United States
1) Higher education: issues related to law school cost and access : report to congressional committees
Author
Publisher
GAO
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Author
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Following the World Trade Center (WTC) attack, the Congress appropriated more than $8 billion to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency for response and recovery activities. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) received some of this funding to establish health screening and monitoring programs for responders to the disaster and later received additional appropriations to fund treatment. In total,...
7) Understanding the primary components of the annual financial report of the United States government
Author
Publisher
United States Government Accountability Office
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Louisiana, home to 40 percent of all coastal wetlands in the lower 48 states, is projected to lose almost 17 square miles of coastline each year for the next 50 years to storms, sea level rise, and land subsidence. Coastal wetlands are an important wildlife and commercial resource, and provide a natural buffer against the storm surge that accompanies storms and hurricanes. The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CPR) established...