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“Today the House of Representatives passed four good government bills. H.R. 985 enhances protections offered to federal whistleblowers, H.R. 1255 strengthens the Freedom of Information Act, H.R. 1255 makes clear that presidential records belong to the public, and H.R. 1254 requires organizations that raise money for presidential libraries to disclose information about their donors. H.R. …
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AP: “Suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed to the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl and a central role in 30 other attacks and plots in the U.S. and worldwide that killed thousands of victims, said a revised transcript released Thursday by the U.S. military.” Related documents are available at the Department of Defense …
Heritage Foundations Federal Revenue and Spending: A Book of Charts
The Presidential Primary Systems Democracy Problems, by Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation, 3/13/2007 “News reports in recent weeks have describedand often decriedthe scramble among states to move the dates of their presidential primaries much earlier than in the past in order to gain greater influence in determining the nominees of both parties. In this …
Center for Political Accountability, Corporate Political Spending: What It Includes, How It Is Defined, March 14, 2007: “The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002 was enacted, in part, to staunch the flow of corporate money into the political process. It prohibited unlimited (or soft money) contributions to national political parties and to committees controlled …
On March 14, 2007, the Joint Committee on Taxation issued Selected Data Related To The Federal Tax System (JCX-11-07)
The Department of Homeland Security’s Role in Food Defense and Critical Infrastructure Protection, OIG-07-33, January 2007 (PDF, 156 pages)
Office of Justice Programs Office of Justice Programs National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers, Audit Report 07-22, March 2007 PDF (Full Report) Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2006, Audit Report 07-13, January 2007, (Commentary and Summary Only) Office of Justice Programs Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2006, Audit Report 07-21, …
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General — Audit, Review of Hospital Wage Data Used To Calculate Inpatient Prospective Payment System Wage Indexes, (A-01-05-00504), February 26, 2007. Complete Text of Report is available in PDF format. Summmary: “Our objectives were to (1) consolidate the results of our reviews of 21 hospitals compliance …
Report to Congress Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, March 2007 (47 pages, PDF).