Press release: “In two separate letters, Chairman Waxman asks when the White House Counsel’s office learned about White House officials’ use of nongovernmental e-mail accounts for official purposes, and what steps, if any, it took to preserve these records and prevent violations of the Presidential Records Act. A staff report issued by the committee’s majority… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
National Task Force Releases New Tools to Protect Cultural Heritage
Press release: “A new collection of handy tools designed especially for libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and historic preservation and arts organizations has been released by the Heritage Emergency National Task Force. The tools are the result of the Task Forces Lessons Applied initiative to develop practical applications for the lessons from Hurricane Katrina, such… Continue Reading
EPA OIG Audit of Projected Pollutant Reductions Resulting from Enforcement Actions and Settlements
2007-B-00002 Assessment of EPAs Projected Pollutant Reductions Resulting from Enforcement Actions and Settlements, [Report PDF – 44 pages] [At a Glance PDF] July 24, 2007. Continue Reading
Pew Internet Project's First Major Report on Online Video
Press release: “The growing adoption of broadband combined with a dramatic push by content providers to promote online video has helped to pave the way for mainstream audiences to embrace online video viewing. Fifty-seven percent of online adults have used the internet to watch or download video, and 19% do so on a typical day.… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: FDA, IG, Medicaid, SBA, NASA Supplier Base
Compact of Free Association: Implementation Activities Have Progressed, but the Marshall Islands Faces Challenges to Achieving Long-Term Compact Goals, GAO-07-1125T, July 25, 2007 Environmental Justice: Measurable Benchmarks Needed to Gauge EPA Progress in Correcting Past Problems, GAO-07-1140T, July 25, 2007 Food and Drug Administration: Methodologies for Identifying and Allocating Costs of Reviewing Medical Device Applications… Continue Reading
Latest Federal Reserve Board Beige Book
Press release, July 25, 2007: “Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Banks indicated that economic activity continued to expand in June and early July. New York, Richmond, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and San Francisco described the pace of growth as “moderate” while Cleveland and Chicago saw it as “modest.” Philadelphia noted that economic conditions improved. Kansas… Continue Reading
Commission Urges Improvements to Servicemembers' Care
Press release: A commission tasked to fix problems with wounded servicemembers care today presented a 29-page proposal to President Bush that suggests overhauling the disability-rating system and urges more attention be paid to returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans suffering from brain injuries. In the wake of reports that servicemembers at Walter Reed Army Medical… Continue Reading
Customer Dissatisfaction With Airline Travel Increases
Feel Free to Move About the Airport: Turbulence Continues to Roil the Airline Industry, July 25, 2007 in Knowledge@Wharton: “Airline consumer advocates contend delays are now a routine part of air travel. For the first five months of this year, the major airlines’ on-time arrival rate was 73.5%, the lowest for that period in the… Continue Reading
NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources
NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources – Updated July 2007: “At the request of NCSL’s Legislative Research Librarians (LRL) staff section, NCSL has developed this resource of 50-state compilations covering various issues that concern state legislators and legislative staff. Here you will find a topical, alphabetical listing of legislative and statutory databases, compilations and state… Continue Reading
House Judiciary Reports Contempt Citations to the House of Representatives
Press release: “Today, the House Judiciary Committee sent a report and resolution to the House of Representatives finding former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten in statutory contempt of Congress for failing to respond to the Committee’s subpoenas in the U.S. Attorney investigation. The report passed by a… Continue Reading
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Strategy Delivered To Congress
Press release: “On Friday, 20 July 2007, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates joined with the Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to submit to Congress a three-page statement on U.S. national security and nuclear weapons, entitled Maintaining Deterrence in the 21st Century.” Continue Reading
America's Top Digital Counties Ranked
Press release: “The Center for Digital Government has completed 2007’s evaluation of America’s most digital county governments. This year’s Digital Counties Survey found many counties using information technology in increasingly innovative ways and improving service to their citizens…2007’s Winners are: 500,000 or more population: 1st: Montgomery County, Maryland 250,000-499,999 population: 1st: Richland County, South Carolina… Continue Reading
