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CongressPedia, Members of Congress under investigation: “This article is an index of the members of Congress currently under investigation by the congressional ethics committees (House and Senate) or law enforcement authorities, based on credible media reports.”
K. A. Taipale, “Deconstructing Information Warfare,” presented to the Committee on Policy Consequences and Legal/Ethical Implications of Offensive Information Warfare, The National Academies, Washington, DC (Oct. 30, 2006) [download presentation slides in PDF).
Status of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Program in Iraq (48 pages, PDF), October 29, 2006 : “The U.S. government continues to advance capacity-development programs in Iraq’s ministries and provinces. For the past four decades, Iraq was a statist economy with a highly centralized administration. Baghdad drove budgeting and service delivery through ministries that funded the …
Improved Administration Can Enhance U.S. Customs and Border Protection Classified Laptop Computer Security, Unclassified Summary, OIG-06-64 (PDF, 3 pages) November 1, 2006. Improved Administration Can Enchance Science and Technology Classified Laptop Computer Security, OIG-06-63, Unclassified Summary, (PDF, 3 pages) November 1, 2006.
Cooperative Research Programs Security Research Status Report: “TRB’s Cooperative Research Program produces a table summarizing more than 60 security and emergency preparedness projects representing over $9 million in the contract research programs for state departments of transportation and the public transportation industry. Updated monthly. Posted on November 1, 2006.” Transportation Security: A Summary of Transportation …
North Korea’s Nuclear Test: Motivations, Implications, and U.S. Options, October 24, 2006 (22 pages, PDF)
U.S. News reports on a range of new programs sponsored by DHS that leverage innovative technology applications (wikis and blogs) and educational programs to expand and improve the effectiveness of homeland security goals and objectives. Reuters: Gov’t unveils a Wikipedia for spies – Analysts can add and edit content on government’s classified Web site
Library of Congress- Federal Research Division Country Profiles: Russia, October 2006 and Bulgaria, October 2006.
From the Center for Investigative Reporting and Salon.com: “At least two dozen federal judges appointed by President Bush since 2001 made political contributions to key Republicans or to the president himself while under consideration for their judgeships, government records show. A four-month investigation of Bush-appointed judges by the Center for Investigative Reporting reveals that six …
Federal Register Notice of updated guidelines, October 31, 2006: The U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”)[has] publish[ed] an updated version of its Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities (“Guidelines”) along with a new Annex. Related Treasury resources on Protecting Charitable organizations
The Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section Home Page has a link to a special feature titled, “Election 2006 – How to Report Possible Voting Rights Violations,” providing citizens with the following mechanisms for filing reports: By Calling: 1-800-253-3931(voice)or 1-888-305-3228 (TTY) By Fax: 202-307-3961 Via the Internet: Complete and submit a form detailing …
CBO – Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Summary Update for Fiscal Year 2007, October 2006 (32 pages, PDF).
