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“The Federal Trade Commission has issued a report to Congress under Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, which requires the FTC to study the accuracy and completeness of information in consumers credit reports and to consider methods for improving the accuracy and completeness of such information. The requirement includes …
Press release: OIG Reports More Than $38 Billion in Savings and Recoveries for FY 2006 Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1, 2006-September 30, 2006 (96 pages, PDF)
Press release: “The report, Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2006 (NCJ 214262), was written by BJS statistician Katrina Baum; Rachel Dinkes and Grace Kena, of the Education Statistics Services Institute in the American Institutes for Research; and Emily Forrest Cataldi, of MPR Associates, Inc.”
Press release: DNI Information Sharing Environment Privacy Guidelines Privacy Guidelines (9 pages, PDF)
Sentinel Audit II: Status of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Case Management System (Redacted), Audit Report 07-03, December 2006 (PDF – Full Report) Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Ranking Member And Incoming Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On DOJ OIG Report On FBI Computer System Project, December 4, 2006: “Todays finding by the Department of …
“In an effort to reach predetermined goals of enabling police and fire departments in multiple jurisdictions to communicate in real-time during a major incident, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff announced that 46 U.S. cities are planned to have interoperable communications in place by the end of 2007. DHS will assist the …
U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery: “…the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a paper recommending that federal standards allow certification only for “software independent” (i.e. ones that create a paper trail) e-voting systems. A key technical panel will consider and vote upon the recommendations this [week]. Calling these …
Press release: Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14), “who first highlighted the need for an investigation of a deal involving voting machine manufacturer Smartmatic is urging the Department of Treasury to make the results of the investigation public when they are finalized (letter to Treasury). Smartmatic, a company with Venezuelan roots, announced shortly before Novembers elections that …
Committee on Government Reform Minority Office: “In an ongoing effort to protect and preserve the vast resources of the Environmental Protection Agency, Reps. Gordon, Dingell, Waxman, and Oberstar call on the agency to stop efforts to close libraries across the country pending a review by Congress. In a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, Ranking …
Bureau of Justice Statistics press release: “As of last Dec. 31 there were 1,525,924 prisoners being held by state and federal correctional authorities, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced in a report published today. At the same time a separate BJS survey found that the adult U.S. correctional population, including those on …
Office of the Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1, 2006-September 30, 2006: “In this semiannual report we…summarize other OIG investigations, inspections, audits, and special reviews. As described throughout this report, OIG investigators continued their important work investigating allegations of criminal and administrative misconduct by Department of Justice (Department) employees and contractors.” Semiannual Report …
Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade – “Offers the latest value and volume of U.S. agricultural exports, by commodity and region, as well as the agricultural trade balance and the import and export outlook.” The following charts are in PDF: Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade Commodity/Country Revisions in FY 2007 Exports Export Outlook for Grain & …
