Category «E-Government»

Government Accountability Project Report – Redacting the Science of Climate Change

“Redacting the Science of Climate Change [details] the findings of a year-long investigation into political interference at federal climate science agencies. The report demonstrates how policies and practices have increasingly restricted the flow of scientific information emerging from publicly-funded climate change research. This has negatively affected the medias ability to report objectively on scientific issues, …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

New Member Pictorial Directory, 110th Congress

New Member Pictorial Directory, 110th Congress: “Published biennially by the Joint Committee on Printing of the U.S. Congress. Provides a color photograph of each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate.”

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

DHS Provides First Responders $34.6 Million in Equipment and Training Programs

Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the award of $34.6 million in equipment and training to first responders across the nation as a part of the fiscal year 2006 Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP). DHS awarded more than 2,000 direct assistance grants to ensure that law enforcement and emergency …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Release of the National Counterintelligence Strategy

The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, March 27, 2007. “The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States elaborates the fundamental responsibility for US intelligence to warn of and help prevent terrorist attacks the homeland, engage other asymmetric threats, and provide reliable intelligence on traditional and enduring strategic issues.”

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Groups Warn Draft Regulation for Endangered Species Act Would Diminish National Oversight

According to a press release today by by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Center for Biological Diversity, the draft regulations for the Endangered Species Act would: “Remove recovery of a species or population as a protection standard Allow projects to proceed that have been determined to threaten species with extinction Permit destruction …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

DOJ OIG Oversight of Intergovernmental Agreements by the United States Marshals Service and the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee

Reports Encompassing More Than One DOJ Component – Oversight of Intergovernmental Agreements by the United States Marshals Service and the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee, Audit Report 07-26, March 2007.

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

POGO Reports Major Damage to Missile Defense From Floods

Press release: “A significant portion of the U.S. missile defense capability was wiped out during the summer of 2006 because torrential rains caused ground-based interceptor silos to be damaged by flood waters, the Project On Government Oversight has learned.” The press release includes a Fact Sheet with further data on this issue. It mentions a …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EPA OIG Audit of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

2007-P-00010 U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Should Track Adherence to Closed Recommendations, [Report PDF – 21 pages] [At a Glance PDF] March 26, 2007.

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Iraqi Volunteers; Iraqi Refugees: What Is America's Obligation?

Iraqi Volunteers; Iraqi Refugees: What Is America’s Obligation? Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration – Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, Washington, DC, March 26, 2007.

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ OIG Report on Report on Development of the Integrated Wireless Network in DOJ

Progress Report on Development of the Integrated Wireless Network in the Department of Justice, Audit Report 07-25, March 2007: “Just to replace DOJs antiquated legacy wireless communications equipment would cost DOJ approximately $900 million. However, the DOJ will require more than twice that amount to fund its share of IWN. Consequently, for the DOJ, DHS, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Wireless Web

Oversight Committee Directs RNC to Preserve White House Emails

“Citing evidence that senior White House officials are using RNC and other political email accounts to avoid leaving a record of official communications, Chairman Waxman directs the Republican National Committee and the Bush-Cheney 04 Campaign to preserve the emails of White House officials and to meet with Committee staff to explain how the accounts are …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents

Oversight Committee Requests CIA Documents Related to Disclosure of CIA Agent

“Citing concerns that a Senate Intelligence Committee report may be inaccurate, Chairman Waxman asks the CIA for Agency memos related to Ambassador Wilson’s February 2002 trip to Niger and the subsequent disclosure of Ms.Wilsons covert status. Ms. Wilson recently testified before the Oversight Committee that the Senate report incorrectly claims that she was responsible for …

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

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