“This analysis find that the sharply contrasting health care platforms of the leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates reflect dramatic differences in the perspectives of their primary voters. The article analyzes a newly released Kaiser/Harvard survey of likely primary voters in 35 states (and the District of Columbia) with January or February primaries or caucuses,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2008
W3C Publishes HTML 5 Draft, Future of Web Content
Press release: “W3C…published an early draft of HTML 5, a major revision of the markup language for the Web. The HTML Working Group is creating HTML 5 to be the open, royalty-free specification for rich Web content and Web applications. The group operates entirely in public with nearly five hundred participants, including representatives from W3C… Continue Reading
Fact Sheet: Examples of How the Economic Growth Package will Benefit Americans
Follow up to postings on the Economic Stimulus Package, Dept. of the Treasury – Fact Sheet: Examples of How the Economic Growth Package will Benefit Americans Continue Reading
U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: FY2006-FY2008
CRS Report, U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: FY2006-FY2008, December 28, 2007 Continue Reading
Metropolitan Export Data Series
“Today the U.S. Commerce Department introduced a new data series that precisely measures export values for metropolitan areas. In 2006, 116 metropolitan areas recorded product sales of $1 billion or more. U.S. exporters reported a record $1.4 trillion in goods and services in 2006. Final 2007 numbers are forecast to exceed 2006 totals…The data series… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: VA and DOD Health Care, Defense Contracting, Supply Chain Security
VA and DOD Health Care: Administration of DOD’s Post-Deployment Health Reassessment to National Guard and Reserve Servicemembers and VA’s Interaction with DOD, GAO-08-181R, January 25, 2008 Defense Contracting: Contract Risk a Key Factor in Assessing Excessive Pass-Through Charges, GAO-08-269, January 25, 2008 Supply Chain Security: Examinations of High-Risk Cargo at Foreign Seaports Have Increased, but… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Victim Notification System, Audit Report
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, The Department of Justice’s Victim Notification System, Audit Report 08-04, January 2008, Redacted for public release (142 pages, PDF). “The Department of Justice (DOJ) Victim Notification System (VNS) is an automated system used by federal personnel to notify federal crime victims regarding developments in their cases, including information about the… Continue Reading
Chairman Waxman Urges Reversal of Decision Endangering Whales
Follow up to postings on Navy sonar exercises off Southern California coast, today “in a letter to Council of Environmental Quality Chairman Connaughton, Chairman Waxman expresses deep concern over the Administrations use of emergency powers to facilitate training exercises that could harm whales off the coast of southern California, and releases a list of previous… Continue Reading
Census: Capital Spending Reaches All-Time High
Press release: “Capital spending by U.S. nonfarm businesses reached an all-time high of $1.31 trillion in 2006, topping the $1.16 trillion in 2000 and $1.14 trillion in 2005. These results come from the U.S. Census Bureaus Annual Capital Expenditures Survey: 2006, which measures business spending for new and used structures and equipment. The survey defines… Continue Reading
Sensitive Data Retrieved From Used Government Tapes
Press release: “Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04), has sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office asking that it reopen its investigation of the privacy and national security risks posed by government agencies reselling used magnetic data tapes that may once have contained large amounts of sensitive personal and government information. Researchers working for Imation, an… Continue Reading
Committee Releases Updated Schedule of Depositions and Interviews for Major League Baseball Players
Follow-up to previous postings on the baseball investigation, “Today the Oversight and Government Reform Committee released an updated schedule of depositions and interviews related to allegations in Senator Mitchells Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Major League… Continue Reading
White House and Congressional Documents on Economic Stimulus Package
White House Fact Sheet: New Growth Package Meets Criteria to Keep Our Economy Healthy “Today, President Bush announced his Administration reached a bipartisan agreement with House leadership on an economic growth package, and he encouraged Congress to deliver a bill to his desk as soon as possible to bolster the economy this year. The President’s… Continue Reading
