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Monthly Archives: September 2007

New GAO Reports

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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 Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2007

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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

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Press release: “Presenting Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary’s Task Force on Antitrust and Competition Policy, Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras provided an overview of the FTC’s 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

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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

GSAs USA.gov Earns Standard of Excellence WebAward

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Press release, September 18, 2007: “USA.gov, the federal government’s official web portal, has won the international Government Standard of Excellence in the Web Marketing Association’s 2007 WebAward, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced today…The award recognizes USA.gov – which is managed by GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Communication – as one of the… Continue Reading

Healthy Waters, Strong Economy: The Benefits of Restoring the Great Lakes Ecosystem

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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