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“Enrollment in Medicaid declined for the first time in nearly a decade, according to a new 50-state survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundations Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU). But faced with an improving economy, 42 states expect to expand coverage to the uninsured in the next year.”
Country Energy Balances for the International Energy Annual 2005 (10/10/2007): “Country-level energy balances for the most recent year for which complete data are available.” Electric Power Monthly (10/10/2007): “The latest EPM issue (October 2007) is now available on EIA’s Electricity page. Data being published in the October 2007 EPM include July 2007 data. Historical copies …
DOD’s Base Structure Report (Listing of Facilities) Fiscal Year 2007 (221 pages, PDF), Report Prepared by the Department of Defense’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment.
Vahid Majidi, Assistant Director, WMD Directorate, Federal Bureau of Investigation – Statement Before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, October 10, 2007 “The number one priority of the FBI is to protect the nation from terrorist attacks. Within that priority, the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) …
Review of Contract Costs – Emergency Disaster Services, Contract No. HSFE04-05-7233, FEMA Disaster No. 1604-DR-MS, Report No. DA-07-13 (PDF, 3 pages) released October 10, 2007.
On October 10, 2007 “The Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs held hearing entitled, Six Years Later: Assessing Long-Term Threats, Risks and the U.S. Strategy for Security in a Post-9/11 World. This hearing will be the first in a series of bipartisan hearings into long-term U.S. national security strategy six years after 9/11 and …
Follow up to October 9, 2007 posting, Conyers, Reyes Introduce FISA Revision Legislation, today’s press release: “The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted 12-7 today to send the RESTORE Act (H.R. 3773) to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.”
“France has today ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits the use of the death penalty in all circumstances. Ambassador Bruno Gain, the French Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, completed the formal ratification process on the first European Day against the Death Penalty (10 October), organised by the …
“Welcome to the on-line version of the Inspector General, DoD Journal of Public Inquiry. The Journal is published semi-annually by the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General on behalf of the Presidents Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) and the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE). The Journal contains articles of interest …
ICANN: “The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will launch an evaluation of Internationalized Domain Names next week that will allow Internet users to test top-level domains in 11 languages… The evaluation is made possible by todays insertion into the root of the 11 versions of .test, which means they are alongside other top-level …
Assessing the Value of Information and Communication Technologies to Modern Terrorist Organizations, by Bruce W. Don, David R. Frelinger, Scott Gerwehr, Eric Landree, Brian A. Jackson Understanding how terrorists conduct successful operations is critical to countering them. Terrorist organizations use a wide range of network technologies as they plan and stage attacks. This book explores …
UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, “Nearly three years ago, Governments adopted the Hyogo Framework — a plan of action to reduce our collective vulnerability to natural hazards. Today, as we commemorate World Disaster Reduction Day, recent calamities around the world — including floods, storms, and droughts — continue to remind us of the devastating …
