DOD Directive on Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
Department of Defense Directive on Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, Directive as Issued on Feb. 19, 2008
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Joint Forces Command Report Shows No Direct Connection Between Saddam and al Qaeda
“ABC News has requested and obtained a copy of the Pentagon study which shows Saddam Hussein had no links to Al Qaeda…Based on the analysis of some 600,000 official Iraqi documents seized by US forces after the invasion and thousands of hours of interrogations of former officials in Saddam’s government now in US custody, the …
New GAO Reports: Principles of Federal Appropriations Law, Natural Resource Management, Defense Management
Principles of Federal Appropriations Law: Annual Update of the Third Edition, GAO-08-450SP, March 13, 2008 Environmental Protection: EPA Needs to Follow Best Practices and Procedures When Reorganizing Its Library Network, GAO-08-579T, March 13, 2008 Telecommunications: FCC Has Made Some Progress in the Management of Its Enforcement Program but Faces Limitations, and Additional Actions Are Needed, …
December 2007 Airline Traffic Data: U.S. Airlines Carry Record 769 Million Passengers in 2007
Bureau of Transportation Statistics news release: “U.S. airlines set an annual record by carrying 769.4 million scheduled domestic and international passengers on their systems in 2007, nearly 25 million more passengers or 3.3 percent more than they did in 2006 when the previous high was reached, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics …
UN Report: The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security
News release: “The political transition in strife-torn Afghanistan continues to face a number of serious challenges, including terrorism and a booming drug industry, according to a new United Nations report, which urges an integrated approach among all international partners to stabilize the fledgling democracy…The report notes that 36 out of the countrys 376 districts, including …
New GAO Reports: Capitol Visitor Center, Hardrock Mining, Cost for World Trade Center Health Programs
Capitol Visitor Center: Update on Status of Project’s Schedule and Cost as of March 12, 2008, GAO-08-545T, March 12, 2008 Hardrock Mining: Information on Abandoned Mines and Value and Coverage of Financial Assurances on BLM Land, GAO-08-574T, March 12, 2008 September 11: Fiscal Year 2008 Cost Estimation Process for World Trade Center Health Programs, GAO-08-537R, …
Judiciary Committee Members: Administration Has Not Made the Case for Telecom Immunity
Follow up to March 11, 2008 posting, House Democrats Reject Telecom Immunity, “Today, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and 19 members of the House Judiciary Committee issued a statement regarding telecommunications immunity, as the House prepares to consider the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. Following a review of classified information relating to the …
Oversight Committee Releases Report – FDA and Fresh Spinach Safety
“The House Government Oversight and Reform Committee released a report that found significant lapses in the FDAs current inspection regime for packaged fresh spinach, which is the agencys primary means of ensuring the safety of such products.” Report: FDA and Fresh Spinach Safety
WSJ Reports on NSA's Expanding Domestic Surveillance Program and ACLU Files FOIA Request
Follow up to previous postings on TSA’s Total Information Awareness surveillance program, this news release today from the ACLU: “…According to the new Wall Street Journal report [subscription req’d], the NSA was engaging in broad domestic spying operations that involve collecting and analyzing the personal information of Americans in ways that are “essentially the same” …
Pew Research Center: Awareness of Iraq War Fatalities Plummets
Political Knowledge Update: “Public awareness of the number of American military fatalities in Iraq has declined sharply since last August. Today, just 28% of adults are able to say that approximately 4,000 Americans have died in the Iraq war. As of March 10, the Department of Defense had confirmed the deaths of 3,974 U.S. military …
Freight Transportation Services Index Rose 2.4 Percent in January from December
Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Rose 2.4 Percent in January from December, March 12, 2008. Additional historical data is here.
DOD Report to Congress: Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq
Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, March 2008 Report to Congress, In accordance with the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2008 (Section 9010, Public Law 109-289)…submitted pursuant to the section entitled Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq of House Conference Report 109-72 accompanying H.R. 1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on …
