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Press release: “Government secrecy saw further expansion last year despite growing public concern, according to a report released today by a coalition of open government advocates. The Secrecy Report Card 2007, produced annually by OpenTheGovernment.org in order to identify trends in public access to information, found a troubling lack of transparency in military procurement, assertions …
The Cyclically Adjusted and Standardized Budget Measures: An Update, August 2007, PDF and Data
Economic Research Service: “The consumption of organic food and beverages is concentrated in Europe and the United States, but the production of certified organic products is scattered worldwide. U.S. production and domestic consumption of organic products continues to increase. Organic farming systems rely on ecologically based practices, such as cultural and biological pest management, and …
The Paycheck Report – Midlevel associates gave us their salary information. “Here’s how Am Law 200 firms stack up in several key markets,” by David Brown, The American Lawyer, September 1, 2007. firm-by-firm breakdown
Follow up to previous posting on Presidential Records Act Violations, FOIA within the EOP: “The Office of Administration [OA], whose sole function is to advise and assist the President, and which has no substantial independent authority, is not subject to FOIA and related authorities. OA is a distinct entity from the other components of the …
Press release: “The Center on Government Secrecy (CGS) was created in August 2007 as a non-partisan academic center devoted to the study of government openness and secrecy. Established under the auspices of the Program on Law and Government in the Washington College of Law (WCL), at American University in Washington, D.C., it stands as the …
“The Federation of American Scientists posts its unique 60 year archive of public interest reports on science in the public interest, nuclear weapons and energy policy, biological and chemical warfare, government secrecy, military policy…Reports online range from 1946 to 2005. A year-by-year pull down menu is available here.” [Michael Ravnitzky, Steven Aftergood]
“Between 1971 and 1973, President Richard Nixon secretly recorded 3,700 hours of his phone calls and meetings. These recordings were made in the Oval Office (commonly designated by the abbreviation “OVAL”), his hideaway office in the Executive Office Building (“EOB”), the Cabinet Room (“CAB”), Camp David (“CDHW”), and on various White House telephones (“WHT”). Currently, …
Press release: “In a report released [August 29, 2007]…the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) provides the only comprehensive look at the four-year litigation campaign waged by the RIAA against music fans. The report traces the RIAA campaign from its beginnings in 2003 against a handful of students at Princeton, Rensselaer Polytechnic, and Michigan Tech to the …
“The National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation has been conducted about every five years since 1955. It provides information on the number of participants in fishing, hunting, and wildlife watching (observing, photographing, and feeding wildlife), and the amount of time and money spent on these activities. The Survey is one of the Nation’s …
Press release, 31 August 2007, Vienna: “A round of climate change talks under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded in Austria today with agreement on key elements for an effective international response to climate change.” “A new United Nations Internet site, Gateway to the UN Systems Work on …
Follow up to previous postings re the ongoing Congressional investigation into missing White House emails, news from Bloomberg that “an [unidentified] outside contractor…conducted daily audits of the [White House] e-mail system…” and yet “5 million e-mails from March 2003 to October 2005 are missing…”