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Securing our future: Final report from Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa

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Securing our future: Report of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa An initiative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, 2008

  • “The Commission’s brief was to advise African governments on the extent of the AIDS epidemic’s impact on African social, political and economic institutions and on the appropriate policy responses and programmes that need to be taken in order to address the unique challenges posed by the multiple ways in which the epidemic impacts upon development and governance on the continent. The 280 page report includes an analysis of findings and a series of key recommendations. It is the culmination of a wide consultation by the CHGA Commissioners in Africa and beyond. The findings and recommendations reflect the views of the more than 1,000 Africans—including policymakers, advocacy groups, nongovernmental organizations, community-based organizations, people living with HIV, research organizations and UN agencies who took part in the consultation process.”

    • FDA Warns Consumers Nationwide Not to Eat Certain Types of Raw Red Tomatoes

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    News release: “The Food and Drug Administration is expanding its warning to consumers nationwide that a salmonellosis outbreak has been linked to consumption of certain raw red plum, red Roma, and red round tomatoes, and products containing these raw, red tomatoes. FDA recommends that consumers not eat raw red Roma, raw red plum, raw red… Continue Reading

    FBI's Security Check Procedures for Immigration Applications and Petitions

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    DOJ OIG: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Security Check Procedures for Immigration Applications and Petitions (Redacted for Public Release), Audit Report 08-24, June 2008. “According to the FBI, IAFIS [the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification Solution] maintains the largest biometric database in the world, containing the fingerprints and corresponding criminal history for more than 50 million… Continue Reading

    GAO Report: Expert Opinion on the Economics of Policy Options to Address Climate Change

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    Climate Change: Expert Opinion on the Economics of Policy Options to Address Climate Change, GAO-08-605, May 09, 2008: “Elevated levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the resulting effects on the earth’s climate could have significant environmental and economic impacts in the United States and internationally. Potential impacts include rising sea levels and a… Continue Reading

    Committee on Oversight Releases Proposed Abramoff Report

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    “Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis issued a proposed Committee report on White House contacts with Jack Abramoff that concludes that Mr. Abramoff had personal contact with President Bush, that high-level White House officials held Mr. Abramoff and his associates in high regard and solicited recommendations from them on policy matters, that Mr. Abramoff and… Continue Reading

    CBO: Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008, Resource Implications of the Navy's FY09 Shipbuilding Plan

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    Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008 June 9, 2008: Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on May 20, 2008. “This legislation would make a number of changes in federal housing policy…[It would] establish a single regulator—the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)—… Continue Reading

    Committee Report to Accompany the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act

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    Text of the Committee Report to Accompany the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, H.R. 6063, Science & Technology Committee Report: 110-702 (191 pages, PDF) Text of the Bill as Ordered Reported H.R. 6063, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008, June 6, 2008 – Cost estimate for the bill as ordered… Continue Reading

    Introduction to Information Retrieval

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    “This is the companion website for the following book. Christopher D. Manning, Prabhakar Raghavan and Hinrich Schütze, Introduction to Information Retrieval, Cambridge University Press. 2008. This “is the first textbook with a coherent treatment of classical and web information retrieval, including web search and the related areas of text classification and text clustering. Written from… Continue Reading