Two agencies have let their clients know they are expecting packages to arrive tomorrow.
None of them know what is in the package. Could be referrals, could be something else.

I created a post yesterday morning that it was being reported that packages had left the CCAA Monday their time. Apparently, I just saved the post and did not publish it. I do not believe those packages were referrals.
In more current news, I think Thursday is looking better than Wednesday at this point for [...]

It’s not up on the State Department’s page yet, but here are the numbers from a Google AP article:
Countries providing the most children adopted by Americans during the 2007 fiscal year, according to preliminary figures from the State Department. Figures from 2006 are in parentheses:
China 5,453 (6,493)
Guatemala 4,728 (4,135)
Russia 2,310 (3,706)
Ethiopia 1,255 (732)
South Korea 939 [...]

I am hearing word that some USCIS offices are requiring extra paperwork and extra fees in order to change people’s status from NSN to SN. Families are being required to file form 290B, and to pay $585 to do so.
So far I’m aware of families in VA and PA who have been required to do [...]