Press release: “With just a few clicks of the mouse and a ZIP code, consumers can see how their individual energy use is affecting the Earth. EPA’s Power Profiler calculates how much air pollution results from individual electricity use, the fuels used to produce that electricity and how to reduce the impact…All you need is… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2007
White House Counsel Informs Judiciary Committee President Will Assert Executive Privilege
Follow up to June 13 posting, Judiciary Chairmen Leahy, Conyers Issue Subpoenas For White House Officials, Documents see these related government documents and Congressional statements issued today: Press release from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT): “As the Committee opens its Executive Business meeting today, I note that the deadline has passed for the White House and… Continue Reading
GAO Analysis of the Special Operations Command's Management of Weapon System Programs
Defense Acquisitions: An Analysis of the Special Operations Command’s Management of Weapon System Programs, GAO-07-620, June 28, 2007. “Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) duties have greatly increased since the attacks of September 11, 2001. Today, Special Operations Forces are at work in Afghanistan and Iraq, and SOCOM has been assigned to lead U.S. efforts in the… Continue Reading
DOJ FOIA Post – Guidance on Submitting Updated Status Reports to the
“As part of the June 1, 2007 report to the President on agency progress under Executive Order 13,392, “Improving Agency Disclosure of Information,” the Attorney General recommended that agencies submit to the President’s Management Council an Updated Status Report concerning any deficiency reported by the agency in its Fiscal Year 2006 annual FOIA report. This… Continue Reading
FDA Detains Imports of Farm-Raised Chinese Seafood
Press release: “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a broader import control of all farm-raised catfish, basa, shrimp, dace (related to carp), and eel from China. FDA will start to detain these products at the border until the shipments are proven to be free of residues from drugs that are not approved in… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Reports Review FEMA Contracts
Congressional Inquiry Regarding Southwest Charter Lines, Inc., OIG-07-47 (PDF, 4 pages) released June 28, 2007. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Volunteers Service Program Following Hurricane Katrina, OIG-07-51 (PDF, 6 pages) released June 28, 2007 Continue Reading
GAO Report on Terminated Defined Benefit Pensions and Enforcement Challenges
Defined Benefit Pensions: Conflicts of Interest Involving High Risk or Terminated Plans Pose Enforcement Challenges, GAO-07-703, June 28, 2007. “To protect workers’ retirement security, the requesters asked GAO to assess: 1) What is known about conflicts of interest affecting private sector defined benefit (DB) plans? 2) What procedures does the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)… Continue Reading
Baltimore Sun Launches Mapping Tool to Track City's Homicide Rate
Via Editor and Publisher, from the Baltimore Sun, an interactive map of Baltimore Homicides 2007, displays points for each homicide in the city specified by the reader, including: time frame, zip code, age, gender, race, cause of death and any related articles. Continue Reading
FTC Issues Administrative Complaint Seeking to Block Whole Foods Markets Acquisition of Wild Oats Markets
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint challenging Whole Foods Market Inc.s approximately $670 million acquisition of Wild Oats Markets Inc. The administrative complaint preserves the Commissions legal option to pursue an administrative remedy following the federal district court proceeding. According to the complaint, the transaction would violate federal antitrust laws… Continue Reading
BJS Report on Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Press release: “There were about 1.1 million full-time state and local law enforcement employees in the U.S., including about 732,000 sworn personnel as of September 30, 2004, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Local police departments were the largest employers, with 447,000 officers; followed by sheriffs offices, with 175,000; state law… Continue Reading
FDIC OIG Semiannual Report to the Congress
FDIC OIG Semiannual Report to the Congress, March 31, 2007. Continue Reading
Census Bureau Announces Most Populous Cities
Press release: “Phoenix has become the nations fifth most populous city, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates released today. As of July 1, 2006, this desert metropolis had a population of 1.5 million. New York continued to be the nations most populous city, with 8.2 million residents. This was more than twice the population… Continue Reading
