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Press release: “Today, Dave Obey (D-WI), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and John Murtha (D-PA), Ranking Member of the Defense Subcommittee, released a new report on the state of the U.S. Armys readiness for war. Mr. Murtha also announced a resolution calling for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign.” The Obey Murtha Report …
Press release, Committee on Government Reform Minority Office, September 13, 2006: “Today the House Democratic Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Truth Squad introduced the “Clean Contracting Act of 2006.” The bill would end the abusive contracting practices that have been rampant under the Bush Administration and promote greater transparency and accountability in federal contracting. Contracts collectively …
CyberSecurity: Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure, Economy, and Consumers – Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet September 13, 2006 Links to Invited Witnesses and Member Statements
Project On Government Oversight – September 11, 2006: An annotated list of resources related to the policies and use of the Transportation Security Administration’s Sensitive Security Information secrecy category.
Follow-up to previous posting, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (S. 2590) unanimously passed the Senate on the evening of September 7. POGO reported “that Sens. Stevens (R-AK) and Byrd (D- WV) lifted their secret holds on the bill.” Update: September 13, 2006 House floor debate on the Act, via FAS
House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security Democrats –Real Security: A Plan to Fulfill the 9/11 Commission Recommendations (23 pages, PDF)
Senate Intelligence Committee: Postwar Findings about Iraq’s WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and How they Compare with Prewar Assessments (151 pages, PDF), September 8, 2006. The Use by the Intelligence Community of Information Provided by the Iraqi National Congress, (211 pages, PDF), September 8, 2006
Follow-up on yesterday’s posting, Administration’s Proposed Legislation to Create Military Commissions, the House Armed Services Committee Release, Hearing on Military Standards and Commissions Utilized in Trying Detainees, September 7, 2006 Chairman Hunter Opening Statement (pdf) Witness statements: Mr. Steven Bradbury, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice (pdf); Major General Scott C. Black, USA, The …
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, Administration’s Proposed Legislation to Create Military Commissions, this Update on Detainee Issues and Military Commissions Legislation, John Bellinger III, State Department Legal Advisor, Foreign Press Center Briefing, Washington, DC, September 7, 2006.
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Legislative Hearing on “Legislative Proposals to Update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).” (H.R. 4976, H.R. 5223, H.R. 5371, H.R. 5825, S. 2453, and S. 2455). Links to Chairman’s Opening Statement and Witness statements Related postings on domestic surveillance program
House Committee Print 109-C — An Examination of Federal 9/11 Assistance to New York: Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Lax Management, A Staff Report of the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security. [note: this document is 206 pages, PDF, and loads slowly]
“In connection with a hearing scheduled for September 6, 2006 by the Senate Committee on Finance, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Present Law And Background Relating To Executive Compensation (JCX-39-06), September 5, 2005 (47 pages, PDF).”
