Seymour Hersh and the Administration's Plan for Iran
The New Yorker: The Administrations plan for Iran, by Seymour M. Hersh
Monthly archives: October, 2007
New Yahoo! Search
Press release: “Yahoo! Search today announced Search Assist, the most advanced assistance technology available on the Web, and the integration of audio, video and photos directly into the search results to help make Web search effortless for consumers. The new Yahoo! Search was designed to better understand user intent and get consumers to the results …
New Search Boxes on USA.gov Facilitate Research
“USA.gov now offers three new search boxes on relevant pages throughout the site to help you quickly find federal jobs, recreation areas, and veterans burial locations. Heres a brief summary of these new tools: Find a Federal Government Job: You can now search for jobs directly from USA.gov. In the Search Federal Jobs box, enter …
European Parliament: Resolution i2010: towards a European digital library
European Parliament: Resolution i2010: towards a European digital library, September 27, 2007
2007 Euro Health Consumer Index
Press release: “Austria is Europes most consumer-friendly healthcare system, according to the 2007 Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) launched today in Brussels at a press conference. A combination of widespread access to treatment and excellence in outcomes allowed Austria to narrowly pip the 2005 winners, the Netherlands, from the top spot. Last years winners France …
New GAO Reports
Department of State: Human Capital Strategy Does Not Recognize Foreign Assistance Responsibilities, GAO-07-1153, September 28, 2007 Disaster Housing: Implementation of FEMA’s Alternative Housing Pilot Program Provides Lessons for Improving Future Competitions, GAO-07-1143R, August 31, 2007 Financial Audit: Special Counsel Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2007, GAO-07-1205, September 28, 2007 Information Security: Selected …
Court Rules Delay in Release of Presidential Papers is Illegal
National Security Archive press release: “A District Court in the District of Columbia has ruled that an Executive Order [13,233] issued by President George W. Bush in 2001, which severely slowed or prevented the release of historic presidential papers is, in part, invalid. In a carefully constructed decision, the court held that the Archivist of …
DOJ OIG Audits Released on October 1, 2007
A Review of the FBIs Progress in Responding to the Recommendations in the Office of the Inspector General Report on Robert Hanssen, September 2007 – PDF (Executive Summary Only) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Homeland Security Overtime Program Grant to the City of Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Audit Report GR-70-07-004, September 2007 (Executive …
Declassifying the "Fact of" Satellite Reconnaissance
Press release: “Today the National Security Archive publishes a collection [links to 41 documents accompany this release] of documents concerning U.S. policy with regard to acknowledging the “fact of” U.S. satellite reconnaissance operations particularly satellite photoreconnaissance. It was 29 years ago today that President Jimmy Carter, in a speech at the Kennedy Space Center, …
Recently Released CRS Reports
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations, September 29, 2007 Ethanol and Other Biofuels: Potential for U.S.-Brazil Energy Cooperation, September 27, 2007 Public Transit Program Funding Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization, September 27, 2007 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1999-2006, September 26, 2007 Consumer Spending by Older Americans, 1985 to 2005, September …
Federal Circuit Changes Its Web Page Address and Domain Name Effective October 1, 2007
Press release: “The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is relocating its Internet Web page to its own in-house servers. As part of this process, the court’s Web page address and domain name will be changed to www.cafc.uscourts.gov on October 1, 2007. The former Web page address and domain name, www.fedcir.gov, will …
Repair and Replacement of Affordable Housing Lags in Mississippi's Post-Katrina Recovery
September 27, 2007 press release: “Affordable housing recovery in three coastal counties in Mississippi heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina lags behind the pace of the rest of the housing market in the region, according to a RAND Corporation study released today. While construction permits had been issued as of July for approximately 60 percent of …
