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Publisher: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs University of Texas
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Author: Citizens Against Government Waste
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 146685314X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 714

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716

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Author: Biliana Cicin-Sain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1402

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February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142896505X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Author: U. S. Department U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781501051654
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, maritime security efforts have focused primarily on large commercial vessels, cargoes, and crew. Efforts to address the small vessel environment have largely been limited to traditional safety and basic law enforcement concerns. Small vessels are, however, readily vulnerable to potential exploitation by terrorists, smugglers of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), narcotics, aliens, and other contraband, and other criminals. Small vessels have also been successfully employed overseas by terrorists to deliver Waterborne Improvised Explosive Devices (WBIEDs). Law enforcement agencies face the challenge of distinguishing between the vast number of legitimate vessel operators and the relatively few individuals engaged in illicit activities. The challenge is immense, as it involves nearly 13 million registered U.S. recreational vessels, 82,000 fishing vessels, and 100,000 other commercial small vessels. On any given day, a considerable number of these boats share waterways with commercial and military traffic, operating at hundreds of U.S. ports and in the immediate vicinity of critical maritime infrastructure, including bridges and waterfront facilities such as petrochemical plants. More information concerning small vessels is needed to improve the proper assessment of the risk posed by these vessels. The challenge is to balance the collection of requisite information necessary for proper assessment of risk posed by these vessels, with the freedom of the seas expected by the small boating community.