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Economics,
finance and industry
International
economic issues, trade and investment
Development
and international assistance
Democracy,
governance and human rights
Refugees,
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Maritime
issues and law of the sea
Terrorism
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Science,
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Transportation
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Philanthropy
and civil society
Aging,
retirement and social security
Telecommunications,
media and publishing
Information
technology and the internet
The Long Campaign: U.S.
Elections 2008
U.S.
Dept of State, Office of International Information Programs, eJournal USA, October 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itdhr/1007/ijde/ijde1007.htm
This
electronic journal issue presents an introduction to the upcoming 2008 U.S.
elections. It describes aspects of this election which make it different from
most recent elections, and includes a pro-con debate of the Electoral College.
Articles include “How the Internet is Changing the Playing Field”, “The
Changing U.S. Voter”, and “Opinion Polls: Why We Just Can’t Live Without
Them”.
U.S. Policy Looking Ahead
to the 62nd UNGA
Remarks
by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kristen Silverberg, October 10, 2007
http://www.state.gov/p/io/rls/93451.htm
The United States’
Continued Call for UN Management Reform: Ideals and Accountability
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, September 20, 2007
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/scp/92622.htm
U.S. Financial
Contributions to the United Nations System
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, September 20, 2007
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/scp/92625.htm
A Steep Hill: Congress and
U.S. Efforts to Strengthen Fragile States
A
report of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, Center for Strategic and
International Studies, October 2007
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071019_asteephill.pdf
World Publics Welcome
Global Trade – but Not Immigration
47-Nation
Pew Global Attitudes Survey
Pew
Global Attitudes Project, October 4, 2007
http://pewglobal.org/reports/pdf/258.pdf
There
is a summary at http://pewresearch.org/pubs/607/global-trade-immigration
Polling in Iraq and
Afghanistan
Q&A
with Matthew Warshaw, D3 Systems, October 17, 2007
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/420.php?lb=hmpg1&pnt=420&nid=&id
Matthew
Warshaw is senior research manager for D3 Systems, which specializes in opinion
research in difficult environments.
Remarks by U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State John D. Negroponte
at
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) symposium, October 23, 2007
http://www.state.gov/s/d/2007/94077.htm
In
these remarks, the Deputy Secretary of State surveys developments in Asia, and
aspects of U.S. policy toward Asia.
U.S. Assistance in East
Asia and the Pacific: An Overview
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, U.S.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 20, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=896
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
The
statement by U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Glyn Davies is
also at http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2007/92540.htm
Burma: Democratic
Aspirations
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, October 18, 2007
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/scp/93709.htm
Burma Sanctions: Background
and Options
Congressional
Research Service report, October 10, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/94113.pdf
Crisis in Burma: Can the
U.S. Bring About a Peaceful Solution?
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, U.S.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 17, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=909
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
Burma’s Saffron
Revolution
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, October 3, 2007
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2007/hrg071003p.html
Understanding Myanmar
Background
by Jayshree Bajoria, Council on Foreign Relations, October 4, 2007
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14385/understanding_myanmar.html
Asia’s Forgotten Crisis: A
New Approach to Burma
Michael
Green and Derek Mitchell, Council on Foreign Relations, Foreign Affairs, November-December 2007
High-Resolution Satellite
Imagery and the Conflict in Eastern Burma
Summary
Report. American Association for the Advancement of Science, September 28,
2007
http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2007/media/0928burma_report.pdf
This
is a large PDF file. There is a news release about this report at http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2007/0928burma_report.shtml
China’s Motor Vehicle and
Aerospace Industries
Backgrounder
by Lee Hudson Teslik, Council on Foreign Relations, October 8, 2007
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14399/chinas_motor_vehicle_and_aerospace_industries.html
China’s Response to
HIV/AIDS and U.S.-China Collaboration
“An
Update from the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies”
Center
for Strategic and International Studies (Washington DC), October 2007
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071002-lu-gill-chinaresponsehiv4web.pdf
Six-Party Talks:
Second-Phase Actions for the Implementation of the September 2005 Joint Agreement
Media
note, U.S. Dept of State, October 3, 2007
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/oct/93217.htm
A
State Department fact sheet on the October 3, 2007, agreement relating to North
Korea’s nuclear program is at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/oct/93223.htm
America’s Strategic
Opportunity with India
Article
by U.S. Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns in Foreign Affairs, November-December 2007
http://www.state.gov/p/us/rm/2007/93728.htm
This
article was posted on the State Department website on October 18, 2007
The Economic Power and
Promise of India
Address
by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Jr, October 24, 2007
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp636.htm
India-U.S. Relations
Congressional
Research Service report, updated October 2, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/94103.pdf
Unleashing India’s
Innovation: Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
World
Bank, 2007
Counternarcotics Strategy
and Police Training in Afghanistan
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, U.S. House Committee
on Foreign Affairs, October 4, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=905
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
Turkmenistan and Central
Asia After Niyazov
Stephen
J. Blank, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, September
2007
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB791.pdf
Iran Sanctions and Regional
Security
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, U.S. House Committee
on Foreign Affairs, October 23,
2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=912
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
Designation of Iranian
Entities and Individuals for Proliferation Activities and Support for Terrorism
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, October 25, 2007
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/oct/94193.htm
On-the-Record Briefing on
Iran
Briefing
by U.S. Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns and U.S. Under Secretary of
the Treasury Stuart A. Levey, October 25, 2007
http://www.state.gov/p/us/rm/2007/94178.htm
Iraq: Regional Perspectives
and U.S. Policy
Congressional
Research Service report, updated September 12, 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33793.pdf
Private Security
Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 2,
2007
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1509
United States Humanitarian
Assistance for Displaced Iraqis
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, October 5, 2007
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/oct/93319.htm
Kuwaiti National Security
and the U.S.-Kuwaiti Strategic Relationship After Saddam
W.
