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Press release: “Access to state-level candidate campaign disclosure data continued to improve in states across the country, according to Grading State Disclosure 2007, a comprehensive evaluation of campaign finance disclosure laws and programs in the 50 states. The 2007 study, released today by the California Voter Foundation, found that Washington State ranks first in the …
OIG-07-78 – Agreed-upon Procredures on DHS’ 3rd Quarter Intragovernmental Activity and Balance (PDF, 11 pages), September 2007. OIG-07-77 – Evaluation of DHS’ Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2007 (PDF, 41 pages), September 2007 OIG-07-76 – Audit of CBP Export Control Activities (PDF, 6 pages), September 2007
“A new survey conducted jointly by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examines the publics views and opinions of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and the pending legislation surrounding its reauthorization. The survey assesses the publics familiarity with the SCHIP debate, whether or not they support the …
Follow up to previous posting, Group Issues Report on Missing White House Emails and Violations of the Presidential Records Act, from AP today news that “U.S. Magistrate John M. Facciola indicated Wednesday [that he] may order the Bush administration to preserve copies of all White House e-mails, a move that a government lawyer argued strongly …
“The Arctic Report Card 2007 is introduced as a means of presenting clear, reliable and concise information on recent observations of environmental conditions in the Arctic, relative to historical time series records. It provides a method of updating and expanding the content of the State of the Arctic Report, published in fall 2006, to reflect …
DOJ OIG Audit, Office of Justice Programs Grants: “Office on Violence Against Women, West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services, Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement, Charleston, West Virginia, Audit Report GR-30-07-005, September 2007 (Executive Summary Only) DOJ OIG Audit, Combined DNA Index System Grants: Compliance with Standards Governing Combined DNA Index System Activities …
Defense Business Transformation: A Full-time Chief Management Officer with a Term Appointment Is Needed at DOD to Maintain Continuity of Effort and Achieve Sustainable Success, GAO-08-132T, October 16, 2007 Medical Devices: FDA’s Approval of Four Temporomandibular Joint Implants, GAO-07-996, September 17, 2007 Project-Based Rental Assistance: HUD Should Streamline Its Processes to Ensure Timely Housing Assistance …
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on “Executive Nomination” Wednesday, October 17, 2007. See the “Continuation of Executive Nomination” Senate Judiciary Committee, October 18, 2007, via Live Webcast. Glenn Greenwald Live-blogging the Mukasey confirmation hearing Member Statements: Sen. Patrick Leahy and Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin Testimony, Judge Michael B. Mukasey
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “For the first time ever, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation that will protect journalists from being compelled to testify or reveal sources in court. The shield law grants a qualified privilege to reporters to prevent them, in most cases, from being compelled to testify or …
FCW.com: “Defense Department officials have released new guidelines that govern the monitoring of employees phone calls and the mock penetration of military network defenses to identify potential security risks to DOD information. DOD Chief Information Officer John Grimes on Oct. 9 signed Instruction 8560.01, titled Communications Security Monitoring and Information Assurance Readiness Testing. The document …
“OLMS Online Public Disclosure Room, which is powered by a new database query system. From this site you can (1) view and print reports filed by unions, union officers and employees, employers, and labor relations consultants for the year 2000 and after, (2) order reports for the year 1999 and prior, and (3) search the …
Press release, October 16, 2007: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today introduced the bipartisan Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 to give federal prosecutors important new tools to combat the growing problem of identity theft and cyber crime. The Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act …
