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Four New Energy Reports from Energy Information Administration

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  • Annual Energy Outlook Retrospective Review: Evaluation of Projections in Past Editions (03/31/2007): “This paper produces a comparison between realized energy outcomes and the projections included in previous editions of the AEO. Each year, the comparison adds the projections from the most recent AEO and updates the historical data to the most recently available.”
  • April 2007 Petroleum Marketing Monthly (03/30/2007): “Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional and state level.”
  • March 2007 Natural Gas Monthly (03/30/2007): “Natural and supplemental gas production, supply, consumption, disposition, storage, imports, exports, and prices in the United States. This report is updated during the first week of each month.
  • Natural Gas Year-In-Review 2006 (03/30/2007): “This is a special report that provides an overview of the natural gas industry and markets in 2006 with special focus on the first complete set of supply and disposition data for 2006 from the Energy Information Administration. Topics discussed include natural gas end-use consumption trends, effects of the 2005 hurricanes on offshore production, imports and exports of pipeline and liquefied natural gas, and the above-average storage inventories in 2006.”

    • Oversight Hearing Hearing Investigates Allegations of Misconduct at GSA

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    Wednesday, March 28, 2007 – Administration Oversight – Hearing Investigates Allegations of Misconduct at GSA: “This hearing focused on allegations that GSA Administrator Lurita Doan failed to follow proper procedures for awarding federal contracts, attempted to intervene in contract negotiations, and engaged in partisan political activities on federal property.” Related documents and links: Chairman Henry… Continue Reading

    Appellate Courts Go Live on Case Management/Electronic Case Files

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    The Third Branch, March 2007: “Some day in the not-too-distant future, locating and reading a brief filed in a federal appellate case will become as easy as finding an appeals court opinion. And electronic appellate briefs will feature hyperlinks to lower court rulings, statutes, regulations, and other cited materials. “Judges generally are excited about having… Continue Reading

    DOT OIG Audit on Value Engineering and Testimony on Outsourced Maintenance Facilities

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    Value Engineering In The Federal-Aid Highway Program, March 28, 2007: “The audit objectives were to determine whether FHWA’s oversight is adequate to ensure that: (1) value engineering studies are performed on all Federal-aid projects that have an estimated cost of $25 million or more; (2) value engineering studies are performed on all Federal-aid projects that… Continue Reading

    Former Army General's Strategic and Operational Assessment of Security Operations in Iraq

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    Via Defense Tech, a detailed March 26, 2007 action report, on Iraq authored by former Army general and U.S. Southern Commmand commander Barry R. McCaffrey, that includes the following statements: “Iraq is ripped by a low grade civil war which has worsened to catastrophic levels with as many as 3000 citizens murdered per month. The… Continue Reading

    White House Use of Non-Government Issued Email Accounts Under Scrutiny

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    “Rep. Waxman Requests Information on White House E-Mail Policies Following new revelations that White House officials have been conducting official business using nongovernmental e-mail accounts, Chairman Waxman asks White House Counsel Fred Fielding for information and a briefing regarding White House e-mail policies.” Computerworld: “For official government business, staff members in the Bush White House… Continue Reading

    GAO Reports on Next Generation Air Transportation Systems

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    Joint Planning and Development Office: Progress and Key Issues in Planning the Transition to the Next Generation Air Transportation System GAO-07-693T, March 29, 2007 NASA: Issues Surrounding the Transition from the Space Shuttle to the Next Generation of Human Space Flight Systems GAO-07-595T, March 28, 2007: “NASA is in the midst of a transition effort… Continue Reading

    Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the January-September 2006 National Health Interview Survey

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    Press release: “In this release, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) updates estimates for 15 selected health measures based on data from the January–September 2006 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and presents estimates from 1997 through 2005 for comparison. The 15 Early Release measures are being published prior to final data editing and final… Continue Reading