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2007 Data Mining Report (PDF, 42 pages) – DHS Privacy Office Response to House Report 109-699, July 6, 2007: “This is the second report by the Privacy Office to Congress on data mining. This report describes data mining activities deployed or under development within the Department that meet the definition of data mining as mandated …
Press release: “The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a new report on China’s internet user population. There are now an estimated 137 million internet users in China, second in number only to the United States, where estimates of the current internet population range from 165 million to 210 million. The growth rate …
The governance of Britain – the Government’s draft legislative programme, July 11, 2007 (67 pages, PDF)
Press release: “The United States has faced an unprecedented rise in government secrecy over the last six years, according to a report released today by OpenTheGovernment.org and People For the American Way Foundation. Government Secrecy: Decisions Without Democracy 2007 (52 pages, PDF) documents how executive power has dramatically expanded while executive accountability has diminished.”
Diminished Capacity: Can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of the Nation’s Food Supply? Part 2 Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/schedule.shtml
Legistorm Congressional Travel Database: “Our travel database contains roughly 27,000 trips and provides a unique window into how private organizations are trying to gain influence in Washington. No other source of congressional trip data is as comprehensive or accurate or provides the users the same ability to view the original documents. What’s more, you can …
ACE Release 4 Post-Deployment Problems, OIG-07-54 (PDF, 22 pages), released July 12, 2007.
USA Economy in Brief – Just-Released U.S. Dept. of State Publication “For better or worse, the U.S. economy is at or near the top in a number of international rankings: No. 1 in economic output, called gross domestic product, amounting to $13.13 trillion in 2006. With less than 5 percent of the world’s population, at …
Initial Benchmark Assessment Report, July 12, 2007 (25 pages, PDF): “This report to Congress 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 …
Environmental Contamination: Department of Defense Activities Related to Trichloroethylene, Perchlorate, and Other Emerging Contaminants, by John B. Stephenson, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Readiness, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-07-1042T, July 12, 2007 Nuclear Security: Actions Taken by NRC to Strengthen Its Licensing Process for Sealed Radioactive Sources Are Not Effective, …
“A product of [National Association of State Chief Information Officers] NASCIO’s Disaster Recovery Working Group, this tool-kit is designed to assist state CIOs and their staff in IT disaster recovery and business continuity planning. It is an updated and expanded version of business continuity and disaster preparedness checklists utilized for a brainstorming exercise at the …
Press release: “The drought and dry conditions currently gripping half the country are a taste of things to come, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) assessing the effects of global warming on water supplies in the West. The researchers say that as the hotter, drier weather already afflicting the …
