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Press release: “An estimated 19 percent (43.5 million) of U.S. residents age 16 or older had a face-to-face contact with a police officer in 2005, according to a new report by the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). This was a decrease from the 21 percent who had contact with police in 2002. Contact …
Press release: As Bush Administration Finally Agrees To Restrict Terrorists Access To Guns, Lautenberg Introduces Bill To Close ‘Terror Gap’: ” Last night, U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced legislation to prohibit terrorist suspects from purchasing firearms, mirroring an Administration plan released yesterday. The bill seeks to close the “terror gap” in federal gun …
Justice Department Lists E-Mails and Memos Being Withheld in Firings of U.S. Attorneys: “The Justice Department released a list of internal documents Thursday focusing on lawmakers’ concerns and media questions about the firings of eight federal prosecutors, but the department resisted congressional demands for copies of the memos. The list of 159 e-mails and memos, …
Forbes.com Corporate Org Chart Wiki: “It’s a new way to tap the collective knowledge of our community about the internal network of any company–so new that we are introducing it not only in beta form but in early beta. We know it’s a work in progress, and we want your help to make it better. …
Defense Inventory: Opportunities Exist to Save Billions by Reducing Air Force’s Unneeded Spare Parts Inventory GAO-07-232, April 27, 2007. Defense Logistics: Army and Marine Corps’s Individual Body Armor System Issues GAO-07-662R, April 26, 2007 Information Technology: DHS Needs to Fully Define and Implement Policies and Procedures for Effectively Managing Investments GAO-07-424, April 27, 2007
Questions and Answers from U.S. Attorneys Q & A from Committee for John McKay Q & A from Committee for Carol Lam Q & A from Committee for Bud Cummins Q & A from Committee for David Iglesias Iglesias Supplement Q & A from Committee for Paul K. Charlton Charlton Supplement 1 Charlton Supplement 2 …
“The FDA has informed GPO that the title “FDA Consumer” will cease in printed format after the March-April 2007 issue. The FDA does not plan an on-line product that would serve as a web version of the Consumer; rather they advise that information that has been presented in the FDA Consumer will [in future be …
“Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the first quarter of 2007, according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter, real GDP increased 2.5 …
Naitional Center for State Courts, Grand Juries Resource Guide
Book Searching Update, Computers in Libraries 2007 presentation by Greg R. Notess.
“Following media reports that at least 20 political briefings were given to officials of at least 15 federal agencies, Chairman Waxman writes to government agencies requesting further information and documents about any briefings mentioning elections or candidates provided to agency employees by officials in the White House.” [This link includes the text of each letter]
Legislative Branch: Energy Audits are Key to Strategy for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions GAO-07-516, April 25, 2007: “Legislative branch operations generated about 316,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions (expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents) in fiscal year 2006. The amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated by legislative branch operations is equal to the emissions produced …