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The Select Committee on Benghazi: Minority Website

Description: Website for the Select Committee on Benghazi, managed by the Democratic members. It includes hearings, reports, news, and other documentation about the Committee's investigations into the events around the 2012 terrorist attacks that killed several Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
Date: 2016-22~
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi, Libya

The Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming

Description: Website for the United States Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming including information about the Committee, hearings and publicattions, and other resources related to research into managing the effects of petroleum reliance and global warming.
Date: 2011~
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

Description: Website documenting the work of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, including a final report, recordings of hearings and meetings, transcripts and other documents, and other announcements about the group's activities. The main goal of the Select Committee was "To investigate and report upon the facts, circumstances, and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex [...] and relating… more
Date: December 2022
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.

Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

Description: Website documenting the work of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, charged with analyzing the preparation and response to COVID-19, related federal funding and oversight, and potential issues with the Coronavirus and future crises.
Date: December 2022
Creator: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents

Description: The Special Oversight Board shall provide advice and recommendations based on its review of Department of Defense investigations into possible detections of, and exposures to, chemical or biological weapons agents and environmental and other factors that may have contributed to Gulf War illnesses.
Date: December 20, 2000
Creator: Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents

Texas Tax Reform Commission

Description: The Texas Tax Reform Commission (TTRC) was a bipartisan group of 24 Texans who developed proposals to modernize the state tax system and provide long-term property tax relief as well as sound financing for public schools. Governor Rick Perry directed the Commission to make recommendations on how to reform the state's business tax structure and provide significant property tax relief. Both goals are essential to promoting long-term economic growth and ensuring a stable, long-term source of reven… more
Date: 2006
Creator: Texas Tax Reform Commission

U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force

Description: The Final Report of the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force provides a thorough investigation of the causes of the August 14, 2003 blackout. It also recommends actions to minimize the likelihood and scope of similar events in the future.
Date: 2004
Creator: U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force

U.S. Climate Change Science Program

Description: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) integrates federal research on climate and global change, as sponsored by thirteen federal agencies and overseen by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Council on Environmental Quality, the National Economic Council and the Office of Management and Budget. During the past thirteen years the United States, through the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), has made the world's largest scientific investment in the areas of climate… more
Date: 2009
Creator: White House

United States Commission on Ocean Policy

Description: On September 20, 2004, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy fulfilled its mandate to submit recommendations for a coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy to the President and Congress. The Commission's final report, "An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century," contains 212 recommendations addressing all aspects of ocean and coastal policy. The 16 members of the Commission call on the President and Congress to take decisive, immediate action to carry out these recommendations, which wil… more
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: United States Commission on Ocean Policy

USAspending.gov

Description: This website contains information about federal funding awards including (1) the name of the entity receiving the award, (2) the amount, (3) additional information (transaction type, funding agency, etc.), (4) location of the entity receiving the award, and (5) a unique identifier assigned to the entity receiving the award. It also provides an overview of government funding and the sources of data that are reported.
Date: 2007-12/2011
Creator: United States. Office of Management and Budget.

Vice President Gore's National Partnership for Reinventing Government

Description: The National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR), originally the National Performance Review, was the Clinton-Gore Administration's interagency task force to reform and streamline the way the federal government works. It was the eleventh federal reform effort in the twentieth century. In creating NPR on March 3, 1993, President Clinton said: “Our goal is to make the entire federal government less expensive and more efficient, and to change the culture of our national bureaucracy away f… more
Date: August 17, 1998
Creator: National Partnership for Reinventing Government

Vietnam Education Foundation

Description: Website for the Vietnam Education Foundation, established in 2000 to improve relations between the U.S. and Vietnam through educational exchange. It includes information and documentation about the various programs that were administered by the foundation and reports on their activities.
Date: 2018~
Creator: Vietnam Education Foundation (U.S.)

Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission

Description: Website of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission (WHDPC), charged to "evaluate a range of US counternarcotics programs in the Americas and then make recommendations to improve them" -- including a recording and transcript of the group's hearing, and their final report.
Date: 2021
Creator: United States. Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission.

White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy

Description: A growing number of Americans are using alternative approaches to health promotion and medical treatment. People are looking to health care providers to treat the whole person, not only illness. Because of public interest in and use of unconventional health care, the President established the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. Executive Order 13147 authorizing the Commission was issued on March 7, 2000.
Date: March 1, 2002
Creator: White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy

White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation

Description: In August 2004 President George W. Bush signed the Executive Order titled "Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation" which directs Federal agencies that oversee environmental and natural resource policies and programs to promote cooperative conservation in full partnership with states, local governments, tribes and individuals. The executive order directed the Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality to convene a White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation. The Depart… more
Date: 2005
Creator: Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)

White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

Description: President George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13230 on October 12, 2001 establishing the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. The purpose of the seventeen member Commission is to work collectively to address the educational issues facing children of Hispanic ancestry living in this country, so that all children have the opportunity to learn, to realize the American dream and to succeed.
Date: 2003
Creator: White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

The White House Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy

Description: This Website documented the White House Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy that held in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2008. The site also included the contents of the six UNESCO Regional Conferences in Support of Global Literacy: -Literacy Challenges in the Arab Region (Doha, Qatar – March 12 – 14, 2007) -Literacy Challenges in East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (Beijing, China – July 31 - August 1, 2007) -Renewing Literacy to Face African and International Challenges (Ba… more
Date: 2008
Creator: United States. White House Office.

Women's History Celebration

Description: President Clinton established the Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History to consider how best to acknowledge and celebrate the roles and accomplishments of women in American history. It will hold meetings to consider ideas for such celebration, including a focal point for women's history in Washington, D.C., and the use of technology to connect existing and planned historical sites, museums and libraries. The first meeting of the Commission was held on July 16, 1998, at the … more
Date: November 15, 2000
Creator: President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History

Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission

Description: Website for the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission, documenting historical context as well as events that occurred throughout 2020 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote in the United States.
Date: December 2020
Creator: United States. Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission.
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