“The price of OPEC basket of twelve crudes stood at 98.46 dollars a barrel on Thursday, compared with $95.95 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations…The new OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Minas (Indonesia), Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of Iran), Basra Light… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Grand Gulf Application for New Reactor Available on NRC Website
News release: “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today made available the public version of a combined license (COL) application for a new reactor at the Grand Gulf site near Port Gibson, Miss. The applicant, Entergy, submitted the application and associated information Feb. 27. The application, minus proprietary or security-related details, is available here. The Entergy COL… Continue Reading
EPA: New Strategy to Help the Nation's Ports Go Green
News release: “EPA has unveiled a new plan of action for working with public port authorities and other interested groups to reduce the environmental impacts of moving goods through ports. The “Vision, Mission, and Strategy for Sustainable Ports” recognizes the steady growth in global maritime commerce and the critical role American ports and related transportation… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: IRS Business Systems Modernization, Utility Oversight
Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service’s Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditure Plan, GAO-08-420, March 7, 2008 Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006, GAO-08-463, March 7, 2008 Military Training: Compliance with Environmental Laws Affects Some Training Activities, but DOD Has Not Made a Sound Business Case for Additional Environmental Exemptions, GAO-08-407,… Continue Reading
DHS OIG: Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Upgrading of Shore Facilities in Support of United States Coast Guard Missions
OIG-08-24 – Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Upgrading of Shore Facilities in Support of United States Coast Guard Missions (PDF, 41 pages) Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Reports on Federal Prison Industries
Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-10, March 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Federal Bureau of Prisons Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-09, March 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Continue Reading
DHS OIG: State of Michigan's Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During FY 2002 – 2004
OIG-08-26 – The State of Michigan’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004 (PDF, 45 pages) – New 03/07/2008 Continue Reading
Committee Holds Hearing on CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled, Executive Compensation II: CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis on Friday, March 7, 2008. The hearing examined the compensation and retirement packages granted to the CEOs of three corporations deeply involved in the current mortgage crisis. This was the Committees second hearing on executive… Continue Reading
Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster At Crandall Canyon Mine
News release: March 6, 2008 “Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released an investigative report entitled Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster At Crandall Canyon Mine. The report discusses the findings of Chairman Kennedy’s investigation into the events leading up to the mine… Continue Reading
Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Reports for the Department of the Homeland Security
FOIA Annual Report for 2007 (PDF, 94 pages) Continue Reading
Trio of Commerce Chairmen Call for Further Investigation Based on Latest Domestic Surveillance Allegations
Electronic Frontier Foundation: “Three powerful House Commerce Committee Chairmen strongly urged their colleagues Thursday to defer acting on requests for retroactive immunity and to demand more information from the White House and the telecommunications companies in the wake of disclosures by another whistleblower that the government apparently has been granted an open gateway to customer… Continue Reading
Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Five-Year Anniversary Progress and Priorities
News release: “There is no parallel in government to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) start-up five years ago, and the degree of maturity it has reached in the short period since. The department’s growth is testament to its 208,000 employees, who every day put service before self – patrolling borders, protecting ports, defending the… Continue Reading