Andrew Terrill, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, September
2007
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB788.pdf
Yemen: Current Conditions
and U.S. Relations
Congressional
Research Service report, September 12, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/92952.pdf
Egypt: Security, Political,
and Islamist Challenges
Sherifa
Zuhur, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, September 2007
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB787.pdf
The Political Economy of
Reform in Egypt: Understanding the Role of Institutions
Sufyan
Alissa, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, October 2007
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cmec5_alissa_egypt_final.pdf
Upgrading Authoritarianism
in the Arab World
Analysis
paper by Steven Heydemann. Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution,
October 2007
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2007/10arabworld/10arabworld.pdf
Building Bridges of
Understanding
An
address by Henrietta H. Fore, U.S. Acting Director of Foreign Assistance and
Acting USAID Administrator, October 16, 2007
http://www.state.gov/f/releases/remarks2007/93732.htm
The
focus of this speech is U.S. economic development partnerships in the Middle
East.
Exploring the U.S. Role in
Consolidating Peace and Democracy in the Great Lakes Region
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, October 24, 2007
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2007/hrg071024a.html
Combating Genocide in
Darfur: The Role of Divestment and Other Policy Tools
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, October
3, 2007
http://banking.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=282
Structuring a Peace Process
for Darfur
Backgrounder
by Stephanie Hanson, Council on Foreign Relations, October 11, 2007
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14455/structuring_a_peace_process_for_darfur.html
Ethiopia and the State of
Democracy: Effects on Human Rights and Humanitarian Conditions in the Ogaden and Somalia
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, U.S. House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, October 2, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=903
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
The Central African
Republic: Worsening Crisis in a Troubled Region
Briefing
by U.S. Institute of Peace, September 2007
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2007/0911_central_african_republic.html
Urbanization in Sub-Saharan
Africa
Backgrounder
by Stephanie Hanson, Council on Foreign Relations, October 1, 2007
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14327/urbanization_in_subsaharan_africa.html
The Long-Run Impact of
Orphanhood
World
Bank policy research working paper, September 2007
The Transatlantic Community
and Two Great Challenges
Remarks
by U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Volker, October 18,
2007
http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/93720.htm
The
two challenges cited are the ideology of violence, and energy challenges.
German Foreign and Security
Policy: Trends and Transatlantic Implications
Congressional
Research Service report, October 3, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/94155.pdf
Kosovo: Breaking the
Deadlock
Briefing
by Daniel Serwer, U.S. Institute of Peace, September 2007
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2007/0914_kosovo.html
Remarks by U.S. Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice
Remarks
at the Organization of American States, hosted by the Council on Foreign
Relations, October 9, 2007
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2007/10/93377.htm
Remarks by U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State John D. Negroponte
Remarks
at the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA)
40th annual meeting, September 18, 2007
http://www.state.gov/s/d/2007/92433.htm
U.S.-Brazil Relations
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, U.S. House Committee on
Foreign Affairs, September 19, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=895
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
Promoting Peace and
Prosperity in Colombia
Address
by U.S. Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns, October 22, 2007
http://www.state.gov/p/us/rm/2007/93969.htm
New Hopes for Negotiated
Solutions in Colombia
Working
paper by Virginia M. Bouvier, U.S. Institute of Peace, September 25, 2007
http://www.usip.org/pubs/working_papers/wp4_colombia.pdf
President Bush Discusses
Cuba Policy
Transcript
of the President’s remarks, the White House, October 24, 2007
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071024-6.html
Encouraging Freedom,
Justice, and Prosperity in Cuba
White
House fact sheet, October 24, 2007
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071024-7.html
The Subprime Lending
Crisis: The Economic Impact on Wealth, Property Values and Tax Revenues, and How We Got Here
Joint
Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, October 25, 2007
http://www.jec.senate.gov/Documents/Reports/10.25.07OctoberSubprimeReport.pdf
There
is a news release at http://www.jec.senate.gov/Documents/Releases/10.25.07subprimereportrelease.pdf
Recent Developments in Real
Estate, Financial Markets, and the Economy
Speech
by Eric S. Rosengren, president and ceo, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,
October 10, 2007
http://www.bos.frb.org/news/speeches/rosengren/2007/101007.htm
May You Live in Interesting
Times
Address
by William C. Dudley, executive vice president, Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, October 17, 2007
http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/speeches/2007/dud071017.html
This
speech discusses recent developments in the financial markets, especially in
housing finance.
