CBO Report – The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update
CBO Report – The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, August 2007 pdf data charts
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Subprime Mortgage Market Crisis Timeline
“The Joint Economic Committee has compiled a timeline of events tracking the subprime crisis from December 2006 to the present. Although it does not include every event in the markets, in Congress, or in the Administration, it provides a fairly comprehensive background guide to the current housing crisis and the steps taken to avoid further …
National Intelligence Estimate – An Update to "Prospects for Iraq's Stability"
National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) – An Update to “Prospects for Iraq’s Stability” August 23, 2007: “There have been measurable but uneven improvements in Iraq’s security situation since our last National Intelligence Estimate in January 2007.”
New Site Fact-Checks Accuracy of Communications for 2008 Presidential Campaign
“PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly to help you find the truth in the presidential campaign. Every day, reporters and researchers from the Times and CQ will analyze the candidates’ speeches, TV ads and interviews and determine whether the claims are accurate.”
DHS Satellite Surveillance Plan Under Close Scrutiny by House Homeland Security Cmte.
The Wall Street Journal today reported that House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff stating the intention to conduct careful oversight over the fall 2007 launch of the National Applications Office (NAO). This program’s use of “spy satellites for domestic homeland security and law enforcement purposes” …
Transcript of Q&A With National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell
Transcript: Debate on the foreign intelligence surveillance act, by Chris Roberts, El Paso Times: The following is the transcript of a question and answer session with National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, published August 22, 2007. On participation by telecommunications companies in the domestic surveillance program: “…Now the second part of the issue was under the …
Overview of Recommendations of Virginia Tech Internal Review Committees
Follow up to Report to June 13, 2007 posting, Report to the President on the Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy, this press release and related documents today from Virginia Tech: “On May 9, 2007, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger directed three internal reviews in the wake of the April 16 tragedy on the …
DHS OIG Releases New Audits: Terrorist Financing, Hurricane Katrina, National Bio-Surveillance Integration
Coordination Between FBI and ICE on Investigations of Terrorist Financing, OIG-07-55 (PDF, 58 pages) Interim Report, Hurricane Katrina: A Review of Wind Versus Flood Issues, OIG-07-62, July 2007 (PDF, 25 pages) Better Management Needed for the National Bio-Surveillance Integration System Program, OIG-07-61, July 2007 (PDF, 38 pages) Improvements to Information Sharing are Needed to Facilitate …
Google Announces Launches Tool to Enable Viewing of Sky From Earth
Press release: “Google today announced the launch of Sky, a new feature that enables users of Google Earth to view the sky as seen from planet Earth. With Sky, users can now float through the skies via Google Earth. This easy-to-use tool enables all Earth users to view and navigate through 100 million individual stars …
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2007
Proclamation by the President: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2007 – “On Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and during Constitution Week, we celebrate the anniversary of our Nation’s Constitution and honor the Framers who created the landmark document that continues to guide our Nation. In the summer of 1787, delegates convened in Philadelphia …
Pew Research – Two Decades of American News Preferences
Two Decades of American News Preferences – Part 2: News Interest across Decades and “News Eras” by Michael J. Robinson, special to the Pew Research Center, August 22, 2007 Download part 1 of the commentary Download part 2 of the commentary Trends Across Decades “Public interest in news has changed slightly over the last two …
DoD to Implement Interim Threat Reporting Procedures
Press release: “DoDs Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA) will close the TALON Reporting System effective Sept. 17, 2007, and maintain a record copy of the collected data in accordance with intelligence oversight requirements. To ensure there is a mechanism in place to document and assess potential threats to DoD resources, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for …
