Monthly Budget Review, April 2007 A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2006 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, April 2007 Background Paper: Utilization of Tax Incentives for Retirement Saving: Update to 2003, March 2007 Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2007
FTC Submits Do Not Call Report for FY 2006 to Congress
The National Do Not Call Registry: Annual Report to Congress for FY 2006 Pursuant to the Do Not Call Implementation Act On Implementation of the National Do Not Call Registry (April 2007) Continue Reading
AFL-CIO Releases 2007 Executive PayWatch Website
Press release: “The AFL-CIO today unveiled its 2007 Executive PayWatch Website, detailing how a flawed executive compensation system allowed CEOs in 2006 to collect excessive severance packages and providing an in-depth look at the ongoing stock options backdating scandal. The AFL-CIO PayWatch site…also provides a snapshot of the total compensation for CEOs, including the grant… Continue Reading
Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2006
Press release: “The Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2006 report is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with Section 665 of P.L. 107-228, the FY 03 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, which requires the Department to report on actions taken by the U.S. Government to encourage respect for… Continue Reading
Nation's Largest Single-Subject Declassification Effort Concludes April 2007
Eight Million Pages of New Material for Researchers on Nazi and Japanese War Crimes, Washington, D.C.: “The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (IWG), the group tasked with locating, declassifying, and making publicly available U.S. records of Nazi and Japanese war crimes, will conclude its work on March 31, 2007.… Continue Reading
2006 FDA Acceptable U.S. Industries Index for Employee Ownership
2006 FDA Listing of U.S. Industries – Annual Update 1/1/07: “The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) filers (i.e., employees who are required to file either a confidential or public financial disclosure report) may not hold financial interests in companies which are significantly regulated by the FDA. For purposes of the FDA Conflict of Interest regulations… Continue Reading
Google Introduces My Maps
Press release: “Today, Google is launching My Maps, a new feature of Google Maps that enables users to quickly and easily create custom maps for personal use or sharing through search. With this release, creating maps mashups is now as simple as pointing and clicking. From chronicling trips, to sharing tips and documenting academic endeavors,… Continue Reading
FDIC Releases State Bank Profiles, Performance Plan
Call and Thrift Financial Reports, April 2, 2007. “March 31, 2007 filing information for Call Reports are now available.” FDIC State Profiles, March 30, 2007: “Fourth quarter 2006 summary of state banking and economic conditions now available.” 2007 FDIC Annual Performance Plan, March 26, 2007: “This Plan sets out specific annual performance goals, indicators and… Continue Reading
State of the Blogoshpere Report, April 2007
David Sifry’s annual State of the Blogosphere report: “Technorati is now tracking over 70 million weblogs, and we’re seeing about 120,000 new weblogs being created worldwide each day. That’s about 1.4 blogs created every second of every day.” Archive of reports dating back to October 2004 are linked here. Continue Reading
DOD OIG Releases Review of Pre-Iraqi War Activities
Review of the Pre-Iraqi War Activities of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, February 9, 2007 (Public Release Version) – Report Number 07-INTEL-04. Due to the large size of this report file (121 pages), it has been divided into four parts to make it easier to download. Review of the Pre-Iraqi… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Reports on Legal Permanet Residents in 2006
Legal Permanent Residents: 2006 (PDF, 6 pages) – “This report presents information on the number and characteristics of persons who became legal permanent residents in the United States during fiscal year 2006.” Data on Legal Permanent Residents – Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2006 – “Access data on immigrants who became legal permanent residents in fiscal… Continue Reading
EPA Report on Superfund Remediation Site Problems
2007-P-00016 Environmental Justice Concerns and Communication Problems Complicated Cleaning Up Ringwood Mines/Landfill Site [Report PDF – 32 pages] [At a Glance PDF] April 2, 2007 Continue Reading
