Fact Sheet: Emergency Supplemental: Iraq, Afghanistan, Veterans, and Workers, House Appropriations Committee – Majority, May 7, 2008. “This week the House of Representatives will consider the emergency supplemental bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and pressing domestic needs. Under consideration are $183.77 billion in outstanding requests from the President. The Democratic proposal… Continue Reading
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U.S. International Reserve Position
News release: “The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the latest week. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $73,918 million as of the end of that week, compared to $74,541 million as of the end of the prior week.” Continue Reading
Report: Worst of the Worst: The World's Most Repressive Societies 2008
Worst of the Worst: The World’s Most Repressive Societies 2008 (124 pages, PDF) “Freedom House has prepared this overview report as a companion to our annual survey on the state of global political rights and civil liberties, Freedom in the World. We are publishing this report to assist policymakers, human rights organizations, democracy advocates, and… Continue Reading
Pew Survey: Hard Hats See Hard Times
Hard Hats See Hard Times: “Today’s worries about the state of the job market are far more heavily concentrated in the lower portions of the income spectrum,” by Michael Dimock, Associate Director for Research, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, May 7, 2008. Continue Reading
EPA OIG Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2007 – March 31, 2008
EPA OIG Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2007 – March 31, 2008 (72 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Boxer Opening Statement: "Perchlorate and TCE in the Nations Waters"
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works – hearing entitled Perchlorate and TCE in Water, May 6, 2008. From Opening Statement by Chairman Barbara Boxer: “…today we will hear about EPA’s particularly disturbing failures to address significant risks to our families from two widespread drinking water contaminants: perchlorate and trichloroethylene, usually just called “TCE.” Perchlorate… Continue Reading
FY 2007 Costs Calculated For Incarceration, Supervision
US Courts news release: “In fiscal year 2007, it cost $24,922 to keep someone incarcerated in a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility for 12 months, and $22,871 to keep an inmate incarcerated in a community correction center. For the same 12-month period ending September 30, 2007, it cost $3,621.64 for a federal offender to be… Continue Reading
CBO Monthly Budget Review, May 2008
Monthly Budget Review, May 2008 pdf | blog. Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for March and the Daily Treasury Statements for April. Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Employment Verification, Natural Catastrophe Insurance, Value-Added Taxes
Employment Verification: Challenges Exist in Implementing a Mandatory Electronic Employment Verification System, GAO-08-729T, May 6, 2008 Medicare: Competitive Bidding for Medical Equipment and Supplies Could Reduce Program Payments, but Adequate Oversight Is Critical GAO-08-767T, May 6, 2008 Natural Catastrophe Insurance: Analysis of a Proposed Combined Federal Flood and Wind Insurance Program, GAO-08-504, April 25, 2008… Continue Reading
Yahoo Announces Search Feature to Fight Malware
Yahoo Search Blog: “Today, we’re announcing the beta release of SearchScan, a new feature from Yahoo! Search that helps protect users from viruses, spyware and spam. We’ve heard from users that security and privacy continue to be major concerns when they are online. We’ve also learned that solutions that require downloads and constant updating are… Continue Reading
EIA: OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet and Short-Term Energy Outlook May 2008
OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet (05/06/2008): “This report includes estimates of OPEC net oil export revenues, based on projections from the May 2008 Short Term Energy Outlook. EIA estimates that members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) earned $674 billion in net oil export revenues in 2007, a 10 percent increase from 2006.… Continue Reading
DOD Posts Documents Released to New York Times on Pentagon's Military Analyst Program
Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff Reading Room: These documents were released to the New York Times regarding the Pentagon’s Military Analyst program.” See the New York Times, April 20, 2008. Behind TV Analysts, Pentagons Hidden Hand – “Retired officers have been used to shape terrorism coverage from inside the TV and… Continue Reading