Financial Crisis? The
Liquidity Crunch of August 2007
Congressional
Research Service report, September 21, 2007
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL34182_20070921.pdf
Straightening Out the
Mortgage Mess
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, U.S. House
Committee on the Judiciary, September 25, 2007
http://judiciary.house.gov/Oversight.aspx?ID=373
Systemic Risk: Evaluating
Regulators’ Ability to React to Threats in the Financial System
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, October 2, 2007
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/ht1002072.shtml
Financial Regulation:
Industry Trends Continue to Challenge the Federal Regulatory Structure
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), October 2007
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0832.pdf
The Role of Public and
Private Litigation in the Enforcement of Securities Laws in the United States
Nishal
Ray Ramphal, RAND, 2007
http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2007/RAND_RGSD224.pdf
R&D and Productivity
Growth: A Review of the Literature
Leo
Sveikauskas, BLS working paper, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept of Labor,
September 2007
http://www.bls.gov/ore/pdf/ec070070.pdf
BEA Introduces New Measures
of the Metropolitan Economy
News
release, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept of Commerce, September 26,
2007
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2007/gdp_metro0907.htm
Schedule of Release Dates
for Principal Federal Economic Indicators for 2008
White
House, Office of Management and Budget, September 2007
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/pei_calendar2008.pdf
There
is a news release at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/pubpress/2007/092707_pei2008.html
The Outlook for the U.S.
Economy and Manufacturing
National
Association of Manufacturers, October 2007
http://www.nam.org/s_nam/bin.asp?CID=202559&DID=238064&DOC=FILE.PDF
Invention, Productivity,
and the Economy
Speech
by Charles I. Plosser, president and ceo, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia,
September 25, 2007
Is the U.S. Losing Its
Productivity Advantage?
Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, Current Issues
in Economics and Finance, September 2007
http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci13-8.html
There
is a news release with summary at http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2007/rp071003.html
Staff Observations in the
Review of Executive Compensation Disclosure
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, October 9, 2007
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/execcompdisclosure.htm
There
is a news release at http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2007/2007-214.htm
Small Business Growth:
Searching for Stylized Facts
Working
paper by Brian Headd and Bruce Kirchhoff, U.S. Small Business Administration, October
2007
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs311tot.pdf
At
http://www.sba.gov/advo/press/07-33.html
there is a news release “New Understanding Gained of Small Business Dynamics”,
and at http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs311.pdf
there is a summary of the paper.
America’s 200 Best Small
Companies
[2007]
Forbes online, October 2007
http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/11/best-small-companies-biz-07200best-cz_jg_cs_1011bestsmall_land.html
Changes in Income Inequality
Across the U.S.
Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco, FRBSF Economic Letter, September 21, 2007
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2007/el2007-28.html
Systemic Risk and the
International Lender of Last Resort
Speech
by Frederic S. Mishkin, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, September 28,
2007
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/mishkin20070928a.htm
Trading Barbs: A Primer on
the Globalization Debate
Kevin
Kliesen, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, The
Regional Economist, October 2007
http://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/re/2007/d/pages/trading-barbs.html
International Monetary Fund
(IMF): Financial Reform and the Possible Sale of IMF Gold
Congressional
Research Service report, September 21, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/93480.pdf
International Accounting Standards:
Opportunities, Challenges and Global Convergence Issues
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
Urban Affairs, October 24, 2007
http://banking.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=284
Jobs and Trade
Remarks
by William Poole, president, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, in London,
September 6, 2007
http://www.stlouisfed.org/news/speeches/2007/09_06_07.html
Trading Up: How Expanding
Trade Has Delivered Better Jobs and Higher Living Standards for American Workers
Daniel
Griswold, the Cato Institute, October 25, 2007
http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/pas/tpa-036es.html
U.S. Trade Statutes:
Expiration Dates and Mandated Periodic Reports to Congress
Congressional
Research Service report, October 2, 2007
http://opencrs.com/rpts/RL34196_20071002.pdf
APEC 2007: Advancing U.S.
