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WSJ free feature: When Public Records Are Too Public – Open Records Are an Established Tradition, But Does Internet Access Call for a Change?: “Property deeds, marriage and divorce records, court files, motor-vehicle information and tax documents are increasingly being digitized, and contain a wealth of information that few of us would want online: Social …
Survey of DHS Intelligence Collection and Dissemination (Unclassified Summary) OIG-07-49 (PDF, 6 pages)
Online Source of Consolidated Acts and Regulations of Canada: “Welcome to the Department of Justices new Laws Web site. This new site is the result of the conversion to a completely new technical environment for consolidating federal Acts and regulations. The new environment makes it possible to update the data more frequently than was possible …
Press release, Medical Examiners and Coroners’ Offices, 2004: “Presents key findings from the 2004 Census of Medical Examiners and Coroners (ME/C) Offices. This special report describes the medicolegal investigation of death in the United States. It provides an overview of the personnel, budgets, and workload of these offices by type of office and size of …
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2007-006, June 2007 (74 pages, PDF) “The NFA Branch has significantly improved the timeliness of processing NFA weapons applications and responding to customer inquiries since 2004. However, management and technical deficiencies still exist that cause inaccuracies in …
A Review of CBP and ICE Responses to Recent Incidents of Chinese Human Smuggling in Maritime Cargo Containers (Redacted) OIG-07-40 (PDF, 52 pages)
Health and Human Services Hospital Compare: “This tool provides you with information on how well the hospitals in your area care for all their adult patients with certain medical conditions. Hospital Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services, and other …
Press release: “NOAA today released its annual report on the status of U.S. marine fisheries for 2006, tracking both population levels and harvest rates for species caught in federal marine waters, between three and 200 miles off U.S. coasts. In 2006, the report shows population levels for 187 fish stocks and multi-species groupings known as …
Press release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a final rule establishing regulations to require current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) for dietary supplements. The rule ensures that dietary supplements are produced in a quality manner, do not contain contaminants or impurities, and are accurately labeled.” Backgrounder Fact Sheet To see a consumer article …
110th Congressional Pictorial Directory: “Provides photographs of each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate, information about a Member of Congress’ length of service, political party affiliations, Congressional district and more.”
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Progress Has Been Slow in Meeting Homeland Security Presidential Directive12 Requirements, June 20, 2007. Reference Number: 2007-20-110 “The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been experiencing delays in issuing new identification cards to employees and contractors that enhance security, reduce identity fraud, and protect the personal privacy of employees and …
CBO Testimony, Statement of Peter R. Orszag, Director – Health Care and the Budget: Issues and Challenges for Reform before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, June 21, 2007. (30 pages, PDF)
