Fact Sheet: A Clear Agenda for Overcoming Economic Challenges – Making Tax Relief Permanent Is At The Forefront Of President Bush’s Plan For Continued Prosperity: “Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released new jobs figures for May. Nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 49,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate rose to 5.5 percent. Although… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Senate Intelligence Committee Unveils Final Phase II Reports on Prewar Iraq Intelligence
News release: “The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, and a bipartisan majority of the Committee (10-5), today unveiled the final two sections of its Phase II report on prewar intelligence. The first report details Administration prewar statements that, on numerous occasions, misrepresented the intelligence and the threat… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: FY07 Government Financial Statements, IRAs, Oil and Gas Royalties
Fiscal Year 2007 U.S. Government Financial Statements: Sustained Improvement in Financial Management Is Crucial to Improving Accountability and Addressing the Long-Term Fiscal Challenges, GAO-08-847T, June 5, 2008 Individual Retirement Accounts: Government Actions Could Encourage More Employers to Offer IRAs to Employees, GAO-08-590, June 4, 2008 Oil and Gas Royalties: Litigation over Royalty Relief Could Cost… Continue Reading
DHS OIG: The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria
OIG-08-18 – The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria (Redacted) (PDF, 50 pages – New 06/05/2008 Continue Reading
CBO: Increasing Transparency in the Pricing of Health Care Services and Pharmaceuticals
Increasing Transparency in the Pricing of Health Care Services and Pharmaceuticals, June 5, 2008. Economic and Budget Issue Brief. “The rising cost of health care represents the nations single most important long-term fiscal challenge. This brief explores whether increased transparency about prices for specific health care services and pharmaceuticals would help to temper the rapid… Continue Reading
EPA OIG: More Action Needed to Protect Public from Indoor Radon Risks
More Action Needed to Protect Public from Indoor Radon Risks [Report PDF – 44 pages] [At a Glance PDF] Continue Reading
CBO: Monthly Budget Review
Monthly Budget Review, June 2008. Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for April and the Daily Treasury Statements for May 2008. “The federal government incurred a deficit of about $317 billion during the first eight months of fiscal year 2008, CBO estimates, $168 billion more than the shortfall recorded through May of last year. About… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Testimony: The Role of the FBI at Guantanamo Bay
OIG Testimony – Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight concerning The Role of the FBI at Guantanamo Bay, June 4, 2008. “FBI agents in Guantanamo and other military zones were faced with interrogators from other… Continue Reading
State Department – Trafficking in Persons Report
“The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report on 170 countries is the most comprehensive worldwide report on the efforts of governments to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons. Its findings will raise global awareness and spur countries to take effective actions to counter trafficking in persons. The annual Trafficking in Persons Report serves as the… Continue Reading
HHS ONC-Coordinated Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
The ONC [Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology] Coordinated Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan: 2008-2012 – Using the Power of Information Technology to Transform Health and Care. “The Plan has two goals, Patient-focused Health Care and Population Health, with four objectives under each goal. The themes of privacy and security, interoperability,… Continue Reading
Online Guide to the House and Senate Members of the 110th Congress
“This online Guide to the House and Senate Members of the 110th Congress is intended to be a single point of access for Member information from several different official sources. Both congressional offices and the public will be able to: Access data concerning House and Senate Members from various publications including: the Congressional Pictorial Directory,… Continue Reading
Capturing King Coal: Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage Systems in the U.S. at Scale
News release: “A WRI [World Resources Institute] analysis of the complex challenges that investors would face when deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies shows that until government policies support large-scale demonstrations it is unlikely that CCS will be able to fulfill its potential in combating climate change. Carbon capture and storage, the process whereby… Continue Reading
