02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 American Samoa Toxics Release Inventory data 02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 CNMI Toxics Release Inventory data 02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 Guam Toxics Release Inventory numbers 02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 Hawaii Toxics Release Inventory data 02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 California Toxics Release Inventory data 02/21/2008 EPA releases 2006 Nevada Toxics Release Inventory data… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Economic Indicators E- Gov Site Will Remain Online
Follow up to February 17, 2008 posting, Administration Shuts Down economicindicators.gov, this news today: “The U.S. Department of Commerces Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) has decided to continue the economicindicators.gov website. Featuring the economic releases from ESAs Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the site was started by this Administration in 2002 to… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Forest Service, Bank Secrecy Act, Medicare Part D, Embassy Security
Forest Service: Better Planning, Guidance, and Data Are Needed to Improve Management of the Competitive Sourcing Program, GAO-08-195, January 22, 2008 Bank Secrecy Act: Increased Use of Exemption Provisions Could Reduce Currency Transaction Reporting While Maintaining Usefulness to Law Enforcement Efforts, GAO-08-355, February 21, 2008 Medicare Part D: Plan Sponsors’ Processing and CMS Monitoring of… Continue Reading
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007
CRS Report: Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007, updated January 14, 2008 “The following list reviews hundreds of instances in which the United States has utilized military forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict to protect U.S. citizens or promote U.S. interests. The list does not include covert… Continue Reading
CBO: The Deductibility of State and Local Taxes
The Deductibility of State and Local Taxes, (54 pages, PDF) “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper, which was prepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, examines the arguments for and against the state and local tax deduction; how the benefits from the deduction are distributed among different groups of… Continue Reading
CDC Report – Public Health Preparedness: Mobilizing State by State
Public Health Preparedness: A CDC Report on the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement, February 2008 (164 pages, PDF): “CDC’s Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER) has released its inaugural report on public health emergency preparedness. The report…highlights the progress that has been made in state and local preparedness and response, identifies… Continue Reading
Economic Mobility Project Releases Comprehensive Study of Income Mobility in the U.S.
“A major new look at the trends and issues impacting economic opportunity for Americans was released today by the Economic Mobility Project, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America, is authored by three Brookings Institution scholars, Julia B. Isaacs, Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins and… Continue Reading
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Campus Law Enforcement, 2004-05
“Campus Law Enforcement, 2004-05 presents findings from a BJS survey of campus law enforcement agencies serving 4-year colleges and universities with 2,500 or more students. The survey covered the 2004-05 academic year and collected data from agencies using sworn police officers and those using only nonsworn security officers. The report compares law enforcement agencies serving… Continue Reading
A Portrait of Early Internet Adopters: Why People First Went Online –and Why They Stayed
A Portrait of Early Internet Adopters: Why People First Went Online –and Why They Stayed, by Amy Tracy Wells, Research Fellow, Pew Internet & American Life Project, February 20, 2008 “In our survey, we asked these long time internet users why they first went online. The majority of respondents noted “to communicate with colleagues.” When… Continue Reading
DHS: Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population in 2006
Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population in 2006 (PDF, 5 pages): “This report provides estimates of the legal permanent resident population and population eligible to naturalize as of January 2006.” “An estimated 12.1 million legal permanent residents (LPRs) were living in the United States on January 1, 2006. Of the 12.1 million, an estimated… Continue Reading
Report: Big Tobacco's Guinea Pigs-How an Unregulated Industry Experiments on America's Kids and Consumers
Press release: “An insidious new generation of tobacco products is threatening efforts to reduce tobacco use in the United States, warns a new report issued February 20, 2008, by a coalition of public health organizations [American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids] …Tobacco use… Continue Reading
FY 2007 HHS Top Management and Performance Challenges
“This annual document, provided by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), contains a summary of the most significant management and performance challenges facing HHS. The assessment is included as an appendix to the publicly available HHS annual Agency Financial Report.” February 20, 2008. Executive Summary Full… Continue Reading
