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Senate Intelligence Committee

Officials familiar with the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation also say analysts warned against U.S. domination in the region, which could increase extremist recruiting. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the report’s declassification is not finished. It could be made public as soon as this week.

Subjects: Congress

Google Translate Adds New Feature to Convert Search Results Into 12 different Languages

Press release, May 23, 2007: “We are happy to announce the arrival of a new cross-language search feature that allows users across the world to find and view search results on foreign language web pages in their own native language. Now, more content on the web is accessible to more users, regardless of what languages …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Veterans in State and Federal Prisons, 2004

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Veterans Older, Better Educated Than Other State and Federal Prisoners, May 20, 2007: “There were an estimated 140,000 veterans held in state and federal prisons in 2004, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced [on April 29, 2007.] State prisons held 127,500 of these veterans, and federal prisons held …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Agencies Release Annual Report to Congress on Scholarship Fraud

Press release: “Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams that “guarantee” money for college in exchange for a fee. In 2000, Congress passed the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act to help federal agencies crack down on those scams. The Federal …

Subjects: Government Documents

International Biodefense Handbook 2007

International Biodefense Handbook 2007, by Sergio Bonin, published by the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, May 1, 2007. “The handbook compares different political, strategic, and structural approaches to biosecurity in seven countries and five international and supra-national organizations. It provides an overview of national and multilateral biodefense efforts by examining important policies in this …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

Pew Research Survey on Spam 2007

Press release: “The volume of spam is growing in Americans’ personal and workplace emailaccounts, but email users are less bothered by it. Spam continues to plague the internet as more Americans than ever say they are getting more spam than in the past. But while American internet users report increasing volumes of spam, they also …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Mail, Internet, Privacy

Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review Now Online

“The Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review presents an assessment of the Nation’s progress toward increasing the quality and years of healthy life and eliminating health disparities for all Americans, halfway through the first decade of the 21st century. For three decades, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has established and monitored national …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Monica Goodling Testifies at Judiciary Committee Hearing

Follow up to previous posting on former DoJ Official Monica Goodling and the U.S. Attorney firings, the text of Goodling’s written remarks and the text of her testimony, before the House Judiciary Committee, May 23, 2007. See also DOJ Document Sets Released on 5-22-2007: Letter from Deputy AG Regarding Goodling Privledge Log Documents DOJ Document …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Sources 2006 Flash Estimate

U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Sources 2006 Flash Estimate (05/23/2007): “The flash estimate is based on data published in the Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Energy Review (April 2007). These estimates are considered to be preliminary. More detailed estimates of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from all sources, energy and non-energy, will appear in the report Emissions …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Report on Iran Safeguards Sent to IAEA Board, Security Council

Report on Iran Safeguards Sent to International Atomic Energy Agency Board, Security Council Staff Report, 23 May 2007: “IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei has circulated his latest report to the upcoming meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors on the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research