Project on Gov't Oversight Report on Safety of Nuclear Weapons Complex
Project on Gov’t Oversight releases report – U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Y-12 and Oak Ridge National Laboratory at High Risk, October 16, 2006 (36 pages, PDF)
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New on LLRX.com
New on LLRX.com for October 15, 2006 Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, Updated, by Sabrina I. Pacifici and Donna Cavallini Criminal Justice Resources: Juvenile Law and Family Court Resources, by Ken Strutin Deal or No Deal Licensing & Acquiring Digital Resources, by Kara Phillips The Tao of Law Librarianship: Flickr is the …
Former FDA Chief Faces Snack Food Scandal Charges
U.S. v. Lester Crawford, October 16, 2006: “Former FDA Chief Lester Crawford is charged with lying about, and failing to disclose, his ownership of Pepsico and Sysco stock, and stock options in Embrex Inc. while working at the federal agency, and with a conflict of interest for holding the stocks while being involved with a …
Article Examines Trade Secrets in Our Public Infrastructure
Levine, David S., “Secrecy and Unaccountability: Trade Secrets in Our Public Infrastructure”. Florida Law Review, Forthcoming. [via SSRN] “Trade secrecy – the intellectual property doctrine that allows businesses to keep commercially valuable information secret for a potentially unlimited amount of time – is increasingly intruding in the operation of our public infrastructure, like voting machines, …
AG Issues Report to President Regarding the Administration of FOIA
Press release: “Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales submitted to President Bush today the Departments report regarding the government-wide administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Today’s report is the result of the first of three Justice Department reviews required under Executive Order 13392 titled, Improving Agency Disclosure of Information. The executive order, signed by …
Assessment of Reliability of Bulk Power Systems in North America
Press release, October 16, 2006: North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) Issues First Reliability Assessment Since Being Named the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) – “The adequacy of North’s America’s electricity system will decline soon,” according to the CEO of NERC/ERO. Report – 2006 Long-Term Reliability Assessment: the Reliability of Bulk Power Systems in North America, …
Energy OIG Inspection Report on Protective Force Property Management at Lawrence Livermore Labs
Inspection Report, “Protective Force Property Management at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory”, October 2006 (20 pages, PDF)
DHS OIG Evaluation of Information Security Program for FY 2006
Evaluation of DHS’ Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2006 (PDF, 42 pages), released October 16, 2006.
Minority Staff Report: Investigation of Jack Abramoffs Use of Tax-Exempt Organizations
Senate Committee on Finance, Minority Staff Report: Investigation of Jack Abramoff’s Use of Tax-Exempt Organizations, October 2006 (358 pages, PDF)
Committee Report Finds Data Breaches Throughout Federal Government
Press release: “In a report released today, Reps. Davis and Waxman summarize information provided to the Committee by 19 federal departments and agencies regarding the loss or compromise of personal information since January 2003. The report finds that every agency has experienced at least one such breach and that the agencies do not always know …
NRC Issues Orders on Safeguarding WMD Info
Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Safeguards Information access; fingerprinting and criminal history check requirements [Federal Register: October 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 198][Notices][Page 60587-60590] Order Imposing Fingerprinting and Criminal History Records Check Requirements for Access to Safeguards Information (Effective Immediately)
Study Examines Midwest Election Coverage
Joyce Foundation News press release, Midwest Local TV Newscasts Average 36 Seconds of Election Coverage: “In the month following the traditional Labor Day kickoff of the 2006 election campaign season, television stations in nine Midwest markets devoted an average of 36 seconds to election coverage during the typical 30-minute local news broadcast, a new analysis …
