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Press release: “One week after U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced that the NSA warrantless surveillance program would soon be subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and several of his House colleagues, including House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) today called …
Follow-up to White House Fact Sheet: Affordable, Accessible, And Flexible Health Coverage, today’s press release: New Joint Economic Committee Report Highlights Critical Flaws of Bush Health Care Proposal and related Economic Policy Brief: The President’s Health Care Proposal: All Risk, No Reward.
Health Information Technology Initiative Major Accomplishments – background and history. Report (6 pages, PDF), Health Information Technology Initiative Major Accomplishments: 2004-2006
Library Workflow Redesign: Six Case Studies, by Marilyn Mitchell, editor, January 2007. 81 pp. Supplemental Information (these documents are not in the published report): Appalachian College Association, supplements (PDF) The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges, supplements (PDF) The Robert W. Woodruff Library of the AUC, supplements (PDF)
House Budget Committee, Democrats: CBO Forecasts Continued Fiscal Deterioration, January 24, 2007 – “While any improvement in the deficit is a welcome development, today’s report from CBO is no cause for a declaration of victory. When the surplus in Social Security is excluded, as it should be, the deficit for this year’s budget is $362 …
“Counterfeiting and piracy costs U.S. companies between $200-$250 billion a year and roughly 750,000 jobs to date. Nearly all industries are being affected, from apparel and footwear, high-tech industrial goods, medicines, autos and auto parts, food and beverages, and cosmetics to copyrighted works, including entertainment and business software, movies, music, and books. The U.S. Chamber …
From AP, Documents From The Trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, currently underway at the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. See also this notice, USA v. LIBBY (Criminal No. 05-394): Order filed 1/10/07.
Poverty In America: Consequences for Individuals and the Economy, Full text GAO-07-343T, and Highlights, January 24, 2007: “In 2005, 37 million people, approximately 13 percent of the total population, lived below the poverty line, as defined by the Census Bureau.” Poverty in America: Economic Research Shows Adverse Impacts on Health Status and Other Social Conditions …
National Taxpayers Union Foundation’s [NTUF] Cost Analysis of the President’s 2007 State of the Union Address Also from the NTUF – Study: Bush Proposes $12.4 Billion Spending Boost in State of Union Speech; Up from 2006
Summary of The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2017, prepared by the Congressional Budget Office (191 pages, PDF). See also this Summary (6 pages, PDF)
Full Committee Hearing: EIA Analysis of Draft Global Warming Legislation, January 24, 2007: “The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on analysis recently completed by the Energy Information Administration, Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade System.” Related postings on global warming …
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 in favor of the nonbinding measure to limit troops deployed to Iraq. See this statement by Sen. Chris Dodd [declared candidate for President] on the resolution. Dodd has offered an amendement to this resolution, (S. 308), to prohibit an escalation in United States military forces in Iraq without …