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Follow up to November 12, 2007 posting, U.S. Sentencing Commission Received 33,000 Letters on Retroactivity, news today that “[t]he U.S. Sentencing Commission, which in November 2007 issued new guidelines for convictions involving crack cocaine, is considering making those guidelines retroactive. The Commission estimates that 19,500 current federal prison inmates would be eligible for a reduced …
Follow up to December 6, 2007 posting, Report: CIA Destroyed Videos of Interrogations, this press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Reps. Robert Scott, William Delahunt and Jerrold Nadler sent letters to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gen. Michael Hayden and Attorney General Michael Mukasey requesting details about today’s reports …
“The Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative (ICI) seeks to inform and help shape relevant USG policy and programs by incorporating the theory and history of counters to organized movements that use subversion or violence rather than established political processes to undermine or overthrow governments, with the goal of focusing appropriate elements of diplomacy, defense, and development on …
A Report of the California Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery (CA ACTS) Task Force Download Human Trafficking in California, Full Report. [Member Roster] “Read Sacramento’s Channel 10’s interview with CVPC Director Nancy Matson regarding this important issue or watch the video.” The CA ACTS Task Force released its Final Report on December 4, 2007, …
How the World Rates Women as Leaders by Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Research Associate, Pew Global Attitudes Project, December 5, 2007: “On December 10, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be inaugurated as Argentina’s first female president. The senator and first lady will join 11 other women who currently serve as their countries’ presidents or prime ministers, …
New York Times: “The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Qaeda operatives in the agencys custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about its secret detention program, according to current and former government officials…The destruction of the tapes raises questions …
European Commission: A Handbook for Citizen-centric eGovernment – “Issued by the cc:eGov project, this Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of what citizen-centric government services should strive for. It gives recommendations on access to these services, offers front- and back-office solutions and emphasizes the importance of relationship building between those delivering and those receiving the services. …
D-2008-026 Management of the Iraq Security Forces Fund in Southwest Asia – Phase III, November 30, 2007 (Project No. D2007-D000LQ-0141.000), released December 6, 2007.
Via Jacques Beglinger: The following texts are now online: ‘Treaty of Lisbon’ in a form ready for execution on 2007-12-13 (287 pages, PDF) The ‘Final Act’ (including the declarations of the Member States) For other languages, see this link
Stabilization and Reconstruction: Actions Are Needed to Develop a Planning and Coordination Framework and Establish the Civilian Reserve Corps, GAO-08-39, November 06, 2007 DOD Schools: Additional Reporting Could Improve Accountability for Academic Achievement of Students with Dyslexia, GAO-08-70, December 06, 2007
Press release: “The U.S. adult correctional population incarcerated or in the community reached 7.2 million men and women, an increase of 159,500 during the year, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today in a new report. About 3.2 percent of the U.S. adult population, or 1 in every 31 adults, …
White House Fact Sheet: Helping American Families Keep Their Homes, December 6, 2007 – “President Bush outlined steps the Administration is taking to help American homeowners and called on Congress to join him in delivering relief to homeowners in need.” Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. at Press Conference to Announce Framework to Help …
