DHS OIG Audit of Federal Trucking Industry Security Grant Program
OIG-08-08 – Administration of the Federal Trucking Industry Security Grant Program for FY 2004 and FY 2005 (PDF, 22 pages) – New 11/09/2007
Monthly archives: November, 2007
U.S. Sentencing Commission Received 33,000 Letters on Retroactivity
LA Times: “Under pressure from federal judges, inmate advocacy groups and civil rights organizations, federal authorities are considering a sweeping cut in prison sentences that could bring early release for thousands of federal inmates. The proposal being weighed by the U.S. Sentencing Commission would shave an average of at least two years off the sentences …
Pilot Project: Free Access to Federal Court Records
US Courts press release: “Free public access to federal court records is available at 16 libraries in 14 states [the list is included with this release] under a joint pilot project of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Government Printing Office. The project offers free access, at the participating 16 federal …
New Report Addresses Critical Challenges of Insurgency in Afghanistan
Center for American Progress: The Forgotten Front, by Caroline Wadhams, Lawrence J. Korb, November 6, 2007 – “Six years after the United States led an invasion of Afghanistan to remove the Taliban from power and destroy Al Qaedas safe haven, Afghanistan faces a growing insurgency that directly threatens its stability and the national security interests …
New TRAC Terrorism Enforcement Website
“A special new TRAC terrorism enforcement page features a unique national map displaying the location of recent federal convictions for all individuals who have been categorized by the Justice Department as spies or terrorists, or those whose prosecution the government thought might prevent or disrupt potential or actual terrorist threats. Click on one of the …
Audit of the Process of Safeguarding and Accounting for Presidential Library Artifacts
Press release – “In a statement issued on Thursday, November 8, 2007, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein said: I welcome the Inspector Generals recommendations included in the Audit of the Process of Safeguarding and Accounting for Presidential Library Artifacts. This audit which was completed on October 26, 2007, examined the management of Presidential …
Language Included in Higher Education Bill Includes Requirements for Universities to Deter P2P Sharing
Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else, by Anne Broache, News.com: “New federal legislation says universities must agree to provide not just deterrents but also “alternatives” to peer-to-peer piracy, such as paying monthly subscription fees to the music industry for their students, on penalty of losing all financial aid for their students. The U.S. House …
Senate Hearing: Protecting the Employment Rights of Those Who Protect the United States
Press release: “Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing [Protecting the Employment Rights of Those Who Protect the United States, November 8, 2007] to address employment challenges that service members face when returning from a tour of duty. The hearing focused on the …
Report on Ending Homelessness Among Veterans
National Alliance to End Homelessness: This report details the number of homeless veterans by state, how housing and lack of housing contributes to the problem, and strategies to prevent and end homelessness for veterans. Vital Mission: Ending Homelessness Among Veterans, November 8, 2007 “In 2006, approximately 195,827 veterans were homeless on a given nightan increase …
Rural Americans Continue to Account for Disproportionately High Share of U.S. Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan
“Fact Sheet No. 9, updated Fall 2007 Rural Americans Continue to Account for Disproportionately High Share of U.S. Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan is the Carsey Institutes second annual Veterans Day release of this data, drawn from U.S. Department of Defense records. As we observe Veterans Day this year, it is important for …
Speech by Deputy Director of National Intelligence Calls for New View of Privacy
AP: “Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people’s private communications and financial information…Kurt Opsahl, a senior staff lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation…said Kerr ignores the distinction between sacrificing protection from an intrusive government and …
FERC Staff Report: Staff Report: Demand Response & Advanced Metering
Press release: “Demand response and advanced metering programs have grown significantly over the past year, according to a new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report that charts progress in the number of demand response programs, the number of states introducing opportunities for demand response and the key role that demand response is playing in organized wholesale …
