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Daily Archives: November 2, 2007

New GAO Reports

  • Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Airport and Airway Trust Fund Excise Taxes, GAO-08-203R, November 2, 2007
  • Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Highway Trust Fund Excise Taxes, GAO-08-202R, November 2, 2007
  • District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: Additional Policies and Procedures Would Improve Internal Controls and Program Operations,
    GAO-08-9, November 1, 2007
  • State Department: Transparent Cost Estimates Needed to Support Passport Execution Fee Decisions, GAO-08-63, October 10, 2007
  • Trade Adjustment Assistance: States Have Fewer Training Funds Available than Labor Estimates When Both Expenditures and Obligations Are Considered,
    GAO-08-165, November 2, 2007
  • Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Quarterly Report to Congress

    October 30, 2007 Quarterly Report to Congress: “Two notable developments provide a backdrop for SIGIR’s work this quarter. First, total relief and reconstruction investment for Iraq from all sources–the United States, Iraq, and international donors–passed the $100 billion mark. And second, total attacks on Coalition forces and Iraqis dropped to their lowest levels in over… Continue Reading

    EIA: Supplement to Energy Market and Economic Impacts of S. 280

    Supplement to: Energy Market and Economic Impacts of S. 280, the Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007 (11/01/2007) “This paper responds to a September 18, 2007, letter from Senators Barrasso, Inhofe, and Voinovich, seeking further energy and economic analysis to supplement information presented in the Energy Information Administrations (EIA) recent analysis of S. 280,… Continue Reading

    2007 Survey of American Attitudes Towards Jews in America

    Press release: “A nationwide survey released [November 1, 2007] by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows the number of Americans who hold anti-Semitic attitudes remains constant from its 2005 findings, demonstrating once again that “anti-Semitic beliefs endure in America.” The 2007 Survey of American Attitudes Towards Jews in America, a national telephone survey of 2,000 American… Continue Reading