Shining a light on fluorescent bulbs – Energy-efficient coils booming, but disposal of mercury poses problems. By Alex Johnson, MSNBC: “Compact fluorescent light bulbs, long touted by environmentalists as a more efficient and longer-lasting alternative to the incandescent bulbs that have lighted homes for more than a century, are running into resistance from waste industry… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
DHS OIG Audits: Mission Performance of Coast Guard, Consolidated Terrorist Watchlist, Hurricane Katrina
OIG-08-30 – Annual Review of Mission Performance United States Coast Guard (FY 2006) (PDF, 37 pages) OIG-08-29 – The DHS Process for Nominating Individuals to the Consolidated Terrorist Watchlist (PDF, 26 pages) OIG-08-28 – The State of Ohio’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004 (PDF, 47 pages) DA-08-05… Continue Reading
Oil Change International Report – A Climate of War: The War in Iraq and Global Warming
News release: “On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, a new report from Oil Change International, entitled A Climate of War – The war in Iraq and global warming, quantifies both the greenhouse gas emissions of the Iraq War and the opportunity costs involved in fighting war rather than climate change. Here are some… Continue Reading
FTC Issues 2008 Fair Debt Collection Practices Report to Congress
“The Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the 30th Annual Report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). This report…summarizes the Commissions administration and enforcement of the FDCPA during 2007. It presents an overview of the types of consumer complaints received by the Commission, descriptions of the Commissions debt-collection law… Continue Reading
White House Fact Sheet: – Five Years Later: New Strategy Improving Security In Iraq
President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror, The Pentagon, March 19, 2008. Fact Sheet: Five Years Later: New Strategy Improving Security In Iraq, March 19, 2008 Continue Reading
Interviews of United States Supreme Court Justices
In Series of Videos, Supreme Court Justices Make Their Case – Justices’ candid observations and pet peeves spill forth in legal writing guru Bryan Garner’s video interviews. Legal Times, Tony Mauro March 11, 2008. “…the collection of videos on LawProse.org were shot at the Supreme Court and they star eight of the nine justices speaking… Continue Reading
New Asia-Pacific Statistical Yearbook Presents Complete Picture of the Regions Development
News release: “While the world-leading pace of urbanization in Asia and the Pacific has contributed to the regions growth it has also driven up urban poverty, according to the latest edition of the Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific…The Yearbook, produced by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific… Continue Reading
NARA's Federal Records Centers Offer Agencies Storage, Easy Use for 80 Billion Pages of Documents
NARA’s Federal Records Centers Offer Agencies Storage, Easy Use for 80 Billion Pages of Documents. By Tara E. C. McLoughlin “Through its nationwide network of 17 facilities with more than 1,100 federal employees, the centers serve 400 federal agencies. FRCs [Federal Records Centers] store and service every kind of federal recordtax returns, claims files for… Continue Reading
The National Security Strategy of the United Kingdom
“The Prime Minister has set out the Government’s approach to dealing with threats to national security, ranging from war and terrorism to climate change, disease and poverty. Speaking to MP’s in the House of Commons earlier today, Mr Brown said that the nature of the threats faced by the British people has changed “beyond all… Continue Reading
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Background Checks for Firearm Transfers
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2006 – Statistical Tables [see also PDF version]: “This web page describes background checks for firearm transfers conducted in 2006. The statistical tables below provide the number of applications checked by state points of contact and local agencies; the number of applications denied and the reasons for denial; and estimates… Continue Reading
CNN: Casualties of the Iraq war
Iraq – “There have been 4,297 coalition deaths — 3,990 Americans, two Australians, 175 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvian, 22 Poles, three Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians — in the… Continue Reading
CRS Report: Disability Retirement for Federal Employees
Congressional Research Service, Disability Retirement for Federal Employees, March 18, 2008. Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division: “Federal civilian employees earn 13 days of paid sick leave per year. Sick leave can be used because of the worker’s own illness or injury or to care for an ill or injured family… Continue Reading
