News release: “Preliminary data from a survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at end-June 2007 are released today on the U.S. Treasury web site. A revised table on Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities, where estimates through end-December 2007 are based in part on survey data, is also released at (http://www.treas.gov/tic/ticsec2.html, on line 5). Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the preliminary data, will be reported on April 30, 2008. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The next survey will be for end-June 2008, and preliminary data are expected to be released by February 27, 2009.”
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Judiciary Funded For FY 2008
The Third Branch: “Fiscal year 2008 funding for the Judiciary was rolled up with 10 other appropriations bills and passed by Congress on December 19, 2007, as the 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The President signed the bill into law the day after Christmas. The Judiciary received $6.246 billion in FY 2008, a 4.5 percent increase… Continue Reading
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
02/29/08 Release of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report; David T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Release of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report; Washington, DC. “The 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Foreign Investment, Intelligence Reform, Postal Reform Law, Visa Waiver Program
Catastrophic Disasters: Federal Efforts Help States Prepare for and Respond to Psychological Consequences, but FEMA’s Crisis Counseling Program Needs Improvements, GAO-08-22, February 29, 2008 Foreign Investment: Laws and Policies Regulating Foreign Investment in 10 Countries, GAO-08-320, February 28, 2008 Intelligence Reform: GAO Can Assist the Congress and the Intelligence Community on Management Reform Initiatives, GAO-08-413T,… Continue Reading
DOD OIG Report: Contractor Past Performance Information
D-2008-057 Contractor Past Performance Information, February 29, 2008 (Project No. D2006-D000AB-0207.000). “Results. The DoD Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System did not contain all active system contracts over $5 million. In addition, for system contracts that were in the DoD Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System and reviewed during the audit, we found that: 39 percent… Continue Reading
Easy, Timely, Public Access to CRS Reports Urged
Center for Democracy and Technology: “Efforts to make Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports more accessible to the public received another boost today from Sen. Joe Lieberman, (ID-Conn.), who asked that a complete system be crafted that is readily accessible to the public. Currently, making the reports public is a time intensive task handled by congressional… Continue Reading
National Workplace Survey Reveals American Professionals Overwhelmed, Headed for Breaking Point
News release: “A national workplace survey reports that more than seven in ten American white collar workers feel inundated with information at their workplace, while more than two in five feel that they are headed for an information breaking point. The survey of 650 white collar and knowledge workers found that employees across virtually every… Continue Reading
EPA Library Closures HamperingAgency Work, Arbitrator Finds
Follow up to previous postings on EPA library closures, this news release dated February 28, 2008: “A federal arbitrator has found the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guilty of unfair labor practices and acting in bad faith in its national series of library closures, according to a ruling posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility… Continue Reading
New Home Price Data for Metros
Global Insight: “The existing median home price data, released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) for the fourth quarter of 2007, show that all but 11 of the 145 metro areas covered by NAR saw quarter-to-quarter declines from the third quarter to the fourth quarter of 2007. This represents a significant increase in price… Continue Reading
2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control – 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: “The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade… Continue Reading
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Volume II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
“The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2007.” United States Department of State, Bureau for International, Narcotics… Continue Reading
The Biological Viability of the Most Endangered Marine Mammals and the Cost-effectiveness of Protection Programs
Marine Mammal Commission: The Biological Viability of the Most Endangered Marine Mammals and the Cost-effectiveness of Protection Programs, February 2008 Continue Reading
