Category «E-Government»

House Intelligence Cmte. Approves Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Overhaul Opposed by White House

Follow up to October 9, 2007 posting, Conyers, Reyes Introduce FISA Revision Legislation, today’s press release: “The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted 12-7 today to send the RESTORE Act (H.R. 3773) to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.”

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Legislation, Privacy

DOD OIG Journal of Public Inquiry

“Welcome to the on-line version of the Inspector General, DoD Journal of Public Inquiry. The Journal is published semi-annually by the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General on behalf of the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) and the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE). The Journal contains articles of interest …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

White House: National Strategy for Homeland Security

Fact Sheet: National Strategy for Homeland Security – A Comprehensive Guide For Securing the Homeland: “Today, the President issued an updated National Strategy for Homeland Security, which will serve to guide, organize, and unify our Nation’s homeland security efforts. This Strategy is a national strategy – not a Federal strategy – and articulates our approach …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

U.S. Announces Largest Single Environmental Settlement in History

Press release: “American Electric Power has agreed to cut 813,000 tons of air pollutants annually at an estimated cost of more than $4.6 billion, pay a $15 million penalty, and spend $60 million on projects to mitigate the adverse effects of its past excess emissions. The record settlement was announced today by the Department of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Conyers, Reyes Introduce FISA Revision Legislation

Press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) introduced The Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007 – the RESTORE Act,in an effort to address concerns about civil liberty protections in the hastily-enacted Protect America Act that was signed into …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patriot Act, Privacy

Analyst Toolbox, A Toolbox for the Intelligence Analyst,

“The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) has prepared and made available via the Office of Justice Programs Information Technology Initiatives Web site, a valuable resource for the law enforcement community. This resource titled: Analyst Toolbox, A Toolbox for the Intelligence Analyst, represents the results of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Copyright Office Announces Customized Email Subscription Services

“The Copyright Office is pleased to announce that it has implemented a new email subscription service to make it easier to receive messages on the topics that interest you. This service is an expansion and replacement of the existing NewsNet newsletter. At this time, we are offering three topics: “What’s New at the Copyright Office,” …

Subjects: Copyright, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

New Supplement to the 2005 FDA Food Code Posted

“The Food Code is an important part of the strategy for achieving uniform national food safety standards and for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our nation’s food safety system. This Supplement, which updates the 2005 Food Code, reflects the current science, emerging food safety issues, and imminent health hazards related to food safety. A …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Deployment Health and Family Readiness Library

“This library provides Service members, families, leaders, Health Care providers, and veterans an easy way to find deployment health and family readiness information. Within this library you’ll find access to fact sheets, guides, and other products on a wide variety of topics published by the services and organizations that serve you. You’ll also find additional …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents