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Rebuilding Iraq: More Comprehensive National Strategy Needed to Help Achieve U.S. Goals, Full-text GAO-06-788, and Highlights, July 11, 2006: “…it is unclear how the United States will achieve its desired end-state in Iraq given the significant changes in the assumptions underlying the U.S. strategy.” Rebuilding Iraq: More Comprehensive National Strategy Needed to Help Achieve U.S. …
Who’s Making What In The White House, by Alexis Simendinger, for NationalJournal.com (sub. req’d) “President Bush’s most senior aides — the ones who hold the coveted title of “assistant to the president” — recently received a $4,200 cost-of-living bump-up in compensation and now earn a top pay rate of $165,200, according to an internal White …
Follow-up to postings on terrorist financing programs, the House Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled “The Terror Finance Tracking Program,” Tuesday, July 11, 2006. Opening Statement of Full Committee Chairman Michael G. Oxley Prepared Testimony: Stuart Levey, Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury: “…SWIFT is predominantly used for overseas transfers. It …
Although Improvements Have Been Made, More Can Be Done to Identify Businesses by Their Principal Business Activity, July 2006, Reference Number: 2006-30-097 (21 pages, PDF). “This report presents the results of our review of the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) efforts to identify businesses by their principal business activity. The overall objective of this review was …
Review of Issues Related to the Loss of VA Information Involving the Identity of Millions of Veterans, Rpt. #06-02238-163, July 11, 2006 (78 pages, PDF) Related postings on the VA data breach
Why Reinvent the Wheel? Model State, Regional, and Federal Enterprise Retrieval System, by Katie Mugg, Project Manager, State, Regional, and Federal Enterprise Retrieval System, San Diego Association of Governments, San Diego, California National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan “The Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) is a complex criminal justice enterprise network utilized by 50 local, …
Washington Post: Top 100 Executives by Total Compensation, 2006: Includes name of executive, title, company, total compensation, salary and company net income/loss. See also Top 100 Executives by Salary
Progress in Developing the National Asset Database, OIG-06-40 (PDF, PDF), July 11, 2006: “The report assesses the actions DHS has taken to identify and organize the nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources in the National Asset Database.” Related news and government documents: Inspector: Homeland Security database flawed – Petting zoo, kangaroo center on list of …
Today the House passed HR 4411, the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act. The bill passed by roll call vote #363, 317 yeas to 93 nays. See also: House Approves Boucher-Goodlatte Legislation to Combat Illegal Gambling (July 11, 2006) House votes yes on Net-gambling crackdown
U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2005 Annual Report – The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2005 Annual Report presents an overview of major Commission activities and accomplishments. The 2005 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics has national sentencing data and more. See also Federal Sentencing Statistics by State, District, and Circuit
Law Librarians Look Beyond Books – “Once endangered, librarians have expanded their role to include such duties as market research and competitive intelligence.” The Librarian’s Expanding Role Electronic Research Staffing Resources Finances
Press release: “In Manhattan, the public will have free remote access to a virtual file of civil cases in Supreme Court, including pleadings, preliminary conference and other case-management orders, requests for judicial intervention, notes of issue, orders to show cause and notices of motion. (Due to volume, affidavits, exhibits and other supporting motion papers will …
