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Federal Reserve Releases Beige Book

Federal Reserve Beige Book July 26, 2006 – summary includes links to data on individual districts. “Reports from all twelve Federal Reserve Districts generally indicated continued economic growth during June through mid-July, with numerous individual reports pointing to evidence that the pace of growth has slowed. Several Districts characterized the overall pace of economic growth …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Progress Report on Protecting and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights Here and Abroad

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia — hearing — STOP!: A Progress Report on Protecting and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights Here and Abroad [Links to witness testimony] “The hearing will focus on the progress that the Administration’s Strategy targeting …

Subjects: Congress, Intellectual Property, Legal Research, Legislation

House Passes 21st Century Emergency Communications Act of 2006

Fact Sheet on H.R. 5852 Committee on Homeland Security: “Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 5852, The 21st Century Emergency Communications Act of 2006. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Reps. Dave Reichert (WA) and Bill Pascrell (NJ) originally part of the Committee on Homeland Security’s Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned legislation, takes the necessary …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

GAO Reports Spotlight Lack of Controls on Public Access to Sensitive Military Equipment

DOD Excess Property: Control Breakdowns Present Significant Security Risk and Continuing Waste and Inefficiency, Full-text GAO-06-981T, and Highlights, July 25, 2006 DOD Excess Property: Control Breakdowns Present Significant Security Risk and Continuing Waste and Inefficiency, Full-text GAO-06-943, and Highlights, July 25, 2006: “GAO investigators posing as private citizens purchased several sensitive military equipment items from …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Hearing on the 60th Anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act

House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law — Oversight Hearing on “The 60th Anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act: Where Do We Go From Here?” Opening Statement of Chris Cannon Chair, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.. The current federal regulatory process faces many significant challenges…Other problematic issues that have arisen over the …

Subjects: Congress, Legal Research, Legislation

Letter Report on Electronic Voting

Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB Letter Report on Electronic Voting, July 2006 (Download the 13 page report from this page). “Many jurisdictions will face unprecedented challenges as they prepare to use new electronic voting equipment for the November 2006 elections. Because it will be the first time electronic voting is used on a large …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DHS IG Audit of Customs and Border Protection Biometric Program

Review of CPB Actions Taken to Intercept Suspected Terrorists at U.S. Ports of Entry (PDF, 11 Pages), July 25, 2006. “We reviewed the procedures employed by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to prevent known and suspected terrorists from entering the United States through the country’s 324 air, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Digital Governance in Municipalities Survey

“The survey, Digital Governance in Municipalities Worldwide – 2005 (110 pages PDF), was conducted by the E-Governance Institute of Rutgers University-Newark and the Global e-Policy e-Government Institute of the Graduate School of Governance, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. It was co-sponsored by the United Nations Division of Public Administration and Development Management and the American Society for …

Subjects: E-Government

FAS Wins FOIA Lawsuit Over NRO Budget Documents

Secrecy News: “In a rare victory for public access to intelligence agency records, a federal court yesterday ordered (pdf) the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to process its FY 2006 budget request for release under the Freedom of Information Act. Judge Reggie B. Walton of the D.C. District Court granted a motion filed by the Federation …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research