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Finance Panel to Consider Baucus Iran Sanctions Plan: “Baucuss Iran sanctions plan reflects a number of elements in S. 970, an Iran sanctions bill on which the Committee held a hearing in April, but is written to ensure that America remains in compliance with World Trade Organization rules and to continue to allow limited sales …
H.R. 6193: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer policies, procedures, and programs to promote the implementation of the Controlled Unclassified Information Framework applicable to unclassified information that is homeland security information, terrorism information, weapons of mass destruction information and other information within the scope of the information sharing environment established …
State Department news release: “The United States renewed its support for Afghanistan today, June 12, by pledging $10.2 billion for security and reconstruction assistance at the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan. This includes $3.1 billion in assistance appropriated in fiscal year 2008 (part of a total of more than $26 billion in U.S. assistance …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission…told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that legislation authorizing the Commission to seek civil penalties in spyware cases could add a potent remedy to those otherwise available to the Commission. In testimony to the Committee, Eileen Harrington, Deputy Director of the FTCs Bureau of Consumer Protection, said …
Statement of Glenn A. Fine Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary concerning hearing on Coercive Interrogation Techniques: Do They Work, Are They Reliable, and What Did the FBI Know About Them?, June 10, 2008. “The FBI deployed agents to military zones after the September 11 attacks in large …
Committee on Ways and Means Unemployment Extension Briefing Materials, June 9, 2008 Letters of Support for Unemployment Insurance Extension: A diverse set of bipartisan and nonpartisan organizations and individuals have declared their support for an immediate extension of unemployment insurance benefits, including leaders of State and local governments, economists, faith groups, advocates for working families …
“Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis issued a proposed Committee report on White House contacts with Jack Abramoff that concludes that Mr. Abramoff had personal contact with President Bush, that high-level White House officials held Mr. Abramoff and his associates in high regard and solicited recommendations from them on policy matters, that Mr. Abramoff and …
Text of the Committee Report to Accompany the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, H.R. 6063, Science & Technology Committee Report: 110-702 (191 pages, PDF) Text of the Bill as Ordered Reported H.R. 6063, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008, June 6, 2008 – Cost estimate for the bill as ordered …
News release: “The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, and a bipartisan majority of the Committee (10-5), today unveiled the final two sections of its Phase II report on prewar intelligence. The first report details Administration prewar statements that, on numerous occasions, misrepresented the intelligence and the threat …
OIG Testimony – Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight concerning The Role of the FBI at Guantanamo Bay, June 4, 2008. “FBI agents in Guantanamo and other military zones were faced with interrogators from other …
“This online Guide to the House and Senate Members of the 110th Congress is intended to be a single point of access for Member information from several different official sources. Both congressional offices and the public will be able to: Access data concerning House and Senate Members from various publications including: the Congressional Pictorial Directory, …
Audit Initiated of the Web Applications Security in Air Traffic Control Systems, June 02, 2008. Project ID: 07F3018F000 “Summary: The Office of Inspector General is initiating an audit of web applications security in air traffic control (ATC) systems in response to a request made by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. …
