Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy: “The U.S. economy was weaker in the fourth quarter of 2007, with real GDP ending the year at a 0.6 percent annualized growth rate. The weaker dollar helped boost real exports, which increased at an annualized 3.9 percent, while real imports were constant. Consumer spending increased by an annualized… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
DHS OIG Audit – The State of Georgia's Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004
OIG-08-22 – The State of Georgia’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004 (PDF, 45 pages), 02/08/2008 Continue Reading
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act
DOJIG: Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, Special Report, February 2008 Continue Reading
Recently Released DOJ OIG Audits
D-2008-047 Contingency Planning for DoD Mission-Critical Information Systems, February 5, 2008 (Project No. D2007-D000LB-0080.000) D-2008-046 Defense Finance and Accounting Service Compliance with the Debt Collection and Improvement Act of 1996 for the Department of the Navy, February 6, 2008 (Project No. D2006-D000FC-0186.000) D-2008-045 Controls Over the TRICARE Overseas Healthcare Program, February 7, 2008 (Project No.D2005-D000LF-0267.000)… Continue Reading
State Court Processing of Domestic Violence Cases
“State felony defendants charged with domestic violence (DV) were prosecuted, convicted and incarcerated at rates either equal to or higher than felony defendants charged with non-domestic violence (non-DV), the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The study compared domestic and non-domestic sexual assault and domestic and non-domestic aggravated assault cases filed in… Continue Reading
CIA – – Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
CIA – Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: “The CIA publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments regularly. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some… Continue Reading
EPA Calculator Puts Greenhouse Gas Savings in Everyday Terms
“EPA’s new Greenhouse Gas Calculator helps you turn greenhouse gas savings into more easily understood everyday terms. The calculator converts greenhouse gas-related savings estimates, typically presented in “million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents,” into familiar terms such as the greenhouse gas emissions that would result from: Driving a particular number of cars for a… Continue Reading
Leahy: Founding Fathers Papers Should Be Put Online
Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today called for the papers of the Founding Fathers Project [Pew Charitable Trusts: “The Project was established more than a half century ago to publish the complete, annotated writings of the countrys founding fathersincluding George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin… Continue Reading
Corporate Integrity Agreement Between HHS Office of Inspector General and Merck & Co. Inc.
Corporate Integrity Agreement Between the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and Merck & Co. Inc., February 7, 2008. “Merck & Company has agreed to pay more than $650 million to resolve allegations that the pharmaceutical manufacturer failed to pay proper rebates to Medicaid and other government health care programs and… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports on DOD, DHS, FAA, Surface Transportation
The Department of Defense’s Civilian Human Capital Strategic Plan Does Not Meet Most Statutory Requirements, GAO-08-439R, February 6, 2008 Department of Homeland Security: Status and Accountability Challenges Associated with the Use of Special DHS Acquisition Authority, GAO-08-471T, February 7, 2008 Federal Aviation Administration: Challenges Facing the Agency in Fiscal Year 2009 and Beyond, GAO-08-460T, February… Continue Reading
Congress Moves to Make "Do Not Call" Listings Permanent
CDT: “The Senate yesterday gave final congressional approval to legislation making “Do Not Call” listings permanent. Without the legislation, consumers’ phone numbers would have been automatically removed from the FTC controlled list after five years. CDT applauds the decision to eliminate the list’s current expiration policy, which would require consumers who want to remain on… Continue Reading
CBO Monthly Budget Review
Monthly Budget Review, February 2008: “The federal government incurred a deficit of $90 billion in the first four months of fiscal year 2008, CBO estimates, about $48 billion more than the shortfall in the same period last year. Shifts in the timing of certain payments and receipts account for about one-third of that increase in… Continue Reading