Exports to the Asia-Pacific Region
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, U.S.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 25, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=899
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
Growing Trade, Growing
Vigilance: Import Health and Safety Today and Tomorrow
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, October 18, 2007
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing101807.htm
Managing Complexity and
Establishing New Habits of Cooperation in U.S.-China Economic Relations
Remarks
by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson Jr, October 23, 2007
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp633.htm
U.S.-Korea Free Trade
Agreement: Potential Economy-Wide and Selected Sectoral Effects
U.S.
International Trade Commission, September 2007
http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/2104F/pub3949.pdf
There
is a news release at http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/news_release/2007/er0920ee3.htm
and a media note by the U.S. Dept of State at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/sep/92568.htm
DEVELOPMENT and INTERNATIONAL
ASSISTANCE
The Fight Against Global
Poverty and Inequality: The World Bank’s Approach to Core Labor Standards and Employment Creation
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, October 3, 2007
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/ht100307.shtml
The Doing Business
Project
World
Bank, 2007
The
report Doing Business 2008 has been released; an overview is at http://www.doingbusiness.org/documents/Press_Releases_08/DB_08_Oveview_English.pdf,
and a news release at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21485981~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html cites fast reforms among major emerging
economies, notably Egypt, with Eastern Europe overtaking East Asia in terms of
ease of doing business.
Development Results in
Middle-Income Countries: An Evaluation of the World Bank’s Support
World
Bank, Independent Evaluation Group, October 2007
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTMIDINCCOU/Resources/MIC_evaluation.pdf
Can
be downloaded by chapter at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTOED/EXTMIDINCCOU/0,,contentMDK:21402200~pagePK:64168427~piPK:64168435~theSitePK:2831368,00.html
The 2007 Commitment to
Development Index
Center
for Global Development, October 2007
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/14565
U.S. Contributions to
Reducing Global Poverty: An Assessment of the U.S. and the Millennium Development Goals
InterAction,
October 2007
http://www.interaction.org/files.cgi/6012_MDGFinalReport-withCover.pdf
InterAction
is a major coalition of U.S.-based nongovernment organizations involved in
international development. There is a news release at http://www.interaction.org/media/MDGsReport/20071018-MDGReport2.htm
Trade Policy for
Development: Reforming U.S. Trade Preferences
Center
for Global Development, September 2007
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/14348
DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE and HUMAN RIGHTS
Governance Matters 2007: Worldwide
Governance Indicators, 1996-2006
World
Bank, 2007
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi2007/home.htm
There
are individual country reports at http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi2007/pdf_country.asp
Strategies to Fight
Kleptocracy
Statement
by David M. Luna, Director for Anti-Crime Programs Division, U.S. Department of
State, September 26, 2007
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/rm/92911.htm
Anticorruption Efforts in
Latin America: Lessons Learned
Peter
DeShazo, Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 2007
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/070913_anticorruptionefforts_finalreport.pdf
REFUGEES, ASYLUM and TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
North Korean Refugees in
China and Human Rights Issues: International Response and U.S. Policy Options
Congressional
Research Service report, September 26, 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34189.pdf
The “Material Support Bar”:
Denying Refuge to the Persecuted?
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, U.S. Senate Committee on
the Judiciary, September 19, 2007
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2439
International Trafficking
in Persons: Taking Action to Eliminate Modern Day Slavery
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 18, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=910
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
MARITIME ISSUES and LAW OF THE SEA
Cruise Ship Security
Practices and Procedures
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, U.S. House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 19, 2007
http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=305
The Convention on the Law
of the Sea
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, October 4, 2007
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2007/hrg071004a.html
A
hearing on this topic was also held by the same committee on September 27,
2007, with testimony from senior U.S. Government officials, and is online at http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2007/hrg070927p.html
The Law of the Sea Treaty:
Impeding American Entrepreneurship and Investment
Doug
Bandow, Competitive Enterprise Institute, September 2007
http://www.cei.org/pdf/6151.pdf
Food Safety: Selected
Issues and Bills in the 110th Congress
Congressional
Research Service, September 4, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/92954.pdf
Diminished Capacity: Can
the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of Our Nation’s Food Supply: Part III
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, U.S. House Committee
on Energy and Commerce, October 11, 2007
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-oi-hrg.101107.FDAPart3.shtml
Consumer Safety / Food
Safety / Import Safety
Compilation,
by BNA Inc., of links to reports, analyses etc, September 2007