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“Updated August 2007: At the request of NCSL’s Legislative Research Librarians (LRL) staff section, NCSL has developed this resource of 50-state compilations covering various issues that concern state legislators and legislative staff. Here you will find a topical, alphabetical listing of legislative and statutory databases, compilations and state charts/maps.” “2006 State Legislation Related to Immigration: …
CIA FOIA Backlog Reduction Goals for Fiscal Years 2008, 2009, and 2010
Press release: “In anticipation of the planned launch of the final Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite tomorrow evening, which was originally scheduled to be orbited in October 2005, the National Security Archive has posted on the Web a collection of declassified documents tracing the history of the program from its roots as Subsystem G of …
Defense Acquisitions: Department of Defense Actions on Program Manager Empowerment and Accountability, GAO-08-62R, November 9, 2007 Financial Audit: IRS’s Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006 Financial Statement Audits, GAO-08-166, November 9, 2007
Conference Reports: Main Page – “A conference report is an agreement on legislation that is negotiated between the House and Senate via conference committees. It is printed and submitted to each chamber for its consideration, such as approval or disapproval. An amendment to Rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate states: “9. (a)(1) …
GovernmentAttic.org has posted the FOIA Case Logs for the Federal Aviation Administration for the years 2006 and 2007. FOIA Logs for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for FY 2006 (537 pages, PDF) FOIA Logs for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for FY 2007 (354 pages, PDF)
Kaisernetwork.org: Decreasing Reimbursements for Outpatient Emergency Department Visits Across Payer Groups From 1996-2004, Annals of Emergency Medicine, November 2007: “The study finds that the share of emergency department charges paid was consistently lowest for Medicaid beneficiaries and the uninsured and was consistently the highest for visits by privately insured patients. The study also finds that …
“This spectacular 2,000 page US military leak consists of the names, group structure and equipment registers of all units in Iraq with US army equipment. It exposes secretive document exploitation centers, detainee operations, elements of the State Department, Air Force, Navy and Marines units, the Iraqi police and coalition forces from Poland, Denmark, Ukraine, Latvia, …
Military Personnel: Federal Agencies Have Taken Actions to Address Servicemembers’ Employment Rights, but a Single Entity Needs to Maintain Visibility to Improve Focus on Overall Program Results, GAO-08-254T, November 08, 2007 Terrorist Watch List Screening: Recommendations to Promote a Comprehensive and Coordinated Approach to Terrorist-Related Screening, GAO-08-253T, November 08, 2007. Related posting: Complaints Mount as …
OIG-08-05 – Independent Auditor’s Report on TSA’s FY 2006 Balance Sheet (PDF, 61 pages) – New 11/08/2007
Press release: “In a letter sent Wednesday to White House Counsel Fred Fielding, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) again requested legal memoranda outlining the White Houses justifications and policies on torture and interrogation. Such documents have long been requested but not provided. The New York Times recently reported on two secret 2005 memoranda …
Via FAS: Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power, November 1, 2007 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background, Status, and Issues,” updated October 25, 2007 Navy DDG-1000 Destroyer Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress, updated October 25, 2007 Operation Iraqi Freedom and Detainee Issues: Major …
