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Committee on Government Reform, September 29, 2005 hearing, The Last Frontier: Bringing the IT Revolution to Healthcare. “Doctors continue to write billions of handwritten prescriptions every year, a significant portion of which are illegible, or involve incorrect or incompatible drugs. According to one survey, only 15 percent of physicians are using electronic prescribing systems, and …
Following up on his 2002 call for the formation of a National Emergency Technology Guard (NET Guard), on September 29, 2005 Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), together with Sen. George Allen (R-VA) sent this letter to DHS Secretary Chertoff urging his department to “fully implement NET Guard as soon as possible.” Related resources: Homeland Security Act …
Courtesy of GalleryWatch.com: Committee Report to Accompany S.__, the “Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2006” (61 pages, PDF) Committee Report to Accompany S.__, as unanimously passed by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (114 pages, PDF)
CBO Report for HR 3768, The Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005, Congressional Budget Office report as cleared by Congress on September 21, 2005 and signed by the President on September 23, 2005. (4 pages, PDF)
ACLU press release: “The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Library Association, the Free Congress Foundation and members of Congress gathered today to urge the Justice Department to lift a gag order silencing Americans who have received demands for personal records under the Patriot Act. “John Doe,” an organization that is an ALA member and …
Legislative Text of HR__, the “Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Flood Insurance Buy-In Act”, Introduced by Rep. Gene Taylor on September 27, 2005. (8 pages, PDF)
House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, September 28, 2005 hearing, Guarding Against Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Post-Katrina Relief and Recovery: The Plans of Inspectors General. Links to Prepared Testimony
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Protecting Copyright and Innovation in a Post-Grokster World. Grokster is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing program that enables users to share any digital file including images, audio, video, reports and documents. September 28, 2005.” Testimony and Member Statements
S. 1768 – A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. Sponsor: Sen Arlen Specter[PA] (introduced 9/26/2005)
Global War on Terrorism: DOD Needs to Improve the Reliability of Cost Data and Provide Additional Guidance to Control Costs, GAO-05-882, September 21, 2005. Highlights. “GAO found numerous problems in DOD’s processes for recording and reporting costs for GWOT, raising significant concerns about the overall reliability of DOD’s reported cost data. As a result, neither …
MIT Online Forum: The Real ID Act of 2005: “This is a facilitated discussion of the problems and prospects related to the Real ID Act of 2005, enacted by Congress and signed by the President. For purposes of this online discussion, we are focused on the driver license and identity management aspects of the legislation, …
A previously classified plan authored by TSA to protect mass transit from terrorist attacks will now be shared with state local and other authorities charged with facilitating and executing the evacuation of citizens. Related reference: Washington Post: “A federal judge yesterday demanded to see a highly secret plan for protecting the Washington area’s rails from …
