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Undocumented Immigrants in U.S. – Mexico Border Counties: The costs of law enforcement and criminal justice services, September 2007. “From 1999 through 2006, the 24 counties along the U.S.-Mexico border spent a cumulative $1.23 billion on services to process criminal undocumented immigrants through the law enforcement and criminal justice system. In fiscal year 2006 alone, …
Border Security: Fraud Risks Complicate State’s Ability to Manage Diversity Visa Program, GAO-07-1174, September 21, 2007 Information Technology: Further Improvements Needed to identify and Oversee Poorly Planned and Performing Projects, GAO-07-1211T, September 20, 2007 Sale of Magnetic Data Tapes Previously Used by the Government Presents a Low Security Risk, GAO-07-1233R, September 21, 2007
“As announced previously by OIP [Office of Information Policy], we are now posting up-to-date summaries of new court decisions. To facilitate their review, each case is broken down by FOIA Exemption or procedural element and internal citations and quotations have been omitted. OIP provides these case summaries as a public service; due to their nature …
Financial Market Developments – Will Monetary Policy Become More of a Science? by Frederic S. Mishkin, 2007-44 (46 pages, PDF) Abstract: This paper reviews the progress that the science of monetary policy has made over recent decades. This progress has significantly expanded the degree to which the practice of monetary policy reflects the application of …
DOE OIG Report, Management Controls over the Hanford Environmental Information System, September 2007, OAS-M-07-06 Evaluation Report, The Department’s Unclassified Cyber Security Program – 2007, September 2007, DOE/IG-0776
Press release: “Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today slammed a Bill introduced into the Senate which would give members of the Australian Federal Police powers to ban access to Internet content. The Communications Legislation Amendment (Crime or Terrorism Related Internet Content) Bill 2007 would, if enacted, give senior members of the Australian Federal Police powers to …
Iraq Weekly Status Report: This comprehensive status report on Iraq provides weekly updates in the eight key areas identified as pillars of U.S. Government policy. See also Reports on Near Eastern Affairs, which includes links to the following topical reports: Iraq Weekly Status Report Section 1227 Report on Iraq Section 2207 Report on Iraq Relief …
EPIC: “The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the Department of Homeland Security held a series of panel discussions on the topic of “information fusion centers.” EPIC’s statement to the committee made specific recommendations on the need to create accountability, oversight, and greater transparency on the work of fusion centers. So far DHS has …
