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CRS Report, RS22605, FY2008 Budget Documents: Internet Access and GPO Availability, February 13, 2007: “This report provides brief descriptions of the budget volumes and related documents, together with Internet addresses, Government Printing Office (GPO) stock numbers, and prices to obtain these publications. It also tells how to find locations of government depository libraries, which can …
CRS Report, RS22606, Mergers and Acquisitions: Primer on Economic Considerations in the FTC and DOJ Horizontal Merger Approval Process, February 15, 2007. “The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly enforce antitrust laws that cover mergers and acquisitions of large companies. Initially, firms seeking a merger notify the agencies of their intent …
Press release: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today its intent to propose, as part of the forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), significant flexibility regarding travel documents required for U.S. and Canadian children as part of WHTI requirements for U.S. land and sea border entry in 2008. …
Press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sanchez (D-CA) released a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report [U.S. Attorneys Who Have Served Less than Full Four-year Terms, 1981-2006, February 22, 2007] showing the recent firing of seven U.S. Attorneys is unprecedented. Conyers and Sanchez requested the study, which found …
The Nation’s Report Card: 12th-Grade Reading and Mathematics 2005, February 2007 – Authors: Wendy Grigg, Patricia Donahue, and Gloria Dion – Released February 22, 2007 Americas High School Graduates: Results from the 2005 NAEP High School Transcript Study, Released February 22, 2007
Congressional Budget Office – The Cyclically Adjusted and Standardized Budget Measures, February 2007
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks: EPA Should Take Steps to Better Ensure the Effective Use of Public Funding for Cleanups GAO-07-152, February 8, 2007. “States estimated that fully cleaning up about 54,000 of the approximately 117,000 releases (leaks) known to them as of September 30, 2005, will cost about $12 billion in public funds. The Environmental …
Pew Research Center, Americans and Social Trust: Who, Where and Why February 22, 2007: “Social trust is a belief in the honesty, integrity and reliability of others – a “faith in people.” It’s a simple enough concept to describe. But it’s never been easy to figure out who trusts, or why.”
A Comprehensive Emergency Management Program – A Model for State and Territorial Courts 2007 , February 2007 (187 pages, PDF). “A Comprehensive Emergency Management Program (EMP) consists of… six elements [Program Management Program Management, Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, Training]…As new plans and programs that address one or more of these elements are developed, they will …
GAO Drops Two Areas and Adds Three To 2007 High Risk List, January 31, 2007: Food Safety, Protection of Technologies and Transportation Finance Are New Entires.
Press release, February 12, 2007: “Georgetown Law Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff is pleased to announce the establishment of the Sandra Day OConnor Project on the State of the Judiciary at Georgetown University Law Center. The project will continue the work of Fair and Independent Courts: A Conference on the State of the Judiciary, held at …
2007-4-00045 America’s Clean Water Foundation Incurred Costs for EPA Assistance Agreements X82835301, X783142301, and X82672301 [Report PDF – 38 pages] [At a Glance PDF] February 20, 2007.