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EPA OIG: Agency Needs to Better Report Chesapeake Bay Challenges

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08-P-0199 EPA Needs to Better Report Chesapeake Bay Challenges, [Report PDF – 40 pages] [At a Glance PDF]

  • “Despite many noteworthy accomplishments by the Chesapeake Bay partners, the Bay remains degraded. This has resulted in continuing threats to aquatic life and human health, and citizens being deprived of the Bay’s full economic and recreational benefits. Through its reporting responsibilities, EPA could better advise Congress and the Chesapeake Bay community that (a) the Bay program is significantly short of its goals and (b) partners need to make major changes if goals are to be met. Current efforts will not enable partners to meet their goal of restoring the Bay by 2010.”

    • The Changing Newsroom: What is Being Gained and What is Being Lost in America's Daily Newspapers?

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    Project for Excellence in Journalism: “Meet the American daily newspaper of 2008. It has fewer pages than three years ago, the paper stock is thinner, and the stories are shorter. There is less foreign and national news, less space devoted to science, the arts, features and a range of specialized subjects. Business coverage is either… Continue Reading

    New GAO Reports: Commercial Drivers, Indian Health Service, Air Traffic Control

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    Commercial Drivers: Certification Process for Drivers with Serious Medical Conditions, GAO-08-826, June 30, 2008 Indian Health Service: IHS Mismanagement Led to Millions of Dollars in Lost or Stolen Property, GAO-08-727, June 18, 2008 Influenza Pandemic: Federal Agencies Should Continue to Assist States to Address Gaps in Pandemic Planning, GAO-08-539, June 19, 2008 Air Traffic Control:… Continue Reading

    Report: Overseas Intellectual Property Rights Attache Program Is Generally Working Well, but a Comprehensive Operating Plan Is Needed

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    Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General – United States Patent and Trademark Office, The Overseas Intellectual Property Rights Attaché Program Is Generally Working Well, but a Comprehensive Operating Plan Is Needed, Final Report IPE-19044/July 2008. “According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, IPR theft costs at least $200 billion per year and the loss… Continue Reading

    TRAC Immigration Judge Reports — Asylum

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    Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “New reports on the nation’s 200-plus immigration judges are now available. The reports, covering how the judges decided asylum matters in the FY 2002 to FY 2007 period, are based on tens of thousands of very detailed records obtained and analyzed by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act. The source… Continue Reading

    Social Security Administration Retirement Estimator

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    “The Retirement Estimator produces estimates that are based on your actual Social Security earnings record. Retirement estimates are just that, estimates. They will vary slightly from the actual benefit you may receive in the future because: Your Social Security earnings record is constantly being updated; Our calculators use different parameters and assumptions (e.g., different stop… Continue Reading

    DOD GWOT Audit: Challenges Impacting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Reported

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    DOD Support to the Global War On Terror (GWOT) – D-2008-086 Challenges Impacting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Reported by Major Oversight Organizations Beginning FY 2003 through FY 2007, July 18, 2008 (Project No. D2007-D000XA-0249.000) “Over the course of conducting Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, DoD experienced, at times, significant and recurring challenges in… Continue Reading

    Oversight Committee Continues Investigation of Widespread Electrical Problems in Iraq

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    “Chairman Waxman requests additional information about Defense Department and KBR failures to address defective electrical systems throughout Iraq that have caused hundreds of fires and resulted in multiple fatalities.” Documents and Links Letter to Robert M. Gates Memorandum for Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) E-Mails 2006 E-mails Requesting Fire Report Continue Reading

    CBP Releases Intellectual Property Rights Seizure Statistics for Mid-Fiscal Year 2008

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    News release: “U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of International Trade announced today that the domestic value of counterfeit and pirated products seized by CBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement increased by 2.7 percent in mid-fiscal year 2008 to $113.2 million compared to $110.1 million in mid-FY 2007. The number of large-scale seizures also… Continue Reading