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Daily Archives: January 14, 2008
Oversight Committee to Examine Mortgage CEO Severance Packages
“As part of its ongoing investigation into executive pay, the Oversight Committee invited three CEOs implicated in the subprime mortgage crisis to testify on February 7 about their severance and compensation packages: Mr. Angelo Mozilo, the CEO of Countrywide Financial; Mr. Charles Prince, the former CEO of Citigroup; and Mr. E. Stanley ONeal, the former… Continue Reading
CBO Report: Effects of Gasoline Prices on Driving Behavior and Vehicle Markets
Congressional Budget Office – Effects of Gasoline Prices on Driving Behavior and Vehicle Markets, January 2008 “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) studyprepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committeerelates rising gasoline prices to changes in how fast people drive, the volume of highway traffic, and rail transit ridership. It also… Continue Reading
ACLU Report: Government Must Abandon Misguided Approach to Pandemic Preparedness
Press release: “As fears of a flu pandemic have grown, the Bush administration has pursued a misguided approach to pandemic preparation that relies on a law enforcement/national security approach, rather than a public health approach to the problem, and which exposes Americans to unnecessary risk. That is the finding of an expert report…released today by… Continue Reading
FOIA Requests Generates Release of CIA Assessment of Prospects for Further Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1970s
Press release: “In the wake of the Indian “peaceful nuclear explosion” on May 17, 1974 and growing concern about the spread of nuclear weapons capabilities, the U.S. intelligence community prepared a Special National Intelligence Assessment, “Prospects for Further Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,” published today by the National Security Archive.” Special National Intelligence Estimate 4-1-74, “Prospects… Continue Reading
New Report: Lessons from the Best Web Sites on Capitol Hill
Press release: “A new report from the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) on congressional Web sites says the overall quality continues to be disappointing, with more than 40% of congressional Web sites earning a substandard or failing grade. The report also contains recognition and praise for the best Web sites on Capitol Hill with the announcement… Continue Reading
NPR Three-Part Program on Challenges Faced by DHS
NPR Morning Edition, January 14, 2008, DHS Still Dogged by Questions over Effectiveness by Pam Fessler: “The Department of Homeland Security began to take shape five years ago this month. It involved the unprecedented merger of two dozen agencies and almost 200,000 federal employees. But now, more than $200 billion later, the department faces low… Continue Reading
Investigation Into EPA's Denial of State Greenhouse Gas Regulations Advances
Follow up to January 8, 2008 posting, CA sues EPA, citing new technical report: Study demonstrates that CA’s standards more effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions than federal Energy Bill, today from the House Oversight Committee – Investigation Into EPA’s Denial of State Greenhouse Gas Regulations Advances: “Following EPAs failure to meet the Committees deadline… Continue Reading
Reducing Arsenic Levels in Rice Through Improved Irrigation Practices
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Remediation of Arsenic for Agriculture Sustainability, Food Security and Health in Bangladesh: “Contamination of shallow groundwater aquifers with arsenic (As) has been reported in over 20 countries around the world…but is most serious in the Bengal Delta region of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India where the groundwater… Continue Reading
Growing Concerns About Preservation of Presidential Records
New Questions Raised About White House Records Preservation: “In letters to the White House and the National Archives, House Oversight Chairman Waxman asks whether the White House has preserved its records according to the obligations of the Presidential Records Act, and what the White House has done to prepare for the transition of presidential records… Continue Reading
Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at a Press Conference on REAL ID
Press release, January 11, 2009: “One of the biggest concerns weve had for the last several years, one we continue to have at the Department of Homeland Security, is how do we promote a secure form of identification across America? And Congress has spoken to this by passing the REAL ID Act several years ago,… Continue Reading
EPA OIG Reports: National Emergency Response Planning, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Oversight
08-P-0055 EPA Should Continue to Improve Its National Emergency Response Planning [Report PDF – 27 pages] [At a Glance PDF] January 9, 2008: “We found that EPAs Emergency Response Business Plan did not disclose the basis for EPAs resource estimates. Additionally, EPA management stated they did not consider State and local resources in their resource… Continue Reading
