Human Rights Watch Issues New Report on Sex Offender Laws in the US
No Easy Answers – Sex Offender Laws in the US, September 2007 Volume 19, No. 4(G). Download PDF file of this report
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U.S. Life Expectancy Hits New High of Nearly 78 Years
Press release: “A child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live nearly 78 years (77.9) a new high according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2005. The report from CDCs National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is …
DHS and DOD Fail Audits
AP: “Ten years after Congress ordered federal agencies to have outside auditors review their books, neither the Defense Department nor the newer Department of Homeland Security has met even basic accounting requirements, leaving them vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse. An Associated Press review shows that the two departments financial records are so disorganized and …
OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development Draft Report on Biofuels
“The OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development has just released a thorough 57-page study on the costs, efficiency and environmental impact of biofuels.” See Biofuels: is the cure worse than the disease? (57 pages, PDF): “136. There is little doubt that current patterns of fossil fuel-based energy use are unsustainable and that a change in …
Google Privacy Chief Calls for International Data Protection Standards
Heise Online: “The world’s number one search engine Google is calling for international standards for data protection. “Three quarters of the countries in the world have no privacy regimes at all”, Peter Fleischer, Google’s Privacy Chief, explained at a conference organized by UNESCO, the UN’s Education, Science, and Culture Organization, on the topic of “Internet …
Documents Describe Use of Satellites in Support of Civil Agencies
Press release: “Today the National Security Archive publishes a collection of documents concerning the use of U.S. reconnaissance satellites to collect data on targets within the United States over the last four decades. This new publication follows the August 15, 2007, revelation in the Wall Street Journal that the United States is planning to expand …
New GAO Reports on Motor Carrier Safety, Quadrennial Defense Review
Motor Carrier Safety: Federal Safety Agency Identifies Many High-Risk Carriers but Does Not Assess Maximum Fines as Often as Required by Law, GAO-07-584, August 28, 2007, Full Report (PDF, 67 pages) Quadrennial Defense Review: Future Reviews Could Benefit from Improved Department of Defense Analyses and Changes to Legislative Requirements, GAO-07-709, September 14, 2007, Full Report …
Google Calls for Global Online Privacy Standard
Google Calls for Global Online Privacy Standard: “Google envisions the policy to be a product of self-regulation by companies, improved laws and possible new ones.” Related, from EPIC: “As Google faces opposition to the proposed acquisition of Doubleclick, Google’s privacy counsel called for less restrictive global privacy standards. The company’s current privacy practices are under …
NRC Publishes Annual Security Inspection Report to Congress
“The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made available to the public an unclassified version of an annual report to Congress outlining the previous years security inspection program. The report is required under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The report covers the security inspection program, including force-on-force exercises, for commercial power reactors and certain fuel …
Corporate Responsibility and Health Care Quality A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors
Press release: HHS OIG OIG’s New Resource Guide on Corporate Responsibility and Healthcare Quality Corporate Responsibility and Health Care Quality A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors, September 13, 2007 (11 pages, PDF)
Integrated Database on Trade Disputes for Latin American and the Caribbean
“The Division of International Trade and Integration of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is making the Integrated Database on Trade Disputes for Latin American and the Caribbean (IDATD) available to governments, the academic community, experts on trade policy and interested persons in general in both Spanish. This database pools information …
White House Releases Iraq Benchmark Assessment Report
Benchmark Assessment Report (28 pages, PDF) “This report is submitted consistent with Section 1314 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110-28) (the Act). It includes an assessment of how the sovereign Government of Iraq is performing in its efforts to achieve a series of …
