2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict Resource on Wikipedia
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, from Wikipedia [use at your own discretion]
Telecommuting: A 21st Century Solution to Traffic Jams and Terrorism
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing entitled Telecommuting: A 21st Century Solution to Traffic Jams and Terrorism, July 18, 2006. Links to opening statements and witness testimony
Producer Price Indexes – June 2006
Producer Price Index News Release text (20 pages, PDF) Technical notes Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing Table 3. Producer price indexes for selected commodity groupings Table 4. Producer price indexes for the …
Issue Brief: Sunset Commission Proposals
From OMB Watch, published July 17, 2006: “This issue brief discusses the leading sunset commission proposals and identifies whether they live up to their promise of cutting waste and improving management of federal programs, or whether they present new problems.” Sunset Commission Legislation in the 109th Congress (18 pages, PDF)
Wilson-Sensenbrenner-Hoekstra Introduce Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act of 2006
Press release: “Rep. Heather Wilson, chair of the House Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence was joined today by Reps. James Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Pete Hoekstra, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, in introducing the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act of 2006, an update to the outdated Foreign …
Recent CRS Reports on the Middle East
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, updated July 13, 2006 (48 pages, PDF) Israel: Background and Relations with the United States, updated May 18, 2006 (19 pages, PDF) Lebanon, updated June 8, 2006 (19 pages, PDF) Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues, updated June 22, 2006 (22 pages, PDF)
GAO Audit of Global War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism [GWOT]: Observations on Funding, Costs, and Future Commitments, Full-text GAO-06-885T, and Highlights, July 18, 2006. “Since 2001, Congress has appropriated about $430 billion to DOD and other government agencies for military and diplomatic efforts in support of GWOT…neither DOD nor the Congress reliably know how much the war is costing and …
President's Accomplishments at the G-8 Summit
July 17, 2006 — Fact Sheet: The President’s Accomplishments at the G-8 Summit
Hearing on Phishing Remedies
The Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, chaired by Rep. Spencer Bachus (AL), held a hearing today entitled “ICANN and the Whois Database: Providing Access to Protect Consumers from Phishing.” Government officials contend that access to Whois data is essential in the effort to combat cybercrimes, while privacy advocates maintain that access to data …
DHS Launches Updated Website for National Preparedness
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Ready Campaign today launched an updated version of its Web site, www.ready.gov, to educate Americans about the simple steps they should take to be ready for a variety of emergencies.”
National Weather Service Is Planning to Improve Service and Gain Efficiency
Weather Forecasting: National Weather Service Is Planning to Improve Service and Gain Efficiency, but Impacts of Potential Changes Are Not Yet Known GAO-06-792, and Highlights, July 14, 2006.
Data for the International Energy Annual 2004
Electricity Data for the International Energy Annual 2004 (07/10/2006): “Excel spreadsheets with time series data for the years 1980-2004 on: (1) net consumption and generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power in both billion kilowatthours and British thermal units (Btu); (2) net conventional thermal electricity generation, total net …