Properly modest in scope, the legislation simply authorizes to Commerce Department to produce a report that documents the importance of foreign investment, identifies home-grown impediments to such investment, and recommends policy changes that would make the United States a more attractive investment destination.
FORBES: America Needs Policy Reform to Better Compete for Foreign Investment
Only by guaranteeing that the full array of expertise and perspectives on the national interest available to the U.S. government are brought to bear, from before the negotiations begin through to their conclusion, can one be reasonably assured that the petty parochialism of one or another department will not produce undesirable results.
The wrongful-death civil suit brought by the Branch Davidians will be heard by a federal judge, and will probably produce further testimony challenging the Justice Department's version of events.
Every January my boss wanted to know how much revenue my department was going to produce for the entire year, and God help me if we missed our number by more than 5% either way.
As you may know, the Council of Economic Advisers takes the lead in a process that includes the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Treasury to produce the administration forecast that goes into all of the budget projections.
The Treasury Department should be instructed to produce a plan to reform the federal tax system.
In 1994 Congress instructed the Justice Department to compile statistics and produce an annual report on the use of excessive force.
That resolution, according to a GOP spokesman, would allow the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to file a lawsuit asking the courts to examine the Justice Department's failure to produce certain subpoenaed documents, as well as the validity of the administration's assertion of executive privilege.
"There are still areas of difficulty and difference, but, out of respect to Kofi, they agree that we should go to Geneva tomorrow to try to produce a result, " said a senior State Department official.
In 2007, 25% of the U.S. corn crop was diverted to produce ethanol, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which projects that 30 to 35% will be diverted in 2008.
Washington (CNN) -- A week before his committee is scheduled to hold a vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa told the Department of Justice Wednesday it still has a chance to produce materials about the failed "Fast and Furious" gun-running operation and avoid a public vote.
In response, department stores have increasingly focused on selling private label apparel that they produce themselves and sell through their own stores.
The project uses aerial photographs known as ortho-imagery to produce the maps, and is being delivered as a joint project between the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Land and Property Services (previously known as the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland).
Later this month, the Department of Enterprise will begin publishing a composite economic index which will effectively produce a separate gross domestic product (GDP) figure for Northern Ireland.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) believes it is more likely that companies will produce clones with "desirable" traits, breed them, and bring products from the offspring into the food chain.
But Allan Jennings, the director of the Agriculture Department's Office of Pest Management Policy, insists this year's crop of apples and produce that have been sprayed with the chemicals are safe.
The Court thus found that the Department had failed to meet its burden of demonstrating the applicability of the exemption, and thus had to produce the software containing the relevant records.
FORBES: Should Freedom of Information Requests Extend to Technology and Software Systems?
Recently in the public eye, UK lawmaker Charles Clark has made the move from the Department for Education and Skills to become the new Home Secretary and will undoubtedly be under enormous pressure to produce results.
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