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Press release: “The Council of State Governments (CSG) announced Monday the creation of its Justice Center — a national resource center on criminal justice policy. Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, CSG president, joined the organization’s Governing Board in voting to transform the Eastern Regional Conference’s Criminal Justice Program into a new center that will continue to …
U.S. Courts press release: “Nationwide implementation of the federal judiciary’s Case Management and Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system is nearly completed in thedistrict and bankruptcy courts. CM/ECF not only replaces the courts’ old electronic docketing and case management systems, but also provides courts the option to have case file documents in electronic format, and to …
Review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Detainee Tracking Process, OIG-07-08 (PDF, 17 pages) December 6, 2006.
EPA Has Improved Five-Year Review Process for Superfund Remedies, But Further Steps Needed, Report No. 2007-P-00006 [PDF – 50 pages] [At a Glance PDF], December 5, 2006.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief: Continued Findings of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, Full text GAO-07-252T, and Highlights, December 6, 2006. “FEMA continued to lose tens of millions of dollars through potentially improper and/or fraudulent payments from both hurricanes Katrina and Rita…As of November 2006, FEMA identified about $290 million in improper payments and collected …
Press release: “Today, the Federal Trade Commission mailed claims forms for reimbursement to more than 1,400 identity theft victims who experienced out-of-pocket expenses due to alleged security lapses at data broker ChoicePoint Inc. These victims, who were identified with the assistance of law enforcement, should receive the claims form with instructions on how to file …
Armed Services Committee Defense Review Report, December 2006 (127 pages, PDF): “The…Committee is engaging in a comprehensive dialogue with security experts from the intelligence, academic, and think-tank communities to examine which U.S. military tools can best protect our interests at home and abroad. The goal of this process is to produce a focused, well-researched report …
2005 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (PDF, 124 pages): “The Yearbook is a compendium of tables that provides data on foreign nationals who, during fiscal year 2005, were granted lawful permanent residence, were admitted into the United States on a temporary basis, applied for asylum or refugee status, or were naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data …
New York Times Op-Ed, The Election Is in the Mail, by Ruth Goldway, a commissioner on the Postal Rate Commission. “Vote by Mail could offer real advantages if it were adopted nationwide. Voters would not need to take time off from work, find transportation, find the right polling station, get babysitters or rush through reading …
Export Controls: Agencies Should Assess Vulnerabilities and Improve Guidance for Protecting Export-Controlled Information at Universities, Full-text GAO-07-70, Full-text, and Highlights, December 5, 2006 : “Foreign students and scholars have made substantial contributions to U.S. research efforts and technology development. However, according to a federal government intelligence assessment, foreign access to sensitive U.S. technology has imposed …
Press release: “The United States today presented comprehensive reform recommendations to the Japanese Government that urge further improvements in Japans business environment and new market opportunities for U.S. exporters and companies seeking to do business in Japan.” Annual Reform Recommendations from the Government of the United States to the Government of Japan under the U.S.-Japan …
Press release: “The Annual Energy Outlook 2007 (AEO2007), released today by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), reflects the evolution of energy markets in an era of high prices by projecting growth in nuclear capacity and generation, more biofuels (both ethanol and biodiesel) consumption, growth in coal-to-liquids (CTL) capacity and production, growing demand for unconventional transportation …
