Federal Contracts for Paper Shredding ServicesFY 2000-2008 Yr. Total $2000 $452,807 2001 $456,235 2002 $752,799 2003 $1,018,191 2004 $2,329,466 2005 $2,980,375 2006 $3,068,877 2007 $3,463,610 2008 2Q * $1,148,718 *Note: FY 2008 only includes data up to first and part of second quarter Detailed information at the government website.

Open thread for this weekend.

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by coberly In a recent thread about global warming it was stated, accurately, that the concentration of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere was 0.035%. One reader commented with what seemed like a sneer that such a “trace amount” did not need to be taken seriously. Here are three small points about that: In a cubic […]

Hat tip Naked Capitalism for this link to PhysOrg. “Firms from rural areas are less likely to conduct a follow-on offering, even after adjusting for firm size, prior stock returns, book-to-market ratios, and other factors,” the authors conclude. “Geographic location is closely related to information asymmetries.” Is this accurate to a significant degree? If so, […]

by reader Tinman Here’s the NYT Internet “headline” of Obama “Shifting stand…” Yet here’s a pic of the actual print version! So what is it NYT? Is he “shifting” or “reversing”?! I love how the MSM is saying he’s abandoning his pledge to use public finance when he’s NEVER said such a thing anywhere!————————This one […]

Hat tip to reader vtcodger The NYT reports: Over the last decade, even as spending on new military projects has reached its highest level since the Reagan years, the Pentagon has increasingly been losing the people most skilled at managing them. That brain drain, military experts like Mr. Kaminski say, is a big factor in […]

by ilsm (submitted June 23) One point of view is here on the KC-45 win for the taxpayer.I will highlight a couple of points. 1. “The Air Force, in making the award decision, did not assess the relative merits of the proposals in accordance with the evaluation criteria identified in the solicitation…” This is contracts […]

by rdan The Seton Hall Law Center for Policy Research reported on: On December 10, 2007 The Seton Hall Center for Policy and Research issued a Report,THE MEANING OF “BATTLEFIELD”: An Analysis of the Government’s Representations of‘Battlefield Capture’ and ‘Recidivism’ of the Guantánamo Detainees, which demonstrated thatstatements asserting 30 detainees had returned to the battlefield […]

by rdan Hat tip to Healthy Rivers for this piece of news: We’re taking your Number Two and making it Number One That’s the goal behind an innovative plan to re-invent sewage bio-solids as garden compost, unveiled yesterday at the GMSC’s new facility on Delong Drive in Moncton. Marketed under the brand name Gardener’s Gold, […]