D-2008-122 Follow-up on DoD Purchases Made Through the Department of the Interior, August 18, 2008 (Project No. D2008-D000CF-0096.000) D-2008-121 Internal Controls for Air Force General Fund Cash and Other Monetary Assets, August 18, 2008 (Project No. D2007-D000FD-0145.000) D-2008-120 Coordination of Overseas Force Structure Changes in the U.S. European Command, August 18, 2008 (CLASSIFIED REPORT) (Project… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
FTC Issues Final Telemarketing Sales Rule Amendments Regarding Prerecorded Calls
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today announced two amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). One will expressly bar telemarketing calls that deliver prerecorded messages, unless a consumer previously has agreed to accept such calls from the seller. The other related technical amendment modifies the TSR’s method of calculating the maximum permissible level of… Continue Reading
Secretary Chertoff Addresses Secure Identity Challenges
News release: “Secretary Chertoff spoke on the balance between privacy and secure identity August 13 at the University of Southern California National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events. He addressed crimes involving identity theft, and talked about identity validation and authentication, the associated financial costs, the effect on illegal workers, the universe… Continue Reading
EPA identifies areas that do not meet Particulate Standards
News release: “Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced intended designations for the 24 hour PM2.5 (Particulate Matter) standard for all state lands and for Indian country. EPA revised the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) on September 21, 2006 to provide increased protection of public health and welfare from fine particle pollution.” Area… Continue Reading
OSHA: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
OSHA – Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, Revised, OSHA 3114-07R 2008: “The dumping of hazardous substances poses a significant threat to the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data show that over 18 million tons of hazardous substances covered by TRI were disposed of or released into the environment… Continue Reading
SEC Announces Successor to EDGAR Database
News release: “Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today unveiled the successor to the agencys 1980s-era EDGAR database, which will give investors far faster and easier access to key financial information about public companies and mutual funds. The new system is called IDEA, short for Interactive Data Electronic Applications. Based on a completely new… Continue Reading
ACSI: Apple, Google Surge in Customer Satisfaction
News release: “Customer satisfaction continues on a bumpy path without momentum or trend in the second quarter, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. After a small uptick last quarter, ACSI slips 0.1% to 75.1 on a 100-point scale. The ACSI second quarter report, released today from the University of Michigans National Quality Research Center,… Continue Reading
Justia Pre-Beta Lawyer Directory Released
Justia: Find Attorneys, Legal Aid and Legal Services – Arranged by practice areas, states and metro areas. Continue Reading
DOE, NRC Issue Licensing Roadmap For Next-Generation Nuclear Plant
News release: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today delivered to Congress the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Licensing Strategy Report which describes the licensing approach, the analytical tools, the research and development activities and the estimated resources required to license an advanced reactor design by 2017 and… Continue Reading
IRS Issues Summer 2008 Statistics Of Income Bulletin
News release: “The Internal Revenue Service today released the summer 2008 issue of the Statistics of Income Bulletin, which features tax year 2005 data on the growth in profits and tax liability reported by foreign-controlled domestic corporations. According to 2005 data, there were 61,820 foreign-controlled domestic corporations (FCDCs), accounting for 1.1 percent of the total… Continue Reading
Greater London Area Metropolitan Police Launch Crime Mapping Site
Met’s Crime Mapping Test Website: “The purpose of this site is to help show where crime is occurring at a local neighbourhood level. It has been developed by the MPS in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Mayor of London. This is a live test site (known technically within the industry as a… Continue Reading
GAO Reports FDA Approval of Drug Mifeprex, Supply Chain Security, Superfund, PBGC Assets
Food and Drug Administration: Approval and Oversight of the Drug Mifeprex, GAO-08-751, August 07, 2008 Supply Chain Security: CBP Works with International Entities to Promote Global Customs Security Standards and Initiatives, but Challenges Remain, GAO-08-538, August 15, 2008 Superfund: Funding and Reported Costs of Enforcement and Administration Activities, GAO-08-841R, July 18, 2008 PBGC Assets: Implementation… Continue Reading
