http://www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-06-00340.pdf
Reports on deficiencies in the websites of all 84 private providers of Medicare prescription drug plans. The problems related to accessibility by the disabled and missing or misleading information about enrollee rights and formulary information. From the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08127sp.pdf
Represents highlights of a forum sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Government Accountability Office. Discusses the prospects of developing environmental accounts to organize information on the status, use, and value of natural resources and environmental assets including expenditures on environmental protection and resource management.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071156.pdf
Covers the types of benefits provided, how retiree benefits are structured, managed, and protected, and the outlook for retiree benefits, including what state governments are doing to ensure they can meet their future commitments. From the Government Accountability Office.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RL31832.pdf
Examines the background and key provisions of the act which restricts export of militarily sensitive material. Also covers the technologies and commodities of concern and the debate between expansionists and protectionists. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34215.pdf
Provides an overview of Mexican drug cartels, the scope of their operations, the quantity of illict drugs entering the U.S. from Mexico, the presence of Mexican cartel cells in the U.S., and the extent of Mexican political corruption caused by the cartels. Also examines policy approaches to the problem of drug trafficking and violence. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33715.pdf
Describes the controversy over whether the so-called War on Terror has included covert actions or clandestine activities by the Defense Department and the distinction between these two terms. Also examines whether the line separating Defense Department and Central Intelligence Agency actions has blurred and the policy implications for Congress. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.