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Press release: “After receiving an insufficient response from the State Department’s Legislative Affairs office, Chairman Waxman reiterates his request for Secretary Rice to testify on April 18 regarding President Bush’s claims that Iraq attempted to procure uranium from Niger and other subjects.” Documents and Links Letter to Secretary Rice Response from State Department
Follow up to March 29, 2007 posting, Conyers Announces Justice Department Deal to Begin Staff Interviews, these two related letters: “Today, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA) sent a letter to the Attorney General’s Special Counsel and White House Liaison Monica Goodling, through her attorney John M. Dowd, …
Follow up to this March 12, 2007 posting, OMB Releases Database on Earmarks in Appropriations Bills for FY 2005, today the OMB “updated its earmarks database with details on 13,496 earmarks totaling more than $19 billion for Fiscal Year 2005 appropriations.”
“Chairman Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman Kucinich have requested information on the plan by Dr. David Schwartz, the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), to privatize Environmental Health Perspectives, a leading journal on environmental health read in over 190 countries. The Oversight Committee also requested information relating to Dr. Schwartzs conduct as …
Follow up to previous postings on U.S. Attorney firings, this press release: “Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish appropriate safeguards to avoid potential conflicts of interest as the Judiciary Committee continues its ongoing investigation into the dismissals …
Press release: “Science & Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) today released a letter to the President calling for the removal of Robert Cobb as inspector general of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) and Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Space, …
Press release: “Rep. Brad Miller, Chairman of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Science & Technology Committee…asked Google Chairman Eric Schmidt to explain why Google had changed its satellite maps of the New Orleans region to pre-Hurricane Katrina images.” Google Blog: “in September 2006, the storm imagery was replaced with pre-Katrina aerial photography …
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 – Administration Oversight – Hearing Investigates Allegations of Misconduct at GSA: “This hearing focused on allegations that GSA Administrator Lurita Doan failed to follow proper procedures for awarding federal contracts, attempted to intervene in contract negotiations, and engaged in partisan political activities on federal property.” Related documents and links: Chairman Henry …
R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, DC – March 29, 2007: “The United States is committed to pursuing a diplomatic solution to the challenges posed by Iran and we are making every effort to improve U.S.-Iranian relations. But that cannot happen without a change in …
Follow up to previous postings on the firing of U.S. Attorneys, this press release: “Today, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. announced an agreement with the Justice Department (DoJ) to start interviewing Justice staffers who may have been involved in the recent mass firing of U.S. Attorneys. Following a series of phone and written negotiations, …
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, Preserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? Part III, March 29, 2007. Prepared Statement of D. Kyle Sampson, Former Chief of Staff to the Attorney General of the United States, March 29, 2007 Related postings on firing of U.S. Attorneys DOJ …
National Security Letters Hearing, March 28, 2007. Panel 1: Witnesses – The Honorable Glen A. Fine, Inspector General, Department of Justice – Mr. John Pistole, Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation – The Honorable Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Department of Justice Panel 2: Witnesses – Prof. Viet Dinh, Georgetown University …
