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Press release: “A child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live nearly 78 years (77.9) a new high according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2005. The report from CDCs National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is …
Press release: “Today the National Security Archive publishes a collection of documents concerning the use of U.S. reconnaissance satellites to collect data on targets within the United States over the last four decades. This new publication follows the August 15, 2007, revelation in the Wall Street Journal that the United States is planning to expand …
Motor Carrier Safety: Federal Safety Agency Identifies Many High-Risk Carriers but Does Not Assess Maximum Fines as Often as Required by Law, GAO-07-584, August 28, 2007, Full Report (PDF, 67 pages) Quadrennial Defense Review: Future Reviews Could Benefit from Improved Department of Defense Analyses and Changes to Legislative Requirements, GAO-07-709, September 14, 2007, Full Report …
“The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made available to the public an unclassified version of an annual report to Congress outlining the previous years security inspection program. The report is required under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The report covers the security inspection program, including force-on-force exercises, for commercial power reactors and certain fuel …
Press release: HHS OIG OIG’s New Resource Guide on Corporate Responsibility and Healthcare Quality Corporate Responsibility and Health Care Quality A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors, September 13, 2007 (11 pages, PDF)
“This website contains the monthly receipts, outlays and deficit/surplus of the United States, for fiscal years 1981-2007. The figures are published monthly in Table 1 of the Monthly Treasury Statement, and are not amended due to backdated transactions.” Monthly Treasury Statement, August 2007: August 2007 Revised 9/13/07 at 4:30p.m – PDF | ASCII Quick Links …
Congressional Budget Office – Replacing and Repairing Equipment Used In Iraq and Afghanistan: The Army’s Reset Program, September 2007 (58 pages, PDF): “To date, the Army has received $38 billion to replace, repair, and recondition equipment that has been lost, damaged or used extensively in conducting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Via EFF – “How National Security Letters Violate Our Privacy: The 26-minute video, also available on DVD, explores the repercussions of the FBI’s power to demand hundreds of thousands of Americans’ private records without any oversight by a court or Congress. Two former Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, Lisa Graves [bio] and Bruce Fein [bio], …
“Guided by the leadership of the Attorney General, Project Safe Childhood (PSC) aims to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation crimes against children. The threat of sexual predators soliciting children for physical sexual contact is well-known and serious; the danger of the production, distribution, and possession of child pornography is equally dramatic and disturbing. …
Press release: “Disaster preparedness information in Illinois has become more readily accessible thanks to a new disaster preparedness Web site that has been released by the Blagojevich administration. The Ready Illinois Web site offers comprehensive information on steps people can take before emergencies happen, what to do once a disaster has occurred, and tips for …
D-2007-123 Summary of Information Assurance Weaknesses Found in Audit Reports Issued From August 1, 2006, Through July 31, 2007 (September 12, 2007) (Project D2007-D000LB-0115.000), PDF and Summary D-2007-121 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for DoD Needs Arising From Hurricane Katrina at Selected DoD Components (September 12, 2007) (Project D2006-D000FE-0010.002), PDF and Summary D-2007-120 U.S. Pacific Command Headquarters …
2007-P-00033 Using the Program Assessment Rating Tool as a Management Control Process [Report PDF – 23 pages] [At a Glance PDF] September 12, 2007.
