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Clay Johnson III, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget: M-07-16, Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information, May 22, 2007 (22 pages, PDF) “As part of the work of the Identify Theft Task Force, this memorandum requires agencies to develop and implement a breach notification policy within 120 …
OECD finds the real piracy losses ============================================================ Financial Times obtained an executive summary of a new report produced by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that estimates the trade losses due to piracy and counterfeiting did not exceed 200 billion USD. The report should be endorsed by the OECD board this month and is …
Immigration Reform: Brief Synthesis of Issue, Updated May 10, 2007 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated May 10, 2007 Iraq: Government Formation and Performance, Updated May 2, 2007 Israel: Background and Relations with the United States, Updated April 30, 2007 Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bills in the 110th Congress, Updated April 24, 2007
Attorney General’s Annual Report to Congress on U.S. Government Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons for Fiscal Year 2006, May 2007
Press release: “ADB today rolled out the online version of its Statistical Database System (SBDS), a key database of social, economic and financial indicators of its developing member countries. The database, developed and maintained by ADBs Economics and Research Department, contains data from 1988 onwards and will be a major resource and analytical tool for …
A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Use of Section 215 Order for Business Records (Unclassified), March 2007 (112 pages, PDF).
AIMA Issues Revised Sound Practices Recommendations for Hedge Fund Managers Guide to Sound Practices for European Hedge Fund Managers, May 2007, 65 pages, PDF)
US Courts: “Administrative agency appeals involving the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) remained a significant part of federal appellate courts caseloads in 2006, accounting for 17 percent of 63,676 total appeals.”
Equitable Sharing Grants Audits, Executive Summaries only, released May 21, 2007: Compliance with Standards Governing Combined DNA Index System Activities at the West Virginia State Police Crime Laboratory, South Charleston, West Virginia, Audit Report GR-30-07-002, April 2007 Office of Justice Programs Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative Funding Received by the Maricopa County Attorneys Office, Phoenix, Arizona, …
Report Number 06-INTEL-10 05/18/07 Report Number 06-INTEL-10 Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse (U), 8/25/2006 (Public Release Version). NOTE: The unclassified Executive Summary from DoD IG Report No. 06-INTEL-10, Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse, 8/25/06, was posted on the Pressroom web page on 9/8/06.
Audit of Access of Airport Secured Areas (Unclassified Summary) OIG-07-35 (PDF, 6 pages) – released 05/18/2007.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Update: Medical Surveillance for Health Care Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs Recommended in New NIOSH Report. “A new report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that employers institute medical surveillance programs for health-care workers who are occupationally exposed to hazardous drugs, and suggests …
