Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) press release: “The Internal Revenue Service is flouting three court orders requiring it to regularly provide a nationally-recognized researcher with the statistical data she needs for her studies, according to a court action brought today by the researcher. The new motion was filed by Susan B. Long, a professor at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management. For more than 30 years Long has used the IRS’s own statistical data to examine how this powerful agency has been enforcing the nation’s tax laws. In the February 11 filing Long requests that Judge Marsha Pechman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington enforce two of her own court orders against the agency, issued in 2006, as well as the court’s 1976 consent agreement on the same issue.”
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Daily Archives: February 11, 2008
U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050
Pew Hispanic Center: “If current trends continue, immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their descendants will account for 82% of the population growth in the United States during this period, according to new projections from the Pew Research Center. The nation’s racial and ethnic mix will change markedly by mid-century, the projections show, with… Continue Reading
Administrations Annual IP Report: IP Related Prosecutions Up, Focus on Health and Safety Redoubled
Press release: “U.S. Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement Chris Israel released the administrations Annual Report to the President and Congress on Coordination of Intellectual Property Enforcement and Protection today. The Annual Report conveys the yearly accomplishments and establishes priorities for the upcoming year for the federal agencies responsible for protecting and enforcing American intellectual… Continue Reading
Educational Security Incidents (ESI) Year in Review – 2007
Educational Security Incidents (ESI) Year in Review – 2007: “By Adam Dodge – Posted on February 10, 2008: “The ESI Year in Review – 2007 examines all of the information security incidents occurring at colleges and universities around the world as reported in the news during 2007. 2007 marked a significant change for information security… Continue Reading
Cost Estimate for H.R. 5140, Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate for H.R. 5140, Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, February 11, 2008: “H.R. 5140 would provide a tax rebate to individual tax filers who satisfy specific income requirements and special depreciation allowances to businesses. In addition, the act would raise the loan limit for the Federal Housing Administrations (FHAs) single-family program.… Continue Reading
New Report from the Democratic Caucus: America At Risk
“As Defense Secretary Robert Gates indicates that the withdrawal of troops from Iraq will be delayed, the Democratic Caucus has released a new report on Americas military readiness crisis and our vulnerabilities at home.” Continue Reading
The Economic Report of the President
Fact Sheet: The Economic Report of the President – “Today, the White House released the Economic Report of the President, an annual report to Congress on the Nation’s economic progress. The report released today reviews the state of the U.S. economy, the outlook for the next several years, and a wide variety of economic issues… Continue Reading
U.S. v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al.
FindLaw: U.S. v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al. (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 11, 2008) – “The U.S. Department of Defense announced that six high-value detainees held in Guantanamo Bay were charged, under the Military Commissions Act, with planning and executing the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Specific charges include violations of the laws of war,… Continue Reading
DOE Releases Climate VISION Progress Report 2007
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the Climate VISION Progress Report 2007, which reports on the actions taken by energy-intensive industries to improve greenhouse gas emissions intensity of their operations from 2002 to 2006. The report indicates that the power and energy-intensive industrial sectors improved their combined emissions intensity by 9.4… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, FDIC Audit, Los Alamos National Laboratory Security Issues
Hydrogen Fuel Initiative: DOE Has Made Important Progress and Involved Stakeholders but Needs to Update What It Expects to Achieve by Its 2015 Target, GAO-08-305, January 11, 2008 Financial Audit: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Funds’ 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements, GAO-08-416, February 11, 2008 Los Alamos National Laboratory: Information on Security of Classified Data, Nuclear… Continue Reading
Analysis of the Growth in Funding for Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Elsewhere in the War on Terrorism
Congressional Budget Analysis of the Growth in Funding for Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Elsewhere in the War on Terrorism, February 11, 2008. “The United States began combat operations in Afghanistan in fiscal year 2002 and in Iraq in fiscal year 2003. To finance those operations (and other activities related to the war on terrorism),… Continue Reading
Defense Department Official and Two Others Arrested on Espionage Charges Involving China
Press release: “Tai Shen Kuo, age 58, and Yu Xin Kang, age 33, both of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Gregg William Bergersen, age 51, of Alexandria, Virginia, were arrested today on espionage charges related to the passage of classified U.S. government documents and information to the government of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Both… Continue Reading
