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Department of Commerce FEMA.gov Communities - National Preparedness Coalition Skip to actionsActions Department of Justice April 17th, 2014 April 16th, 2014 March 14th, 2014 March 11th, 2014 Monday, April 21, 2014 Press Release Thursday, April 17, 2014 Speech Dept. of Justice Overview Tues., September 29 Attorney General Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General David W. Home | National-Academies.org | Where the Nation Turns for Independent, Expert Advice U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs dsc_MainTop_CDF PEER Health: Opportunities for Researchers in Indonesia and the Philippines A grants program, Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Health is providing support to developing country researchers interested in collaborating with researchers supported by the US Government (USG) funding on implementation science projects reflecting the health priorities of Indonesia and the Philippines. Solicitation for concept notes for Cycle 2 is now open. Deadline to submit a concept note is March 14, 2014. Please visit the PEER Health website for more information and updates. Inter-Academy Agreement: U.S. The U.S. Arab-American Frontiers Program: Organizers met to start planning the 2nd Symposium In preparation for a 2nd Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium an organizing committee was formed consisting of young researchers from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and the United States who all attended the 1st Arab-American Frontiers Symposium in 2011.

Data.gov Data.gov is the federal government’s open data site, and aims to make government more open and accountable. Opening government data increases citizen participation in government, creates opportunities for economic development, and informs decision making in both the private and public sectors. Data.gov implements the Executive Order on making government data open and machine readable as well as the federal Open Data Policy. Open Source Data.gov was built with open source software, CKAN, and WordPress. Open Data in the United States Numerous states, cities and counties have launched open data sites. By collaborating with these non-federal data sources, Data.gov is able to include this data in the catalog. U.S. International Countries International Regions Download the full list of open data sites: [CSV] | [EXCEL] List Views: [U.S. Map representation of Open Data Sites

Private Prison Companies Want You Locked Up — Justice Policy Institute Press Release Published: June 22, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 22, 2011Contacts:Zerline Hughes – 202.558.7974 x308 / zhughes@justicepolicy.orgJason Fenster – 202.558.7974 x306 / jfenster@justicepolicy.org Private Prison Companies Want You Locked UpNew report highlights political strategies of companies working to make money through harsh policies and longer sentences WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over the past 15 years, the number of people held in all prisons in the United States has increased by 49.6 percent, while private prison populations have increased by 353.7 percent, according to recent federal statistics. Meanwhile, in 2010 alone, the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and the GEO Group, the two largest private prison companies, had combined revenues of $2.9 billion. Paul Ashton, principle author of Gaming the System, noted, “This report is built on concrete examples of the political strategies of private prison companies. To read Gaming the System CLICK HERE.

Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744 S. 744 (113th) was a bill in the United States Congress. A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law. Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 744. This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress, which met from Jan. 3, 2013 to Jan. 2, 2015. How to cite this information. We recommend the following MLA-formatted citation when using the information you see here in academic work: GovTrack.us. (2025). “S. 744 — 113th Congress: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.” www.GovTrack.us. 2013. Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744, 113th Cong. (2013). Where is this information from? GovTrack automatically collects legislative information from a variety of governmental and non-governmental sources.

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