We got advice from a park ranger experienced in search-and-rescue for the National Park Service in California.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

And the Extension Service at North Dakota State University offers other advice: Do not save plastic bags of food even if boxes or containers inside the bags appear dry.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

This tale of woe is recounted in a "field service advice" memo written by the IRS' office of associate chief counsel in June.

FORBES: Watch Your Nest Egg

"The suggestion that the decisions were made not on the basis of the best civil service advice... is not true, " Mr Balls, a long-time ally of the chancellor, added.

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You can thank Tax Analysts for breaking loose much of the otherwise secret IRS law, not only PLRs, but also Chief Counsel Advice, Technical Advice Memoranda, Field Service Advice, and many other IRS missives that shed light on what the IRS is doing and thinking.

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