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Press release: “A report requested by Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, and Rep. Charlie Melancon finds that since 2002 (HHS Report, 96 pages, PDF), the effectiveness of the National Disaster Medical System a key component of the nations emergency response capacity — has been eroded by mismanagement, bureaucratic reshuffling, and inadequate …
Until today, Valerie Plame worked for the CIA’s Counterproliferation Division. The investigation into which government personnel were responsible for leaking her identity remains ongoing. Related news: Time Reporter Testifies in Leak Case Rove Lawyer Was Deposed Last Week by Special Prosecutor LA Times, French Warned Against Iraq-Niger Allegation, Spy Says
The U.S. Department of Labor Compliance Assistance Homepage now “enables users to quickly and easily navigate DOL’s wide range of regulatory and compliance information any time, day or night.” Included are links to: Compliance E-Tools; an Updated Employment Law Guide; an online wage determinations program; and a feature to subscribe to elaws E-mail Updates.
The USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future has released the 2005 Digital Future Report ($). The report highlights are available free (19 pages, PDF), and note an increased use of the Internet for political campaigns, the continued popularity of email, and a significant expansion in the use of broadband access to the Internet. …
Press release: “More than three years before the 9/11 attack on the United States, U.S. officials warned Saudi Arabia that Osama bin Laden “might take the course of least resistance and turn to a civilian [aircraft] target,” according to a declassified cable released by the National Security Archive today. The warning was made by the …
ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline, Volume 14, Number 121, December 8, 2005. “House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement on Thursday, December 08, 2005, to extend the USA PATRIOT Act. The agreement would extend for four years – until 2009– Sec. 215 of the PATRIOT Act’s — permitting secret warrants for books, records …
National Summit on Competitiveness, Investing In U.S. Innovation, December 6, 2005 (8 pages, PDF).
Press release: “The Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent [a] letter to Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito seeking more information relating to his nomination to be Associate Justice. In their letter, Senators have asked Judge Alito to provide information omitted from the questionnaire, including material that is publicly available. Judge Alito submitted his …
DOJ’s Semiannual Report to Congress: April 1, 2005 — September 30, 2005, Report prepared by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General. HTML Version PDF Version
Press release, December 6, 2005: “Governor George E. Pataki today announced that he has directed the Division of Criminal Justice Services to, for the first time ever, gather DNA from the broadest range of convicted criminals permitted under current law. This will result in the addition of as many as 40,000 profiles to the States …
Press release: Phishing attacks aimed at identity theft now affect roughly one in four Americans (23%) each month, according to the second annual AOL/National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) Online Safety Study (11 pages, PDF). Additionally, more than two-thirds of consumers (70%) who received such scam e-mails thought they were from legitimate companies, putting them at …
IRS press release: “The Internal Revenue Service…issued proposed guidance on the disclosure or use of tax return information by tax return preparers. A key principle underlying the proposed guidance is that tax return preparers may not disclose or use tax return information for purposes other than tax return preparation without the knowing, informed and voluntary …
