President Bush asked the Federal Trade Commission why the price of gasoline at the pump rose so sharply during the spring and summer of 2006. "Market factors," replied the FTC ... Read More

The IRS is warning taxpayers not to fall for a new email-based scam offering them $80 to participate in an online IRS customer satisfaction survey. The unsolicited email appears to come ... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new federal regulation requiring manufactures of over-the-counter sunscreens to add ratings for protection from ultraviolet A (UVA) light to the labels ... Read More

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has tendered his resignation to President Bush. The resignation will become effective on September 16. Gonzales had come under intense political criticism for his role ... Read More

Congress will need to allocate an additional $7.6 billion in order to complete hurricane protection projects in the New Orleans area by 2011, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. When ... Read More

In the 2008 presidential election, more voters than ever will face a new computerized voting machine and ask, "How does this thing work?" To answer that question and to help ... Read More

If what your financial life need is simple, practical tips for saving real money on loans and credit cards, the FDIC has 51 of them for you. This valuable collection ... Read More

President Bush on August 16, issued this Executive Order directing federal agencies with control over public lands, including the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, to take ... Read More

Only 7 percent of Americans can name the first four U.S. presidents in order, according to a survey commissioned by the U.S. Mint as part of its launch of the ... Read More

In July, the New Orleans Times-Picayune revealed that fluoride has not been added to the stricken city's drinking water since Hurricane Katrina. Yet another failure of government to respond to ... Read More

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced the appointment of major league baseball great Cal Ripken, Jr. to be the nation's second American public diplomacy envoy. The State Department created ... Read More

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has taken over future administration FEMA's Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), currently providing housing recovery assistance to some 30,000 families displaced ... Read More

While refusing to acknowledged its existence, the U.S. government continues to devote substantial resources to studying and reducing the suspected causes of global warming. For example, the nationwide network of ... Read More

The 2007 U.S. corn crop is expected to be the largest in human history, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Crop Production Report released last week. Considering that archeologists estimate ... Read More

Three years after passage of legislation calling for it, the Secure Flight Program took its first steps toward reality last week, when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a Notice ... Read More

The plight of the six miners trapped in Utah's Crandall Canyon Mine ads tragic emphasis to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showing that fatal work injuries in ... Read More

In just the last week, the U.S. government has sold over $1.7 billion worth of military weapons systems to six nations. Fortunately, the purchasers are friendly nations. The arms sales, coordinated ... Read More

Even as six coal miners remain trapped in a Utah mine, the Los Alamos National Labs (LANL) reports the successful testing of a portable, Through-The-Earth Communication (tm) system that will ... Read More

The U.S. Army has announced a $20,000 "quick-ship" bonus for new recruits who enlist through Sept. 30, 2007. The cash bonus is available to new recruits with no prior military service. ... Read More

NOAA Fisheries Service has issued a rule requiring commercial fishing vessels in designated areas to have observers on board to collect information on the accidental, catching of sea turtles. The ... Read More

Before the wreckage of the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis had been pulled from the Mississippi River, questions arose about the federal government's ability to regulate and protect the ... Read More

Members and certain veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are eligible to apply for United States citizenship under special provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). In addition, U.S. ... Read More

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has announced that thousands of historic films from the National Archives are now available for sale to the public through Amazon.com. NARA's collection of ... Read More

The Suicide Prevention Hotline for U.S. Veterans, announced by the Department of Veterans Affairs on July 2, is now fully operational. By calling the toll-free hot line at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), veterans ... Read More

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed its version of the Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007, providing continued federal funding for agriculture-related programs through fiscal year 2012. This bill ... Read More