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sfgate.com – ON THE RECORD: DEBORAH MAJORAS CHAIRWOMAN, FTC: “She shares her thoughts on what her agency can — and cannot — do on everything from mergers to fraud to privacy to gas prices to infomercials,” Sunday, July 15, 2007
Press release: “On June 11, 2007, Mr. Prakash Khatri, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CISOMB) delivered the 2007 Annual Report to Congress. The Ombudsmans annual reports focus on identifying systemic issues that cause delay in granting immigration benefits as well as pervasive and serious problems faced by individuals and …
Press release: “The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland is pleased to announce the launching of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government (CIPEG). CIPEG is a multidisciplinary research and educational center that focuses on the intersections between public policy and law, ethics, and trust as they affect the uses of …
Press release: “Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III today announced a series of comprehensive measures to significantly enhance national security oversight and compliance at the Justice Department and FBI. Among the primary components of this oversight effort, which has been …
2007 Data Mining Report (PDF, 42 pages) – DHS Privacy Office Response to House Report 109-699, July 6, 2007: “This is the second report by the Privacy Office to Congress on data mining. This report describes data mining activities deployed or under development within the Department that meet the definition of data mining as mandated …
The governance of Britain – the Government’s draft legislative programme, July 11, 2007 (67 pages, PDF)
ACE Release 4 Post-Deployment Problems, OIG-07-54 (PDF, 22 pages), released July 12, 2007.
USA Economy in Brief – Just-Released U.S. Dept. of State Publication “For better or worse, the U.S. economy is at or near the top in a number of international rankings: No. 1 in economic output, called gross domestic product, amounting to $13.13 trillion in 2006. With less than 5 percent of the world’s population, at …
Initial Benchmark Assessment Report, July 12, 2007 (25 pages, PDF): “This report to Congress is submitted consistent with Section 1314 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110-28) (the Act). It includes an assessment of how the sovereign Government of Iraq is performing in its …
Environmental Contamination: Department of Defense Activities Related to Trichloroethylene, Perchlorate, and Other Emerging Contaminants, by John B. Stephenson, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Readiness, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-07-1042T, July 12, 2007 Nuclear Security: Actions Taken by NRC to Strengthen Its Licensing Process for Sealed Radioactive Sources Are Not Effective, …
Press Briefing by the Director of OMB Rob Portman on the Budget (July 11, 2007) (26 pages, PDF)
Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs concerning Strengthening the Unique Role of the Nations Inspectors General, July 11, 2007.
