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“…for seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game, TIME’s Person of the Year for 2006 is you.” [Link]
http://www.nro.gov/foia/foia_reports.html Right now they post the NRO annual reports for 1998-2004 The FOIA Chief sent me a letter indicating they plan to post 1996, 1997, 2005 and 2006 at this location by next week.
The Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Country Profile: Kyrgyzstan, December 14, 2006.
Bank Secrecy Act: FinCEN and IRS Need to Improve and Better Coordinate Compliance and Data Management Efforts, Full text GAO-07-212, and Highlights, December 15, 2006: “…FinCEN and IRS lack a documented and coordinated strategy with time frames, priorities, and resource needs for improving NBFI compliance with BSA requirements.”
National Flood Insurance Program [NFIP]: New Processes Aided Hurricane Katrina Claims Handling, but FEMA’s Oversight Should Be Improved, Full-text, GAO-07-169, and Highlights, December 15, 2006. NFIP paid an unprecedented dollar amount for a record number of claims from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Congress increased NFIP’s borrowing authority with the U.S. Treasury from a pre-Katrina level …
AP: “The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, who study everything from caribou mating to global warming, subjecting them to controls on research that might go against official policy. New rules require screening of all facts and interpretations by agency scientists. The rules apply to all scientific papers and …
Rebuilding Iraq–Status of DOD’s Reconstruction Program GAO-07-30R, December 15, 2006 “While financial data show that DOD has obligated most (97 percent) of its $13.5 billion in fiscal year 2004 reconstruction funds, work-in-place data show that about 29 percent, or $2.3 billion, of DOD’s construction program is incomplete, as of October 8, 2006. Continued congressional oversight …
“Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Surveys, this series of AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheets examines the American distribution of: Median household income, whether it increased or decreased, and how various age groups fared during the year; Poverty, its presence in various age groups, and whether the poverty rate went up …
MSNBC: “Consumers have no idea how reliable their cell phone service will be when they buy a phone and sign a long-term contract. The Federal Communications Commission could offer some guidance, but it won’t. The agency refuses to make public a detailed database of cell phone provider outages that it has maintained since 2004. A …
Press release: “The Department of Homeland Security issued today a notice of proposed rulemaking [143 pages, PDF) to vastly strengthen the security of the nation’s rail systems in the highest threat urban areas. The proposed rule is part of a package of new security measures that will require freight rail carriers to ensure 100 percent …
Press release: “The Army and Marine Corps announce the release of the Counterinsurgency Field Manual…the new manual pursues a general approach to counterinsurgency, not one aimed specifically at any of the ongoing operations.” From the Forward: “It has been 20 years since the Army published a field manual devoted exclusively to counterinsurgency operations. For the …
