New LC Country Profile on Romania
The Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Country Profiles: Romania, December 8, 2006.
Author archives
Secrecy and Foreign Policy
Secrecy and Foreign Policy, Robert Pallitto, December 8, 2006, Foreign Policy In Focus: “Since the beginning of the republic, U.S. presidents have used some form of secrecy in the course of governing. In the wake of the Watergate scandal, congressional hearings in the 1970s and the disclosure of covert U.S. programs of assassination and destabilization …
CBO: Paying for Iraq's Reconstruction – An Update
Paying for Iraq’s Reconstruction: An Update – Report prepared for Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Kent Conrad by the Congressional Budget Committee, December 8, 2006.
GAO Audit of Navy Marine Corps Intranet
Information Technology: DOD Needs to Ensure That Navy Marine Corps Intranet Program Is Meeting Goals and Satisfying Customers, Full-text GAO-07-51, and Highlights, December 8, 2006. “The Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) is a 10-year, $9.3 billion information technology services program. Through a performance-based contract, the Navy is buying network (intranet), application, and other hardware and …
DHS OIG Report Assesses Automated Targeting System Used by Customs and Border Protection
Audit of Targeting Oceangoing Cargo Containers (Unclassified Summary), OIG-07-09 (PDF, 7 pages), December 8, 2006.
Findings of National Interoperability Baseline Survey
“The SAFECOM program fielded the National Interoperability Baseline Survey May-July 2006. By providing a clear representation of national capacities, survey findings will help emergency response leaders and policy makers make informed decisions about strategies for improving interoperability. Major Baseline Survey findings include the following: About two-thirds of agencies report using interoperability to some degree in …
Investigation of Allegations Related to Improper Conduct Involving Members and Current or Former House Pages
Roll Call: “The House ethics committee’s report on the scandal surrounding ex-Rep. Mark Foley’s (R-Fla.) behavior with House pages says no Members or staff committed any formal violations of the chamber’s ethics rules in their handling of the issue…” U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Investigation of Allegations Related to improper …
Senate Approves Bill to Extend the Term of the Iraq Special IG
Press release: “The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a bill authored by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Norm Coleman (R-MN), and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) that would extend the term of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR). Without this legislation, the SIGIRs term would expire on October 1, 2007. This legislation, which …
DOE OIG Audit of Energy's Use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Response to Recent Hurricanes
Department of Energy Office of Inspector General Audit Report, The Department of Energy’s Use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, December 2006.
Executive Order on Strengthening Surface Transportation Security
Executive Order 13416–Strengthening Surface Transportation Security, Presidential Documents: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to strengthen the security of the Nation’s surface transportation systems and thereby enhance the protection of the people, property, and territory of the United States of …
EPA Redacting Library Website to Remove Public Access to Reports
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) press release: “defiance of Congressional requests to immediately halt closures of library collections, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is purging records from its library websites, making them unavailable to both agency scientists and outside researchers, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). At the …
EAC Releases Findings of Voting Fraud and Voter Intimidation Study
Press release: The United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today voted on the findings of the Voting Fraud and Voter Intimidation Study and accepted recommendations to conduct a comprehensive assessment of all claims, charges and prosecutions of voting crimes. The study represents the first phase of the information gathering process and includes a working definition …
