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Source: OMB Earmarks – “Earmarks are funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails the ability of the Executive Branch to properly allocate funds. This database is not designed, …
Via FAS: “The steps by which the Justice Department conducts investigations of unauthorized disclosures of classified information (“leaks”) were described by then-Attorney General Janet Reno in 2000 testimony before a closed hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee.” [see this committee press release] Ms. Reno’s testimony included the following statement: “In addition to the difficulties of …
Monthly Statement of the Public Debt and Downloadable Files: “The downloadable files include the Summary page, the STRIPS information, and the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt in its entirety.” Current Year – 2007: January February
D-2007-070 Force Structure Changes in the U.S. Pacific Command – Roles and Responsibilities of Headquarters and Support Functions (3/12/2007)(Project D2006-D000LA-0124.003) PDF or View Summary Only D-2007-069 Force Structure Changes in the U.S. Pacific Command – Programming for Increased Annual Costs (3/12/2007)(Project D2006-D000LA-0124.000) PDF or View Summary Only D-2007-068 Force Structure Changes in the U.S. Pacific …
“CDT is calling on Congress to require judicial approval of FBI efforts to access the sensitive records of US citizens. Recent revelations regarding violations in the use of so-called “national security letters” have shown that no matter how many internal controls the FBI adopts, self-certification in not sufficient when the government is obtaining the sensitive …
03/06/07 Unclassified Executive Summary from (Classified) Report No. 07-INTEL-06 “DoD Involvement with The Rendon Group”
OMB Agency Information Quality Guidelines: “Section 515 of Public Law 106-554, known as the Data Quality Act, required the Office of Management and Budget to promulgate guidance to agencies ensuring the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies. OMB’s government-wide guidelines, published as interim final on September 28, …
Summary: “The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests comments on its 2007 Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations. The full Draft Report (103 pages, PDF) is divided into four chapters. Chapter I examines the costs and benefits of major Federal regulations issued in fiscal year 2006 and summarizes …
Press release: “A nationwide information audit, conducted as a prelude to Sunshine Week, found slightly more than four in 10 of the official gatekeepers willing if wary to provide copies of emergency response plans, which federal law makes public. Other local officials, however, reacted to requests with confusion, outright denials and sometimes by …
“Sunshine Week is a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include print, broadcast and online news media, civic groups, libraries, non-profits, schools and others interested in the public’s right to know. Sunshine Week is led by the American Society of Newspaper Editors and is …
National Security Archive: “Ten years after Congress enacted the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments (E-FOIA), only one in five federal agencies actually complies with the law, according to a new survey released today during Sunshine Week by the National Security Archive. Passed in 1996 and effective in 1997, E-FOIA ordered federal agencies to post …
Senate of Canada, Standing Committee on National Security and Defense, 39th Parliament, 1st Session: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan – Taking a Hard Look at a Hard Mission, February 2007. Executive Summary and Full text of the Report
