“The government today unveiled a new Web site for the public and civic managers to monitor U.S. drought conditions, get forecasts, and know how drought impacts their communities or what mitigation measures exist. Called the U.S. Drought Portal, the www.drought.govs ite was developed for the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). A seemingly slow and nomadic natural disaster threat, drought blankets about a third of the United States at any given time.”
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Daily Archives: November 1, 2007
ALM Corporate Fraud Data Base
Corporate Fraud Data Base: “Last spring, as the five-year anniversary of the Corporate Fraud Task Force approached, The American Lawyer set out to review its record of fraud prosecution. This turned out to be a difficult undertaking. The U.S. Department of Justice, after repeated inquiries, finally explained that it collects its statistics from individual U.S.… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Drug Safety, Drug Testing, Indian Issues, Medicaid Financing, Motor Carrier Safety
Drug Safety: Preliminary Findings Suggest Weaknesses in FDA’s Program for Inspecting Foreign Drug Manufacturers, GAO-08-224T, November 1, 2007 Drug Testing: Undercover Tests Reveal Significant Vulnerabilities in DOT’s Drug Testing Program, GAO-08-225T, November 1, 2007 Indian Issues: Damages and Compensation for Tribes at Seven Reservations Affected by Dams on the Missouri River, GAO-08-249T, November 1, 2007… Continue Reading
FTC Staff Files Mortgage Disclosure Comments With Banking Agencies
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released staff comments to the federal banking agencies the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the National Credit Union Administration in response to their request… Continue Reading
EPA OIG: Improvements in Air Toxics Emissions Data Needed to Conduct Residual Risk Assessments
“EPA has not established objectives to define an acceptable level of quality for National Emissions Inventory data used in the residual risk process.” At a Glance PDF | Report PDF. Continue Reading
U.S. Conference of Mayors – 2007 Best Practices Guide to Climate Protection
United States Conference of Mayors, 2007 Best Practices Guide “showcases a broad range of environmentally driven and energy efficiency projects in 50 U.S. cities.” Related documents: C40 cities: “C40 is a group of the world’s largest cities committed to tackling climate change. On this website you will find news and updates on current C40 programmes,… Continue Reading
A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South's Public Schools
“The Southern Education Foundation (SEF) has released a research report on the growth of low income children in the Souths public schools. The report finds that public schools in the region have enrolled a majority of low income students in each of the last three years (2004-2006) and today the South is the only region… Continue Reading
National Archives Announces Discovery of "Hitler Albums" Documenting Looted Art
Press release: “Today at a National Archives press conference, Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records Services and Robert M. Edsel, author of Rescuing Da Vinci and President of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, announced the discovery of two original leather bound photograph albums documenting… Continue Reading
UN, Google, Cisco Unveil Online Resource
“The United Nations, Google and Cisco today unveiled a pioneering online site that tracks progress towards decreasing global poverty by 2015, a global campaign known as the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs. Visit the website at www.mdgmonitor.org” Google press release: “MDG Monitor tracks progress toward the MDGs in a number of categories in nearly every… Continue Reading
National Veterans' Training Institute Veterans' Program Letters Database
The National Veterans’ Training Institute Veterans’ Program Letters Database is now searchable for the period of 1991-2007. “NVTI was established in 1986 to further develop and enhance the professional skills of veterans’ employment and training service providers throughout the United States.” Continue Reading
HHS OIG – Laboratory Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza
HHS OIG Memorandum Report: Laboratory Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza, October 24, 2007 (OEI-04-07-00670), 10 pages, PDF. See also: Promising Practices: Pandemic Preparedness Tools – “This project aims to enhance public health preparedness for an influenza pandemic and conserve resources by sharing promising practices. CIDRAP and the Pew Center on the States (PCS) launched this initiative… Continue Reading
EAC Seeks Public Comment on Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
Press release: “The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) has launched the first of two public comment periods on the draft voluntary voting system guidelines (VVSG) prepared by EACs Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC).” Continue Reading
