Press release, February 15, 2007: “Following incidents at JFK and Austin airports where passengers were forced to remain on planes for as long as 11 hours, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today announced that she is planning to introduce a “Passengers’ Bill of Rights” in the Senate to ensure that air travelers are not unnecessarily held on planes or deprived access to basic food, water, and hygiene.”
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Daily Archives: February 16, 2007
DHS Forms Partnership with NSF for Academic Research Initiative on Domestic Nuclear Detection
DHS press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently issued a potential $58 million, over five years, in grant opportunities for colleges and universities that will focus on detection systems, individual sensors or other research relevant to the detection of nuclear weapons,… Continue Reading
Law School Deans Call for Judicial Pay Raises
Follow up to previous postings on calls for judicial pay raises, “The deans of 130 of the nation’s law schools have sent letters to congressional leaders in support of “a substantial increase in the compensation of federal judges.” Continue Reading
Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
“The Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets you’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives. The goal of the project is to make… Continue Reading
New Reports from Joint Economic Committee
February 16, 2007 – Investing in Raising Children February 16, 2007 – Investing in Families Taking Care of Elderly Parents February 16, 2007 – Investing In a College Education Weekly Economic Digest – February 16 , 2007 – Housing, Retail Sales, and Industrial Production All Slowed in January Continue Reading
New LC Country Profiles of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
New LC Country Profiles on Turkmenistan (February 16, 2007) and Uzbekistan (February 15, 2007). Continue Reading
New Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports
Extended Mass Layoffs (Quarterly) 02/16/2007 Producer Price Index 02/16/2007 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes 02/15/2007 Quarterly Data Series on Business Employment Dynamics 02/14/2007 Continue Reading
DOD OIG Report on Management of the Iraq Security Forces Fund in Southwest Asia
D-2007-060 Management of the Iraq Security Forces Fund in Southwest Asia – Phase II (2/12/2007) (Project D2006-D000LQ-0240.000) Continue Reading
