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DHS’ Management of BioWatch Program, OIG-07-22 (PDF, 30 pages), January 7, 2007. Related government documents: Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-18, January 31, 2007 – Released on January 7, 2007 – Subject: Medical Countermeasures against Weapons of Mass Destruction The BioWatch Program: Detection of Bioterrorism, Congressional Research Service Report No. RL32152, November 19, 2003 See also the …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today issued its annual report, Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data on complaints consumers have filed with the agency. For the seventh year in a row, identity theft tops the list, accounting for 36 percent of the 674,354 complaints received between January 1 and December 31, 2006. Other …
“As part of the Department of Justice’s efforts to combat bankruptcy fraud and abuse, the Executive Office of the U.S. Trustees has launched an Internet hotline, which allows the public to report suspected bankruptcy fraud. The hotline also will protect the bankruptcy system’s integrity. A link to it has been added to the U.S. Trustees …
House Judiciary Committee Oversight Plan 110th Congress, February 7, 2007.
House Rules Committee Hearing on The Hazards of Electronic Voting: Focus on the Machinery of Democracy, February 7, 2007. Opening Statement – The Honorable Dianne Feinstein – Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration: “Just last week, Florida Governor Charlie Christ announced plans to abandon the electronic touch-screen voting systems used in many of Florida’s …
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Federal Actions Could Enhance Preparedness of Certain State-Administered Federal Support Programs, GAO-07-219, and Highlights, February 7, 2007.
Homeland Security: Applying Risk Management Principles to Guide Federal Investments GAO-07-386T, February 7, 2007: “Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the federal government has provided DHS with more than $130 billion in budget authority to make investments in homeland security. However, as …
Naturalization Rate Estimates: Stock vs. Flow (PDF, 2 pages): “This report compares stock and flow measures of naturalization and discusses why immigrant naturalization rates differ depending on the data source used.” Border Apprehensions: 2005 (PDF, 2 pages): “This report provides information on recent trends in apprehensions and the gender, age, and geographic location of persons …
“138 new documents were added to the site on February 5, 2007. Additional recent releases may be found here.” [Note: all but four of the documents date back to the 1990s.]
“Founded in 1832, the Law Library of Congress is the de facto national law library. Its mission is to provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress, U.S. federal courts and executive branch agencies, and to provide reference service to the public. To accomplish this mission, the Law Library has amassed the world’s largest …
