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On October 2, 2007, the House Oversight Committee …[held] a hearing to examine the use of private security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Previously undisclosed information reveals (1) Blackwater has engaged in 195 escalation of force incidents since 2005, an average of 1.4 per week, including over 160 incidents in which Blackwater forces fired first; …
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Current Mine Safety Disasters: Issues and Challenges, October 2, 2007. [Links to witness statements] Related documents: NIOSH [National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health] report and BLM inspection reports Crandall Canyon mine chart #3 Crandall Canyon mine chart #2 Crandall Canyon mine chart #1
“Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, today announced that the committee will hold a hearing entitled, Systemic Risk: Examining Regulators’ Ability to React to Threats in the Financial System. Following up on the Committees July hearing with the Presidents Working Group on the Financial Markets that looked at lessons …
September 27, 2007 press release: “Affordable housing recovery in three coastal counties in Mississippi heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina lags behind the pace of the rest of the housing market in the region, according to a RAND Corporation study released today. While construction permits had been issued as of July for approximately 60 percent of …
Criminal Justice Resources: Sex Offender Laws, by Ken Strutin The Veil Doctrine in Company Law, by Amin George Forji Congressional Budget Office Launches Topical Health Website, by George Butterfield Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide – Updated and Revised, by Sabrina I. Pacifici CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com: The Earmark Reality, by Paul Jenks The Government …
“The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (IWG), formed under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act of 1998 and the Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Act of 2000, today issued its final report to Congress describing the seven-year, approximately $30-million government-wide effort to locate, declassify, and make publicly available U.S. records …
US Courts, September 27, 2007 Citing the Judiciary view that camera coverage can undermine the fundamental right of citizens to a fair and impartial trial, a representative of the Judicial Conference of the United States testified today against H.R. 2128, the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007. The bill was the topic of …
Press release: “On February 7, 2007, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing to initiate an investigation into the performance and accountability of private military contractors in Iraq. The hearing included the examination of one prominent case study: a pivotal event of the Iraq War in which four Blackwater USA security contractors …
9/27/2007 Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, An Examination of the Google-DoubleClick Merger and the Online Advertising Industry: What Are the Risks for Competition and Privacy? Link to hearing witness statements Related postings on Google-DoubleClick Merger Hahn, Robert W. and Singer, Hal J., An Antitrust Analysis of Google’s Proposed Acquisition …
Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations, updated September 17, 2007 Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege: History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments, updated September 17, 2007 Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process, updated September 12, 2007 Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy,” updated September 10, 2007 Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law,” updated September 10, 2007 [reports …
American Forces Press Service: “President Bush will ask Congress for another $42 billion to fund operations in the war on terror in fiscal 2008, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told the Senate Appropriations Committee today…The request brings the total supplement for fiscal 2008 to $190 billion, Gates said. I urge the Congress to approve the …
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Strengthening FISA: Does the Protect America Act Protect Americans’ Civil Liberties and Enhance Security? Tuesday, September 25, 2007. [Link to witness statements] September 25, 2007: DNI Statement for the Record – Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on FISA Related postings on FISA and Protect America Act
