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Daily Archives: September 25, 2007
Senate Judiciary Hearing: Strengthening FISA: Does the Protect America Act Protect Americans' Civil Liberties and Enhance Security?
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Strengthening FISA: Does the Protect America Act Protect Americans’ Civil Liberties and Enhance Security? Tuesday, September 25, 2007. [Link to witness statements] September 25, 2007: DNI Statement for the Record – Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on FISA Related postings on FISA and Protect America Act Continue Reading
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly)
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Technical Note Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, seasonally adjusted Table 2. Civilian labor force and unemployment by census region and division, not seasonally adjusted Table 3. Civilian labor force and unemployment by state and selected… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports
Chemical Regulation: Comparison of U.S. and Recently Enacted European Union Approaches to Protect against the Risks of Toxic Chemicals GAO-07-825, August 17, 2007 Nuclear Security: DOE and NRC Have Different Security Requirements for Protecting Weapons-Grade Material from Terrorist Attacks, GAO-07-1197R, September 11, 2007 Compact of Free Association: Implementation Activities Have Progressed, but the Marshall Islands… Continue Reading
The Nations Report Card: Reading 2007
Released September 25, 2007: “This report presents results of the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading at grades 4 and 8. Results for students in the nation and in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Department of Defense schools are reported as average scores and as percentages of students performing at… Continue Reading
FTC Has Focused Enforcement on Sectors of Economy with Greatest Impact on Consumers
Press release: “Presenting Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciarys Task Force on Antitrust and Competition Policy, Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras provided an overview of the FTCs recent antitrust enforcement activities. Since the beginning of 2007, the Commission has had to be especially resourceful, as the number… Continue Reading
DOT- Actions Needed to Minimize Long, On-Board Flight Delays
Department of Transporation Audit, Actions Needed to Minimize Long, On-Board Flight Delays, September 25, 2007, AV-2007-077 (44 pages, PDF). Summary: “On September 25, we issued our final audit report on Actions Needed To Minimize Long, On-Board Delays, in response to Secretary Peters’ request to examine long, on-board delays. What we found is that the severity… Continue Reading
Latest Consumer Confidence Index
“The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in August, fell further in September. The Index now stands at 99.8 (1985=100), down from 105.6 in August. The Present Situation Index decreased to 121.7 from 130.1. The Expectations Index declined to 85.2 from 89.2.” Continue Reading
Assessing States' Progress in Meeting State Children's Health Insurance Program Goals
HHS OIG: Assessing States’ Progress in Meeting State Children’s Health Insurance Program Goals (OEI-05-07-00330) (36 pages, PDF), September 24, 2007 Continue Reading
GSAs USA.gov Earns Standard of Excellence WebAward
Press release, September 18, 2007: “USA.gov, the federal governments official web portal, has won the international Government Standard of Excellence in the Web Marketing Associations 2007 WebAward, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced today…The award recognizes USA.gov which is managed by GSAs Office of Citizen Services and Communication – as one of the… Continue Reading
Healthy Waters, Strong Economy: The Benefits of Restoring the Great Lakes Ecosystem
Press release: “Restoring the Great Lakes to health will create $50 billion in economic benefit for the region, a new cost-benefit analysis conducted by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program finds. According to Healthy Waters, Strong Economy: The Benefits of Restoring the Great Lakes Ecosystem (16 pages, PDF), efforts to improve the health of the… Continue Reading
US Supreme Court 2007-2008 Case List
US Supreme Court 2007-2008 Case List Continue Reading
