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Daily Archives: October 16, 2007

Union Reports: Online Public Disclosure Room from Dept. of Labor

OLMS Online Public Disclosure Room, which is powered by a new database query system. From this site you can (1) view and print reports filed by unions, union officers and employees, employers, and labor relations consultants for the year 2000 and after, (2) order reports for the year 1999 and prior, and (3) search the union annual financial reports for the year 2000 and after. Using this new query system, you can access facsimiles of labor organization financial reports, as well as retrieve union and financial data. Searchers are now able to select results they wish to save, and can generate a number of reports comparing data saved from multiple searches.” [IWS Documented News Service]

New Bill To Add And Toughen Penalties For ID Theft And Fraud

Press release, October 16, 2007: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today introduced the bipartisan Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 to give federal prosecutors important new tools to combat the growing problem of identity theft and cyber crime. The Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act… Continue Reading

National Select Agent Registry

“The National Select Agent Registry Program oversees the activities of possession of biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public, animal or plant health, or to animal or plant products. On this website you will be able to download application packages, submit forms electronically, view current regulations regarding… Continue Reading

POGO urges DOT Investigation into Traffic Information Contract

Letter from Scott H. Amey, Project On Government Oversight General Counsel to Mary Peters, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, October 15, 2007: “Competition in contracting is essential to getting fair and reasonable costs and prices for goods and services. The Department of Transportation’s “Transportation Technology Innovation and Demonstration” (TTID) program, to provide real-time traffic information… Continue Reading