extent of corruption in the Maliki government. The resolution further condemns the State Department for retroactively classifying documents that had been widely distributed previously as unclassified, and …
NLM Technical Bulleting: “Starting October 12, 2007, some PubMed users will see links to a drug information resource on over two million citations. PubMed’s AbstractPlus display format includes links to “Patient Drug Information” from MedMaster; a publication of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and a new monograph on the NCBI Bookshelf. (For additional …
“Treasury today released the second in a series of papers on Social Security. Issue brief No. 2 entitled “Social Security Reform: A Framework for Analysis” discusses a top-down framework for designing and evaluating Social Security reform plans.” Report on Issue Brief No. 2: Social Security: A Framework for Analysis, October 12, 2007 (18 pages, PDF)