International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) press release: “Five years after the outbreak of the war in Iraq, the humanitarian situation in most of the country remains among the most critical in the world. Because of the conflict, millions of Iraqis have insufficient access to clean water, sanitation and health care. The current crisis is exacerbated by the lasting effects of previous armed conflicts and years of economic sanctions. Despite limited improvements in security in some areas, armed violence is still having a disastrous impact. Civilians continue to be killed in the hostilities. The injured often do not receive adequate medical care. Millions of people have been forced to rely on insufficient supplies of poor-quality water as water and sewage systems suffer from a lack of maintenance and a shortage of engineers.”
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Treasury Announces Stimulus Payment Calendar, Calculator Available
“The Internal Revenue Service released a payment calendar today letting Americans know when they should expect their stimulus payment in the mail. For those who chose direct deposit on their 2007 tax returns, they will receive their stimulus payments through direct deposit starting May 2 and ending May 16. Those who will receive their payments… Continue Reading
Amnesty International Report – Carnage and despair: Iraq five years on
Carnage and despair: Iraq five years on. Index Number: MDE 14/001/2008. Date Published: 17 March 2008. “Five years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country is still in disarray. The human rights situation is disastrous, a climate of impunity has prevailed, the economy is in tatters and the refugee crisis continues to escalating. A… Continue Reading
Audit of the Department of Justice Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Processes
DOJ OIG: Audit of the Department of Justice Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Processes, Audit Report 08-16, March 2008 Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Aviation and the Environment, Global War on Terrorism, Tax Policy
Aviation and the Environment: FAA’s and NASA’s Research and Development Plans for Noise Reduction Are Aligned but the Prospects of Achieving Noise Reduction Goals Are Uncertain, GAO-08-384, February 15, 2008 Defense Acquisitions: Progress Made in Fielding Missile Defense, but Program Is Short of Meeting Goals, GAO-08-448, March 14, 2008 Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations… Continue Reading
Treasury International Capital Data for January
Treasury International Capital (TIC) Data for January – Monthly Reports on Cross-Border Financial Flows (Billions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted) Continue Reading
Supreme Court to Hear DC Gun Case
PR Newswire: “Just two days after a new Washington Post national poll found that 59 percent of the American public supports restrictions identical to Washington, DC’s gun laws — which ban handgun possession and require that legally possessed rifles and shotguns be either disassembled or secured with a trigger lock — the U.S. Supreme Court… Continue Reading
Convergence in Global Food Demand and Delivery
Convergence in Global Food Demand and Delivery, By Anita Regmi, Hiroyuki Takeshima, and Laurian Unnevehr, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Report No. (ERR-56) 39 pages, March 2008: “Using food expenditures and food sales data over 1990-2004, this report examines whether food consumption and delivery trends are converging across 47 high- and middle-income countries. Middle-income… Continue Reading
CDC Helps Launch Healthy People 2020 Collaboration
“On March 17, CDC hosted the first of five Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regional meetings to discuss the Healthy People 2020 framework. Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for promoting health and preventing disease. Since 1979, Healthy People has set and monitored national health objectives to meet a broad range of… Continue Reading
Chief Justice Roberts Approves Immediate Release of Oral Argument For District of Columbia v. Heller
“On Tuesday, March 18, 2008, C-SPAN will air the Supreme Court oral argument of District of Columbia v. Heller which the Court is scheduled to hear that day. The immediate release of the audio recording of the Court’s argument was in response to a request by C-SPAN (Release time is approximately 11:15 A.M.). The Court… Continue Reading
