“The latest World Development Report calls for greater investment in agriculture in developing countries and warns that the sector must be placed at the center of the development agenda if the goals of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 are to be realized. Titled ‘Agriculture for Development’, the report says the agricultural and rural… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Ceres Report – Insurer Responses to Climate Change
Ceres: “Global warming and the growing incidence of extreme weather events pose an enormous challenge to the insurance industry. This summer’s devastating floods in Europe and wildfires in the West are only the latest reminder of why investors and consumers are concerned about the impacts of climate change on insurers. This report focuses on the… Continue Reading
DOE OIG Reports on Management Controls, Loan Guarantees
Audit Report: Management Controls over the Bonneville Power Administration’s Personal Property Accountability, October 2007 (17 pages, PDF) Audit Report: Management Controls over Cash Advances for Proprietary Use of Office of Science User Facilities , September 2007 (12 pages, PDF) Special Report: Loan Guarantees for Innovative Energy Technologies, September 2007 (7 pages, PDF Continue Reading
DOI OIG Inspection Report on Terrorism Watchlist
Department of Energy Inspection Report: The Consolidated Terrorism Watchlist Nomination Process at the Department of Energy, October 2007 (13 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
JCT Report: Modeling The Federal Revenue Effects Of Proposed Changes In Cigarette Excise Taxes
On October 19, 2007 the Joint Committee on Taxation issued Modeling The Federal Revenue Effects Of Proposed Changes In Cigarette Excise Taxes. (JCX-101-07) Continue Reading
Depository Distribution Status Page
“A new Web page designed to keep libraries informed of weekly depository shipments has been released and is available at http://www.fdlp.gov/distribution/index.html.” Continue Reading
Judge Recommends White House Cease Destruction of Backup Emails
Follow up to October 17, 2007 posting, Court Indicates Order on Missing White House Email Forthcoming, from CREW: “Today, in CREW v. EOP, Magistrate Judge John Facciola issued a report and recommendation in which he concluded that a temporary restraining order should be issued by District Court Judge Henry Kennedy preventing the White House from… Continue Reading
Chairman Waxman Seeks Further Information on Blackwater Contracts
October 19, 2007: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform “Chairman Waxman wrote to Erik Prince, Secretary Rice, and Secretary Gates, requesting further information on Blackwaters no-bid contracts, additional incidents involving their personnel in Iraq, and payments made to the families of Iraqis killed by Blackwater.” Letter to Blackwater CEO Erik Prince Letter to Secretary of… Continue Reading
Effectiveness of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Program in Iraq
Effectiveness of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Program in Iraq (SIGIR 07-016T), October 18, 2007, House Armed Services Committee – Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations “Description: SIGIR testifies on the release of its third audit of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Program, noting that progress has been made in certain geographic areas and in certain policy domains.… Continue Reading
Daily Show Launches Website With Nine Year Video Archive
Reuters: The new “DailyShow.com…presenting nearly the entire video archive of the show for the past nine years. The site contains more than 16,000 video clips spanning headlines, correspondent pieces and [selected] regular segments…” Continue Reading
Industry Coalition Issues Copyright Principles for User Generated Content Services
Press release: Several of the worlds leading Internet and media companies today announced their joint support for a set of collaborative principles that enable the continued growth and development of user-generated content online and respect the intellectual property of content owners. The principles serve as a comprehensive set of guidelines to help user-generated content (UGC)… Continue Reading
House Approves Employment Non-Discrimination Act
CongressNow.com: “For the first time in more than three decades, a House committee has voted to update the non-discrimination laws, today approving the expansion of protections to include gays and lesbians in the workforce. By a 27-21 vote, the House Education and Labor Committee approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 3685), which would ban workplace… Continue Reading
