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Robert's US Government Info Blog May 2005 Archive

By Robert Longley, About.com Guide to US Government Info since 1997

Watergate's "Deep Throat" Identity Revealed

Tuesday May 31, 2005
Reporters Woodward and Bernstein's famed "Deep Throat," the shadowy inside source of information in the Watergate scandal, has been revealed as former No. 2 FBI official W. Mark Felt, now ... Read More

White House Ponders Supreme Court Replacements

Tuesday May 31, 2005
Despite the GOP's current problems getting their nominees for lower-level federal judgeships through the Senate, ABC News reports that the White House has been compiling a list of potential conservative ... Read More

Date Lonely Wife Spam Halted by Court

Monday May 30, 2005
The "date lonely wife" email spam-scam, a violator of virtually every provision of the federal CAN-SPAM Act, has been halted by the courts at the request of the Federal Trade ... Read More

Iraqi-U.S. Forces Launch Biggest Mission Since Saddam Hussein

Sunday May 29, 2005
You take 40,000 Iraqi troops, back them up with 10,000 American troops, send them all out to find terrorists, AKA "insurgents," and you get Operation Lighting. As reported here by ... Read More

SBA Offers New Online Small Business Courses

Saturday May 28, 2005
The Small Business Administration is now offering, free of charge, three new online, instructor-taught classes for small business owners and entrepreneurs. The classes offered are: Creating a Successful Business Plan, ... Read More

Memorial Day 2005: Bush Asks U.S. to Pray for Peace

Friday May 27, 2005
In his 2005 Memorial Day Proclamation, President Bush marked the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II by honoring members of the Nation's armed forces and calling for ... Read More

Deadly Memorial Day Weekend on U.S. Highways Projected

Thursday May 26, 2005
There is good news and bad news today. The good news is that the three-day Memorial Day weekend is coming up. The bad news is that the National Safety Council ... Read More

National Sex Offender Registry Website Put On Fast-Track

Wednesday May 25, 2005
The Department of Justice has announced it will fast-track development and delivery of a national sex offender registry Website where citizens can search public state and territory sex offender lists. ... Read More

Congress Rejects Proposed Gun Control Laws

Tuesday May 24, 2005
Will tougher domestic gun control laws bolster homeland security? Apparently Congress doesn't think so, as five proposed gun control measures, including one that would have banned gun sales to persons ... Read More

Wanted: Baby Boomers for National Service

Monday May 23, 2005
If David Eisner has his way, America's 77 million baby boomer's will fill much more worthwhile community roles in their later years than being Wal-Mart greeters. As CEO of the ... Read More

Government Jobs to Match Your Skills

Friday May 20, 2005
Here's a tool for finding job openings in the U.S. Government. Simply click on your area of interest or expertise, for a complete list of all job openings in that ... Read More

Above-Normal 2005 Hurricane Season Predicted by NOAA

Wednesday May 18, 2005
Coastal residents from Texas to Maine could face damage from as many five major hurricanes during what forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are calling an above-normal ... Read More

Education Greatly Boosts Women's Earnings: Report

Tuesday May 17, 2005
Women who graduated from college earned about 76 percent more than women with only a high school diploma in 2004, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ... Read More

FDA Warns of Fake Viagra, Lipitor and Evista

Monday May 16, 2005
The FDA is alerting health care consumers to be on the lookout for fake versions of the popular prescription drugs Lipitor, Viagra, and a non FDA-approved drug being marketed as ... Read More

National Flood Insurance Myths and Facts

Friday May 13, 2005
"People who live on top of the hill don't need flood insurance." Not true, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and just one of the many myths surrounding ... Read More

Traffic Congestion Getting Worse, Researchers Report

Thursday May 12, 2005
Already costing Americans $63.1 billion a year, traffic congestion is only getting worse, according to a new report from the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). Factoring in today's rising fuel prices ... Read More

GAO Finds Food Stamp Program Efficiency Improving

Wednesday May 11, 2005
The Food Stamp program -- rife with fraud, waste, and abuse, right? Not so, says a new report released by the General Accounting Office (GAO) showing that efficiency in management ... Read More

IRS Makes Lexus Hybrid Eligible for Tax Deduction

Tuesday May 10, 2005
The IRS has announced the addition of the 2006 Lexus RX 400h hybrid to the list of vehicles eligible to earn their owners a clean-burning fuel deduction on their income ... Read More

'Roadless Rule' Forest Logging Ban Officially Lifted

Monday May 9, 2005
On May 5, 2005, the Clinton Administration's regulatory ban on logging on some 58.5 million acres of national forest land was officially abandoned, leaving the use and protection of much ... Read More

Mothers Day 2005 Presidential Proclamation

Saturday May 7, 2005
"The hard, perpetual work of motherhood shows us that a single soul can make a difference in a young person's future, " wrote President Bush in his Mother's Day Proclamation. ... Read More

Federalism: National vs. State Government

Friday May 6, 2005
Our government is based on a system called "federalism," under which the national and state governments are granted specific powers. This power-sharing form of government is the opposite of "centralized" ... Read More

Postal Service Wants Your Comments and Suggestions

Thursday May 5, 2005
Think you know a way to make the U.S. mail work better? Great, because the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) wants to hear about it. As it prepares to move into ... Read More

Right to Self Defense: A 28th Amendment?

Wednesday May 4, 2005
Between state and federal government, some 23,000 gun control laws are now in effect. Most of them are considered by many people to be in violation of the 2nd Amendment's ... Read More

Millions of Uninsured Kids Eligible for Health Coverage

Tuesday May 3, 2005
Some 9 million children in the U.S. are not covered by health insurance. Sadly, more than 6 million of those children could be getting health care coverage through Medicaid or ... Read More

Bill Would Repeal 107-Year Old Tax on Talking

Monday May 2, 2005
U.S. Rep. Gary Miller (R-California) has introduced a bill to repeal a "temporary" tax on talking enacted 107 years ago. Miller's bill would repeal the 3% federal excise tax on ... Read More

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