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Few Economists Predicted True Cost of Iraq War, by Marilyn Geewax, Cox News Service, Sunday, October 07, 2007 “Five years ago this month, a Yale economist said something few in Washington wanted to hear: an Iraq war could cost nearly $1.6 trillion by 2012. William Nordhaus’s work was dismissed by Bush administration supporters, who believed …
Public notice, October 5, 2007: Competitive Bidding Procedures for Auction of 700 MHz Licenses (Auction 73) (122 pages, PDF). Attachment A: Excel | Acrobat and Attachment B: Excel | Acrobat
European Information Association: “See also our guides to using OEIL and PreLex. Produced by the Commission and Parliament respectively, these two sources allow you to monitor the progress of proposed legislation through the various stages leading to adoption (or rejection – not all proposals are adopted). Proposals are generally published by the European Commission. They …
“This Wise Guide portal was designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation’s library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government. The “Wise Guide” will be refreshed monthly, much like a magazine, offering links to the best of the Library’s online materials. …
Follow up to previous postings on private military contractors in Iraq, this State Department press release, October 5, 2007: “Secretary Rice has received an initial assessment of Blackwater operations in support of Embassy Baghdad from the first two team members. The balance of the team – General Joulwan and Ambassador Roy – will arrive in …
Government Technology: “After over two decades of close interaction with the technology researchers, developers and business industries in New York City, the Industrial and Technology Assistance Corporation (ITAC) has released a report regarding the nature and depth of the tech sector in NYC. According to Kunal Malhotra, director of legislation and budget to Council Member …
Nixon’s Library Now a Part of NARA – California Facility Will Hold All Documents and Tapes From a Half-Century Career in Politics, by James Worsham, NARA, Prologue, Fall 2007, Vol. 39, No. 3. “On July 11, 2007, the National Archiveswith the approval of Congressestablished the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in the private facility …
Press release, October 4, 2007: “Two conservation organizations, the Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network, filed a lawsuit today against Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne for failing to take into account the latest information on global warming in management decisions affecting polar bears, walrus, sea otters, and manatees. The suit, brought …
NOZA: “We have built a searchable database containing more than 26 million charitable donation records (growing by 1,000,000 records monthly). Charities access our database through our website and search for prospective donors for their organizations…Highlights of the new site include: fewer steps to find the data youre looking for; streamlined navigation; additional sorting and viewing …
“DOepatents, the U.S. Department of Energy’s central collection of patent information, where research and development intersect with innovation and invention. This collection demonstrates the Department’s considerable contribution to scientific progress from the 1940s to today…This collection is growing as we continue to identify historic DOE patents, and to add ones recently issued. Currently, there are …
GPO: “Library Services and Content Management (LSCM) and volunteers from the Federal depository community worked to consolidate and update the Instructions to Depository Libraries and the Federal Depository Library Manual, including its supplements, into one online publication. All the chapters were reviewed by key stakeholders, including the Depository Library Council and the professional library associations. …
“The Committee held a hearing [October 5, 2007] to evaluate the status of corruption in the Iraqi government and whether U.S. government efforts to address this continuing problem have been adequate.” From Chairman Waxman’s Opening Statement: “Todays hearing is one of the most important that we will have this year. President Bush has made Iraq …