Press release: “For the second consecutive year, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased, and for the fourth year in a row, the estimated number of property crimes decreased. According to statistics released today by the FBI, the estimated volume of violent crime increased 1.9 percent, and the estimated volume of property crime decreased 1.9 percent in 2006 when compared with 2005 figures. The estimated rate of violent crime was 473.5 occurrences per 100,000 inhabitants (a 1.0-percent increase when the 2006 and 2005 rates were compared), and the estimated rate of property crime was 3,334.5 per 100,000 inhabitants (a 2.8-percent decline). The FBI presented these data today in the 2006 edition of Crime in the United States, a statistical compilation of offense and arrest data as reported by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation.”
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Daily Archives: September 24, 2007
Estimates of Federal Tax Expenditures For Fiscal Years 2007-2011
On September 24, 2007, the Joint Committee on Taxation issued Estimates of Federal Tax Expenditures For Fiscal Years 2007-2011 (JCS-3-07) Continue Reading
Thompson, Langevin Demand Investigation into Department Cyber Attacks
Press release: “Committee on Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology Chairman James R. Langevin (D-RI) sent a letter on Friday to Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to request an investigation into cyber attacks on the Department initiated… Continue Reading
New EPA OIG Reports: North Anna Power Station, Supply Schedule Orders, Privacy Program Management Controls
2007-P-00038 Decision Needed on Regulating the Cooling Lagoons at the North Anna Power Station [Report PDF – 11 pages] [At a Glance PDF] September 20, 2007 2007-P-00037 Progress Made in Improving Use of Federal Supply Schedule Orders, but More Action Needed [Report PDF – 16 pages] [At a Glance PDF] September 20, 2007 2007-P-00036 Total… Continue Reading
Treasury Releases First in Series of Papers on Social Security Reform
“Treasury released today the first in a series of issue briefs that will discuss Social Security reform, focusing on the nature of the problem and those aspects of reform that have broad support.” Paulson Statement on Social Security Reform, September 24, 2007 Issue Brief No. 1 Social Security Reform: The Nature of the Problem, September… Continue Reading
Report by Environmental Group Analyzes Energy Bill Emissions Reduction Scenarios
Press release: “A new analysis released today by Environmental Defense shows that energy legislation passed by the House and Senate would let greenhouse emissions continue to increase for the next three decades, even if the best fuel-saving and renewable energy provisions in both bills were combined in conference committee…Environmental Defenses analysis examines how well U.S.… Continue Reading
Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, Volume E-5, Part 2
“The Department of State released today Foreign Relations of the United States, 19691976, Volume E5, Part 2, Documents on North Africa, 1969-1972. This electronic-only volume is available on the Department of States website. Part of the ongoing official documentary history of U.S. foreign policy, this is the promised second portion of an electronic-only volume that… Continue Reading
Cuomo Subpoenas Facebook Over User Safety
Press release: “Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced today that his office is investigating Facebook over representations the company makes about safety measures in place on its website. In a letter accompanying a subpoena for documents, Cuomo warned the company that a preliminary review conducted by his office revealed significant defects in the sites safety controls… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Report: Superfund Activities in the Environment and Natural Resources Division
Superfund Activities in the Environment and Natural Resources Division for Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005, Audit Report 07-43, September 2007 (42 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
U.S. Trade Representative Fact Sheet on Food Safety
09/24/2007 – U.S. Food Safety and Trade: Myth vs. Fact. Continue Reading
New Report: Four Out of Five Companies Worldwide Affected by Fraud
Press release: “Four out of five companies have suffered from corporate fraud in the past three years, according to a survey from Kroll, the worlds leading risk consulting company. New technologies, new investors and expansion into new overseas markets have opened the door to different forms of fraud, the report concludes. In some sectors, more… Continue Reading
Citizen Group Launches Online Tool to Investigate and Evaluate Earmarks
“Today, Sunlight and Taxpayers for Common Sense launched EarmarkWatch.org, a user-friendly, online investigative tool that lets citizens connect the dots between lawmakers, lobbyists, campaign contributors and earmarks, plus share info and comments on whether earmarks meet pressing needs, pay off political contributors, or are simply pure pork. Currently, the site includes nearly 3,800 earmarks from… Continue Reading
