- Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2006, Part I (05/21/2008): “Data tables and graph representing alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles made available from original equipment manufactures and aftermarket conversion facilities.”
- Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2006, Part II (05/21/2008): “Data tables and graph representing data on the use of alternative fuel vehicles and the amount of fuel consumed.”
- Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity Preliminary 2007 Statistics (05/21/2008): “EIA recently released a preliminary report showing renewable energy provided 7 percent of the total U.S. energy consumption in 2007. Total renewable energy market consumption was comprised of biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal, wind and solar.”
- Historical Residential Buildings reports, data tables and questionnaires (05/21/2008): “The Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) is a periodic sample survey about energy consumption, expenditures and related characteristics of U.S. households. Links to previously published documents are provided below. Beginning in 1997, reports were only issued electronically.
- Residential Data Series on Energy Consumption and Expenditures, 1980-2001 (05/20/2008): “A data series for selected residential energy and consumption statistics from surveys taken between 1980 and 2001 is offered below. Statistical tables in this series include — – average energy consumption and expenditures per building, square foot, household, and household member; and – total number of residential households, total buildings and total floorspace. The source of these data is the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), a periodic sample survey that estimates annual energy consumption, expenditures and energy-related characteristics of U.S. homes. Residential buildings include any housing unit that is a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room if occupied as the usual or permanent place of residence.”
- U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Sources 2007 Flash Estimates (05/20/2008): “The flash estimate is based on data published in the Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Energy Review (April 2008). These estimates are considered to be preliminary. More detailed estimates of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from all sources, energy and non-energy, will appear in the report Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States, 2007, which is scheduled to be released in November 2008. The latest report (2006 data) for all greenhouse gases and sources.”
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Daily Archives: May 21, 2008
CBO Reports and Testimony: Health IT, Cost of Cap-and-Trade Program for Carbon Dioxide Emissions, FY09 Defense Authorization
Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology, May 2008: “In this paper, prepared at the request of the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) examines the evidence on the costs and benefits of health information technology, possible barriers to a broader distribution and use of it in… Continue Reading
White House Memo on Designation and Sharing of Controlled Unclassified Information
Memorandum For The Heads Of Executive Departments And Agencies. SUBJECT: Designation and Sharing of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), May 21, 2008. “This memorandum (a) adopts, defines, and institutes “Controlled Unclassified Information” (CUI) as the single, categorical designation henceforth throughout the executive branch for all information within the scope of that definition, which includes most information… Continue Reading
Joint Cmte. on Taxation Reports: Renewable Energy And Job Creation Act of 2008, Jurisdiction of Alcohol And Tobacco Tax And Trade Bureau
JCX-46-08 (May 20, 2008) Estimated Revenue Effects Of H.R. 6049, The “Renewable Energy And Job Creation Act Of 2008,” Scheduled For Consideration By The House Of Representatives On May 21, 2008 JCX-43-08 (May 19, 2008) The Jurisdiction And Responsibilities Of The Alcohol And Tobacco Tax And Trade Bureau: “The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Motor Carrier Safety, Combating Terrorism, Workforce Diversity Governmentwide
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered Species Act Decision Making, GAO-08-688T, May 21, 2008 Motor Carrier Safety: Improvements to Drug Testing Programs Could Better Identify Illegal Drug Users and Keep Them off the Road, GAO-08-600, May 15, 2008 Defense Contracting: Post-Government Employment of Former DOD Officials Needs Greater Transparency, GAO-08-485, May 21, 2008 Information Security:… Continue Reading
"Global Internet Freedom: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law"
Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT): Global Internet Freedom Should Be Top Human Rights and Foreign Policy Priority – “The Congress and Administration should make global Internet freedom a top human rights and foreign policy priority, CDT said today in testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law. The government… Continue Reading
New Report: Oil Companies' Record Profits Going to Execs and Stock Buybacks, Leaving Energy Alternatives Behind
“As oil prices reached a new all-time high today of $130 a barrel for light sweet crude, and executives from the top 5 oil companies come to Congress for a second time this year, a new report details decisions by the big five oil companies to use record-breaking corporate profits to boost executive compensation and… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – Plain Language in Government Communications
The Government Domain: Plain Language in Government Communications: Peggy Garvin demonstrates the impact of the Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2008 on the accessibility of content posted on e-government websites. Published May 20, 2008 Continue Reading
DHS OIG Reports – U.S. Coast Guard
OIG-08-51 – United States Coast Guard’s Management of the Marine Casualty Investigations Program (PDF, 51 pages) OIG-08-43 – Independent Review of The U.S. Coast Guard’s Reporting of FY 2007 Drug Control Performance Summary (PDF, 10 pages) OIG-08-42 – Independent Review of The U.S. Coast Guard’s Reporting of FY 2007 Drug Control Obligations (PDF, 5 pages) Continue Reading
