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From DHS, Fact Sheet: National Preparedness Month 2006 – “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that more than 1,150 national, regional, state and local organizations have joined the department to take part in National Preparedness Month. This nationwide effort encourages Americans to prepare for emergencies of all kinds in their homes, businesses, …
USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology & 21st Century Agriculture — Opportunities and Challenges in Agricultural Biotechnology: The Decade Ahead, July 13, 2006.
Press release: U.S. Sentencing Commission votes to promulgate emergency guideline amendment regarding intellectual property crimes.
3 Must-Use Online Tools for Journalists, Amy Gahran’s handout [HTML and PDF] from the annual conference of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). [via Center for Media and Democracy] Also from the SPJ conference, Tech Trends: A User’s Guide to Software, Hardware, and Other Tools Revolutionizing Journalism, by Jeff South
Gross Domestic Product and Corporate Profits: Second Quarter 2006 “Preliminary” Estimates Full Release: PDF Technical Note Tables: XLS Highlights: PDF
Joint Status Report on Microsoft’s Compliance with the Final Judgments – Aug 30, 2006.
The 2006 Best of the Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards includes a list and links to all sites that were won awards, as well as finalists. Below is a sampling of information about specific categories: Winner in the State Portal Category: Michigan County Portal Category: 1st Place – Seminole County, Florida City Portal Category: …
August 30, 2006: “NIST is proud to announce the release of Special Publication 800-88, Guidelines for Media Sanitization. This guide is intended to assist organizations and system owners in making practical sanitization decisions based on the type of information on their system media. It does not, and cannot, specifically address all known types of media …
CBO Testimony on the Budgetary Impact of Current and Proposed Border Security and Immigration Policies, August 30, 2006 Related postings on immigration issues
New LC Country Profile of Iraq, August 2006.
American Work Life is Worsening, But Most Workers Still Content, August 30, 2006 (40 pages, PDF) “Americans believe that workers in this country are worse off now than a generation ago – toiling longer and harder for less in wages and benefits, for employers who aren’t as loyal as they once were, in jobs that …
Bureau of Justice Statistics press release: “The number of suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system grew substantially during the 10-year period of 1994 to 2003, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. U.S. federal prosecutors investigated more than 130,000 suspects during 2003 (a new record), up from 99,000 …