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E-Government (12/17/07)

E-Government 2.0: Improving Innovation, Collaboration, and Access
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
December 11, 2007
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Press Release
Lieberman Calls For Government Information and Services To Be More Accessible, Transparent, Interactive
December 11, 2007
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New Attorney General (11/13/07)

President Bush Pleased by Senate Confirmation of Judge Michael Mukasey as Attorney General
The White House, November 9, 2007
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Fact Sheet: Michael Mukasey: A Strong Attorney General
Senate Confirms Judge Michael Mukasey As United States Attorney General
The White House, November 9, 2007
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Mukasey Sends Answers To Judiciary Committee
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Nomination of New Secretary of Agriculture　(11/2/07)

President Bush Nominates Ed Schafer for Secretary of Agriculture
The White House. October 31, 2007
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Fact Sheet: Ed Schafer: A Record of Leadership in Agriculture and Business
President Bush Nominates Former Two-Term North Dakota Governor To Serve As U.S. Agriculture Secretary
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California Wildfires　(10/30/07)

President Bush Discusses California Wildfires
Kit Carson Park
Escondido, California
October 25, 2007
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Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for California
The White House. October 23, 2007
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Federal Response to the California Wildfires
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
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First Indian-American U.S. Governor　(10/25/07)

Louisiana Elects First Indian-American U.S. Governor
International Information Programs, Department of State, October 22, 2007
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National Governors Association
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E Journal [The Long Campaign: U.S. Elections 2008]　(10/18/07)

The Long Campaign: U.S. Elections 2008
An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State, October 2007
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Table of Contents:
-About This Issue
-How the Internet Is Changing the Playing Field
-New Voting Technology: Problem or Solution?
-Voting for the First Time
-Congressional Elections
-The Changing U.S. Voter
-Women Voters in the United States
-Covering the Presidential Campaign: The View from the Press Bus
-Political Polls: Why We Just Can’t Live Without Them
-A Fresh Start
-How the 2008 U.S. Elections Will Be Financed
-Has the Electoral College Outlived Its Usefulness?
-Bibliography
-Internet Resources

Medicare and Medicaid　(10/16/07)

Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Account for Half of Federal Spending U.S. Census Bureau News, Oct. 9, 2007
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Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2005: State and County Areas
U.S. Census Bureau, September 2007, 116p. (PDF, 1.61MB)
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Strengthen Medicare: A Framework to Modernize and Improve Medicare
Policies in Focus, White House
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
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The 2008 Presidential Election　(10/4/07)

The 2008 Presidential Election
U.S. Census Bureau. October 1, 2007
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Presidential Campaign Finance Map
Federal Election Commission
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Campaign Guide for Political Party Committees
Federal Election Commission. August 2007. 155p. (PDF; 1.48MB)
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U.S. Elections
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
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2008 Elections: Campaign 101
Mike Allen, Chief Correspondent, Politico
Foreign Press Center, U.S. Department. September 18, 2007
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Hearing on Structurally Deficient Bridges (9/7/07)

Structurally Deficient Bridges in the United States
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 5, 2007
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Summary of Subject Matter
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 4, 2007
(PDF 9p.)
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Federal Highway Administration’s Oversight of Structurally Deficient Bridges
Statement of Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General
U.S. Department of Transportation, September 5, 2007.
(PDF 18p. 232 kb)
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State by State breakdown of Structurally Deficient Bridges
as a Percentage of All Bridges
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory, Deficient Bridges by State and Highway System
August 2, 2007
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Map Showing Structurally Deficient Bridges in the U.S.
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Highway Bridges: Conditions and the Federal/State Role
CRS Report for Congress, August 10, 2007
(PDF 18p.)
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Campaign 2008 (6/19/07)

The Washington Foreign Press Center holds continuing series of briefings on the 2008 elections.

Campaign 2008: Covering the First in the Nation - Iowa Caucuses - What You Need to Know Before You Land at the Des Moines International Airport
Foreign Press Center Briefing, June 7, 2007
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Campaign Finance and the 2008 Presidential Election
Foreign Press Center Briefing, April 18, 2007
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2008 Presidential Campaign Finance Overview
Foreign Press Center April 13, 2007
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