DHS OIG Review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Discipline Procedures
A Review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Discipline Procedures, OIG-07-57 (PDF, 49 pages), released September 11. 2006.
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NIST Report on Voting Audit Trails Released
Association for Computing Machinery, September 11, 2006, National Institute of Standards and Technology Report on Audit Trails Released Independent Verification: Essential Action to Assure Integrity in the Voting Process, by Roy G. Salton (26 pages, PDF)
Lessons Learned From 9/11: DNA Identification in Mass Fatality Incidents
Lessons Learned From 9/11: DNA Identification in Mass Fatality Incidents: “On the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the National Institute of Justice has released this new report prepared by a panel of the Nation’s top forensic scientists. The report reviews the scientists’ experiences and offers guidance to laboratory directors on how to …
Online Legal Scholarship: The Medium and the Message
Jack M. Balkin, Online Legal Scholarship: The Medium and the Message, 116 Yale L.J. Pocket Part 20 (2006). “…blogging by legal experts has intervened in the debate in a new way, helping to inform not only the public but also the mainstream media and key players about complicated issues.” See also Blogs are liberating the …
Microsoft Live Seach Replaces MSN Search
Windows Live Search Blog: “…the new Live Search… no longer in beta, and powering searches on both Live.com and MSN.
Group Outlines Ramifications of EPA Library Closures
Follow-up to previous postings on EPA’s closure of libraries, this press release: “Prosecution of polluters by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency “will be compromised” due to the loss of “timely, correct and accessible” information from the agency’s closure of its network of technical libraries, according to an internal memo released today by Public Employees for …
DOD IG Reports on Investigations of Detainee Abuse
Unclassified Executive Summary from the classified DoD IG Report No. 06-INTEL-10, Review of DoD-Directed Investigations of Detainee Abuse, released September 8, 2006 and dated August 25, 2006. IPO 2004C005, Review of Criminal Investigations of Alleged Detainee Abuse, 8/25/06 (Redacted Version, 72 pages, PDF), released September 8, 2006 and dated August 25, 2006
2005 Digital Counties Survey Results Published
“The Center for Digital Government and the National Association of Counties (NACo) invited U.S. counties to participate in the 2005 Digital Counties Survey, which was underwritten by Hyland Software,developers of OnBase. The survey grouped counties into four population categories: one for large counties (500,000 or more), two others for mid-sized counties (250,000 499,999 and …
Consumer's Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes
USDA – A Consumer’s Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes: “Did you know that a flood, fire, national disaster, or the loss of power from high winds, snow, or ice could jeopardize the safety of your food? Knowing how to determine if food is safe and how to keep food safe will help …
BJS National Crime Victimization Survey
The following data was posted on September 10, 2006: Trends in violent victimizations, 1973-2005: “Since 1994, violent crime rates have declined, reaching the lowest level ever in 2005.” Trends in property crime victimizations, 1973-2005: “Property crime rates continue to decline.” Criminal Victimization, 2005 (NCJ-214644), by BJS statistician Shannan M. Catalano (PDF version and Spreadsheets – …
Resource Guide on Polices and Use of TSA's Sensitive Security Info Secrecy Category
Project On Government Oversight – September 11, 2006: An annotated list of resources related to the policies and use of the Transportation Security Administration’s Sensitive Security Information secrecy category.
Terrorism Index Results Yield Consensus on Global War on Terror
The Terrorism Index, by FOREIGN POLICY & The Center For American Progress: “Despite todays highly politicized national security environment, the index results show striking consensus across political party lines. A bipartisan majority (84 percent) of the index’s experts say the United States is not winning the war on terror. Eighty-six percent of the indexs experts …
