Product Description: In response to a congressional request, GAO provided information on state and local governments' expenses during the November 1984 general election on language assistance for minority voters. GAO noted that: (1) 98 percent of the jurisdictions offered minority voters some form of assistance; and (2) Hispanics received the most voting assistance...read more

Product Description: Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Explore the Latest Techniques and Trends in Remotely Sensed Digital Image Analysis!Written in easy-to-follow language with a minimum of technical jargon, Digital Analysis of Remotely Sensed Imageryprovides exhaustive coverage of the entire process of analyzing remotely sensed data for the purpose of producing accurate representations in thematic map format...read more

Product Description: The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 included provisions to better inform individuals who file for personal bankruptcy about their options for reaffirming debt. This book will guide readers through these new regulations.

Product Description: To better understand how changes in domestic and international petroleum product markets have affected prices, this book evaluates trends in the international trade of petroleum products, refining capacity and intensity of refining capacity use internationally and in the United States...read more

Product Description: Concerns over national security, environmental stresses, and high fuel prices have raised interest in reducing oil consumption. Through the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requires cars and light trucks to meet certain fuel economy standards...read more

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Product Description: By accepting cards, federal entities realise benefits, including more satisfied customers, fewer bad checks and cash thefts, and improved operational efficiency. In fiscal year 2007, federal entities accepted cards for over $27 billion in revenues and paid at least $433 million in associated merchant discount fees...read more

Product Description: The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service manage about 628 million acres of public land, mostly in the 11 western states and Alaska...read more

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Product Description: This book analyses other countries' major efforts to reform entitlement programs, the pressures that led countries to undertake the reforms, how reform proposals were developed, and to what extent enacted reforms built in triggers requiring future actions under certain conditions...read more

Product Description: This book provides simulations of the state and local government sector's long-term fiscal outlook, an analysis of the underlying causes of potential fiscal difficulties for the sector, a discussion of the extent to which the long-term simulations are sensitive to alternative assumptions, and much more...read more

Product Description: While billions have been provided to rebuild Iraq's oil and electricity sectors, Iraq's future needs are significant and sources of funding uncertain. For fiscal years 2003 through 2006, the United States made available about $7.4 billion and spent about $5...read more