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Monthly Archives: April 2007

Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Department of Justice Oversight Hearing

“The Senate Judiciary Committee April 19 held a hearing concerning oversight of the Department of Justice. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified at the hearing about the abrupt dismissal of eight U.S. Attorneys.” Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Senate Judicary Oversight Hearing, April 19, 2007. Statements, Letters, And Releases About The… Continue Reading

Energy Commission Proposes Plan to Cut Total U.S. Climate Emissions in First Year of Program

Press release: “The National Commission on Energy Policy, a bipartisan group of top energy experts from industry, government, labor, academia, and environmental and consumer groups, today released a series of new, sweeping recommendations to address the nation’s leading energy challenges. In its new report, Energy Policy Recommendations to the President and the 110th Congress (148… Continue Reading

HHS Report on Abstinence Education Programs

Impacts of Four Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs, Final Report, April 2007 by: Christopher Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, Ken Fortson, Lisa Quay, Justin Wheeler, and Melissa Clark, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Contract No.: HHS 100-98-0010 MPR Reference No.: 8549-110 Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for… Continue Reading

House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Report Card for the First Quarter

House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Report Card for the First Quarter, April 19, 2007. Press release: “Today, Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Bob Filner (D-CA) announced an ambitious agenda focused on providing funds for the warrior, reaching out to American’s veterans and providing Congressional oversight with results. In the first 100 days of the… Continue Reading

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Crime and the Nation's Households, 2005

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Crime and the Nation’s Households, 2005 – “Presents information on households or persons in households who experienced one or more violent or property victimizations in 2005. Measuring crime by counting the affected households gives an understanding of whether crime is concentrated in fewer households or spread among more households in the… Continue Reading

DOJ OIG Reports on Equitable Sharing Grants and Justice Program Grants

Use of Equitable Sharing Revenues by the Boulder County Drug Task Force Boulder, Colorado, Audit Report GR-60-07-003, April 2007 Use of Equitable Sharing Assets by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Audit Report GR-70-07-003, March 2007 Office of Justice Programs Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative Funding Received by the Yuma County Attorney’s Office, Yuma, Arizona, Audit Report… Continue Reading

Open Source Article: Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities

Published online before print April 16, 2007 – Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 10.1073/pnas.0610172104, Open Access Article, Sustainability Science, Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities, Luís M. A. Bettencourt, José Lobo, Dirk Helbing, Christian Kühnert, and Geoffrey B. West. [full text, PDF] “Humanity has just crossed a major landmark in its… Continue Reading