“Since 2003, the non-partisan Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) has issued annual scorecards analyzing the impact of domestic legislation on Americas current and aspiring middle class and evaluating Members of Congress based on their votes on this legislation…themiddleclass.org [is] a dynamic site that will update throughout the year as members of Congress vote… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2007
FEC approves a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Reporting Contributions Bundled by Lobbyists, Registrants and their PACs
Press release: “At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission (FEC/ the Commission) unanimously approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Reporting Contributions Bundled by Lobbyists, Registrants and the PACs of Lobbyists and Registrants. The proposed rules implement section 204 of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA). The Commission… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Intellectual Property, Maritime Security, Minority Banks, Private Pensions
Intellectual Property: U.S. Trade Policy Guidance on WTO Declaration on Access to Medicines May Need Clarification, GAO-07-1198, September 28, 2007 Maritime Security: The SAFE Port Act: Status and Implementation One Year Later, GAO-08-126T, October 30, 2007 Minority Banks: Regulators’ Assessments of the Effectiveness of Their Support Efforts Have Been Limited, GAO-08-233T, October 30, 2007 Private… Continue Reading
House Passes CJ's Home Protection Act of 2007
“H.R. 2787, CJ’s Home Protection Act of 2007 would amend the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to require that weather radios be installed in all manufactured homes manufactured or sold in the United States.” Continue Reading
Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2006
“The FBI publishes Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted each year to provide information about the officers who were killed, feloniously or accidentally, and those officers who were assaulted while performing their duties. The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.” Continue Reading
DOI OIG Memo – Minerals Management False Claims Allegation
Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General: Minerals Management False Claims Allegation, September 19, 2007 Continue Reading
New Report – Inadvertent Filesharing Sharing Revisited: Assessing LimeWire's Responses to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Press release: “Today, the Progress and Freedom Foundation released a new report on inadvertent filesharing by the authors of Filesharing Programs and “Technological Features to Induce Users to Share,” a groundbreaking analysis published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in March of 2007. This new report, Inadvertent Filesharing Sharing Revisited: Assessing LimeWire’s Responses… Continue Reading
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Declines Again
Press release: “The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which has been declining since August, fell further in October. The Index now stands at 95.6 (1985=100), down from 99.5 in September. The Present Situation Index decreased to 118.8 from 121.2 in September. The Expectations Index declined to 80.1 from 85.0. The Consumer Confidence Survey is based… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: 2010 Census, International Trade, Prescription Drugs
2010 Census: Population Measures Are Important for Federal Funding Allocations, GAO-08-230T, October 29, 2007 End-Stage Renal Disease: Characteristics of Kidney Transplant Recipients, Frequency of Transplant Failures, and Cost to Medicare, GAO-07-1117, September 28, 2007 International Trade: An Overview of Use of U.S. Trade Preference Programs by Beneficiaries and U.S. Administrative Reviews, GAO-07-1209, September 27, 2007… Continue Reading
Guidance on National Intelligence Estimate Key Judgments
Office of Director of National Intelligence, Guidance on National Intelligence Estimate Key Judgments, October 29, 2007. Washington Post, Walter Pincus: “The director of national intelligence will disclose today that national intelligence activities amounting to roughly 80 percent of all U.S. intelligence spending for the year cost more than $40 billion, according to sources on Capitol… Continue Reading
Presidential Determination No. 2008-3 of October 16, 2007
“Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Brazil – Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2291-4), I hereby certify, with respect to Brazil,… Continue Reading
Report Prioritizes Programs of DOE Office of Nuclear Energy
Press release: “The research and development component of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), a program that aims to reprocess spent nuclear fuel which could then be shared with partner countries, should not go forward at its current pace, says a new report from the National Research Council. DOE’s Office of… Continue Reading
