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Financial Management: Long-standing Financial Systems Weaknesses Present a Formidable Challenge, GAO-07-914, August 3, 2007 Military Training: Actions Needed to More Fully Develop the Army’s Strategy for Training Modular Brigades and Address Implementation Challenges, GAO-07-936, August 6, 2007 Yucca Mountain: DOE Has Improved Its Quality Assurance Program, but Whether Its Application for a NRC License Will …
Report Number H06L1022703 08, Alleged Misconduct by DOD Officials Concerning Christian Embassy (redacted, 47 pages, July 27, 2007): “We initiated the inquiry to address allegations that….DoD officials improperly appeared in a video promoting Christian Embassey, a non-Federal entity…”
“An EPA report, entitled Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency (133 pages, PDF), assesses the national energy impacts from data centers in the U.S. The report recommends priority efficiency opportunities and policies which together have the potential to save up to $4 billion in annual electricity costs through broad implementation of …
Press release: “The Department of Homeland Security has posted on its web site, and will publish on Aug. 6, 2007, in the Federal Register, four Privacy Act records involving the Automated Targeting System (ATS). The records are an updated System of Records Notice (SORN), the Discussion of Public Comments Received on the SORN, a Notice …
Press release: “Nearly 40 years after man first walked on the Moon, the complete lunar photographic record from the Apollo project will be accessible to both researchers and the general public on the Internet. A new digital archive – created through a collaboration between Arizona State University and NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston – …
CRS, State E-Government Strategies: Identifying Best Practices and Applications – July 23, 2007: “Although electronic government (“e-government”) is currently one of the leading approaches to government reform, a lack of coordination or communication between various initiatives increases the risk of creating more so-called “islands of automation” and “stovepipes” within and between levels of government. To …
Text of the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of India concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy (123 Agreement), August 3, 2007.
Follow up to August 2 posting on national bridge safety assessments: Inspector General’s Response to Secretary Peters’ Request for an Assessment of the National Bridge Inspection Program, August 3, 2007 Press release, August 2, 2007: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Calls on States to Immediately Inspect All Steel Arch Truss Bridges ABC News …
Review of the Buffer Zone Protection Program, OIG-07-59 (PDF, 55 pages), New 08/03/2007 The State of New Jersey’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004, OIG-07-58 (PDF, 36 pages) New 08/02/2007
Press release, Sen. Patrick Leahy: “…As the first major reform to FOIA in more than a decade, the OPEN Government Act would help to reverse these troubling trends and help to begin to restore the publics trust in their government. This bill [S. 849] also improves transparency in the Federal Governments FOIA process by: Restoring …
Border Security: Long-term Strategy Needed to Keep Pace with Increasing Demand for Visas, GAO-07-847, July 13, 2007 DOD is Making Progress in Adopting Best Practices for the Transformational Satellite Communications System and Space Radar but Still Faces Challenges, GAO-07-1029R, August 2, 2007 Elections: Status of GAO’s Review of Voting Equipment Used in Florida’s 13th Congressional …
Prepared by the majority staff of the House Armed Services Committee: 110th Congress Accomplishments of the House Armed Services Committee, August 3, 2007 (20 pages, PDF) Chairman Skelton’s Statement
