Senate Budget Committee hearing, The President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget and Revenue Proposals, February 6, 2008. Senator Conrad — Opening Statement Charts Used at Hearing with Treasury Secretary Paulson Paulson Opening Statement on the President’s FY09 Budget Before the Senate Committee on Finance Related postings on the FY09 Budget Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
UNODC anticipates another large opium crop in Afghanistan in 2008
Press release: “According to a report issued today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), opium cultivation in Afghanistan in 2008 will be broadly similar to, or only slightly lower than last year’s record harvest of 192,000 hectares. Final output figures (8,200 tons last year) will depend on eradication (aimed at reducing… Continue Reading
Committee to Protect Journalists Report – Attacks on the Press 2007
“Chinas onerous media restrictions, the erosion of press freedom in African democracies, the criminalization of journalism in central Asia, and the use of vague antistate charges to jail journalists worldwide are among the troubling trends revealed in the new edition of Attacks on the Press.” Continue Reading
An Experimental Analysis of the Demand for Payday Loans
Wilson, Bart J., Findlay, David W., Meehan, James W., Wellford, Charissa P. and Schurter, Karl, An Experimental Analysis of the Demand for Payday Loans (January 14, 2008). The payday loan industry is one of the fastest growing segments of the consumer financial services market in the United States. The purpose of our study is to… Continue Reading
Survey on State Compliance With Real ID Act
News.com: “Real ID’s scope is surprisingly broad. Jurors could potentially be denied entrance to federal courthouses. So could prospective students visiting the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis or the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Tours of federal buildings such as the Pentagon and the Treasury Department could be affected, as could public hearings, conferences,… Continue Reading
Earth Policy Institute: Ice Melt Accelerates Around the World
Ice Melt Accelerates Around the World, Frances C. Moore: “With atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at new record highs and global average temperature now some 0.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the frozen regions of the earth are showing us just how rapidly climate change can take effect. Recent years have seen ice melt accelerate and… Continue Reading
DOI OIG Assessment of the United States Park Police
Department of the Interior, Office of Inspector General Assessment of the United States Park Police, February 2008, PI-EV-NPS-0001-2007. “This memorandum transmits our report detailing the results of our assessment of the United States Park Police (USPP). This assessment is part of our continuing efforts to evaluate the management of Department of the Interior law enforcement… Continue Reading
UK Prime Minister – Intercept evidence may be permissable
In a statement to the House of Commons, the PM said that the Government would look at ways of using intercept evidence as advised by the Chilcot Report. Guidelines would be drawn up to ensure that the interests of national security were never compromised, he said. The PM said: “The use of intercept in evidence… Continue Reading
Public Interest Groups Publish Position Paper on Threat Posed By Inflated Statutory Damages
The Threat Posed By Inflated Statutory Damages, Comments on the January 25, 2008 Meeting Hosted by the Copyright Office: “The PRO IP Act (H.R. 4279) proposes to weaken the long-established one work rule, which today imposes a measure of certainty on how copyright statutory damages are calculated. Under current law, a copyright plaintiff may seek… Continue Reading
Oversight Cmte. Members Call on Science Board to Assess Resources Needed to Remedy FDA's Funding Crisis
Press release: “Reps. Henry A. Waxman, John D. Dingell, Bart Stupak, and Frank Pallone, Jr., called on members of one of FDAs own advisory committees to provide Congress with its assessment of the resources needed to remedy the crisis at the agency stemming from years of chronic underfunding…The Science Board recently released a report concluding… Continue Reading
Michigan AG Track Your Taxes Webpage
“This webpage is hosted by Attorney General Mike Cox as a clearinghouse of information that allows users to track how Michigan tax dollars are being spent by the Attorney General’s office. Currently, users can search the total amount the Michigan Department of Attorney General spends on salary, benefits, rent, browse a detailed list of contracts,… Continue Reading
DOT Air Travel Consumer Report
Air Travel Consumer Report, February 2008: The Air Travel Consumer Report is a monthly product of the Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (OAEP). The report is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by the airlines. This page was last updated on Feburary 5, 2008, and… Continue Reading
