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Business Systems Modernization: Air Force Needs to Fully Define Policies and Procedures for Institutionally Managing Investments, GAO-08-52, October 31, 2007 Business Systems Modernization: Department of the Navy Needs to Establish Management Structure and Fully Define Policies and Procedures for Institutionally Managing Investments, GAO-08-53, October 31, 2007 Critical Infrastructure Protection: Sector-Specific Plans’ Coverage of Key Cyber …
“Chairman Waxman asks White House Counsel Fred Fielding to turn over more than 600 pages of documents relating to the activities of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff that are being withheld because they involve internal White House deliberations.”
CBO Report – Crew Rotation in the Navy: The Long-Term Effect on Forward Presence, October 2007, (28 pages, PDF)
Press release: “CDT joined with a coalition of privacy advocates on Wednesday to recommend an ambitious set of proposals intended to give consumers greater control over their personal data and to offset the impact of pervasive behavioral tracking. Included in the recommendations is a call to create a national “Do Not Track List” that would …
Opening Statement: Senate Foreign Relations Business Considers the Convention on the Law of the Sea: Statement by Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Business Meeting to Consider the Convention on the Law of the Sea, October 31, 2007.
Press release: “Online video-hosting services like YouTube have ushered in a new era of free expression online, as well as vigorous copyright enforcement efforts. Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of leading public interest groups issued a “Fair Use Principles” document that sets out six concrete guidelines designed to minimize the collateral …
Press release: “The Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology Bart Gordon (D-TN) and Committee Members today heard from NASA Administrator Dr. Michael Griffin on his agencys management of the National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service (NAOMS)…NAOMS has garnered headlines recently due to NASAs refusal to release data collected from an air safety …
Text of the Federal Register Notice [256 pages, PDF] – Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: 16 C.F.R. Part 681 (Federal Trade Commission Rule): Joint Final Rules and Guidelines of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury; the Board of Governors of …
“Since 2003, the non-partisan Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) has issued annual scorecards analyzing the impact of domestic legislation on Americas current and aspiring middle class and evaluating Members of Congress based on their votes on this legislation…themiddleclass.org [is] a dynamic site that will update throughout the year as members of Congress vote …
Press release: “At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission (FEC/ the Commission) unanimously approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Reporting Contributions Bundled by Lobbyists, Registrants and the PACs of Lobbyists and Registrants. The proposed rules implement section 204 of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA). The Commission …
Intellectual Property: U.S. Trade Policy Guidance on WTO Declaration on Access to Medicines May Need Clarification, GAO-07-1198, September 28, 2007 Maritime Security: The SAFE Port Act: Status and Implementation One Year Later, GAO-08-126T, October 30, 2007 Minority Banks: Regulators’ Assessments of the Effectiveness of Their Support Efforts Have Been Limited, GAO-08-233T, October 30, 2007 Private …
“H.R. 2787, CJ’s Home Protection Act of 2007 would amend the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to require that weather radios be installed in all manufactured homes manufactured or sold in the United States.”
