In an effort to protect the rights and incomes of the more creative Americans among us, the U.S. government is seeking the adoption of an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). "Global counterfeiting ... Read More

The San Diego Union Tribune is providing this searchable database of all structures burned in the San Diego County, California wildfires. The search returns both clickable maps and spreadsheets showing ... Read More

Petroleum giant BP has suffered a record-setting bad run with U.S. government regulations. BP agreed to pay $7 million in fines to settle self-reported violations of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ... Read More

Chances are, NASA will finally "decide" to release data from its unprecedented -- and taxpayer-funded -- flight safety survey of over 24,000 commercial and general aviation pilots, but not until ... Read More

Combined costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could run from $1.2 to $1.7 trillion by 2017, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Both ... Read More

Many U.S. airports are fondly recognized by their 3-letter Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) location codes. You know... Los Angeles – LAX, San Francisco –- SFO, Dallas/Fort Worth -- DFW. But ... Read More

The U.S. Senate yesterday refused to move forward with consideration of a bill that would have allowed certain children of illegal immigrants to remain in the country and obtain legal ... Read More

The IRS has announced that taxpayers will enjoy increases in both personal exemptions and standard deductions when filing their 2008 tax returns in early 2009. After adjustments for inflation, the personal ... Read More

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is coordinating the federal government's response to the multiple wildfires burning across Southern California. As of the evening of October 23, over 900,000 people ... Read More

Citing the importance of the more than $40 billion a year spent on sport fishing in the U.S., President Bush yesterday issued this Executive Order intended to protect striped bass ... Read More

Demands for more cooling energy (electricity) than heating energy (oil and gas), rising sea-levels, reduced snowfall and warmer rivers are among the effects of climate change on U.S. energy production ... Read More

Work limitations due to arthritis ranges from a low of 3.4 percent of working age adults in Hawaii to a high of 15 percent in Kentucky, according to a first-ever ... Read More

Good News: More than 54 million Americans now on Social Security will see a 2.3 percent increase in their benefits, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). The 2.3 percent ... Read More

State law enforcement agencies reported that 2,002 persons in the U.S. died while being arrested during the years 2003 through 2005. According to the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) ... Read More

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) for assistance in convincing China to ease its trade policies restricting the importation and distribution ... Read More

That email about your cell phone number being released to telemarketers? Forget it, says the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). As keepers of the wildly popular, telemarketer-screening National Do Not Call ... Read More

If your company -- large or small -- develops next-generation information technology (IT) products, the Department of Defense (DoD) really wants to know about them. Technology companies are encouraged to register ... Read More

The IRS offers a gentle reminder to the more than 10.2 million taxpayers who requested an automatic six-month extension on their 2006 tax returns, but have yet to file, that ... Read More

During the Cold War, the U.S. military-industrial complex built nuclear weapons as fast it could. Today, it is taking them apart even faster. The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration ... Read More

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has finalized its new list of 100 test questions administered to all applicants for U.S. citizenship. The 100 new questions, focusing on U.S. government, ... Read More

Since Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. Rep. Brian Baird (D-Washington, 3rd), has been asking his fellow lawmakers the same chilling question: How will the U.S. government go on if Congress is ... Read More

The IRS has posted a useful Question and Answer page on tax implications for people who have lost their homes due to foreclosure. Special provisions of the tax law can often ... Read More

The U.S. Senate has passed a measure blocking the sale of surplus F-14 Tomcat fighter jet parts to Iran through the Department of Defense (DOD). In its approval of the National ... Read More

President Bush on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have expanded the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP program by $35 billion over the next five years. Bush has stated ... Read More

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced it will require all Mexican and U.S. trucks taking part in the cross-border trucking pilot project to be equipped with satellite-based vehicle tracking ... Read More

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report recommending that the Department of Defense (DOD) begin providing Congress and the American people with full monthly reports of enemy-initiated attacks ... Read More

For the first time in nearly 30 years, the U.S. Census Bureau has released population profiles of people who live in "group quarters," an oddly contrived mix that includes living ... Read More