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Federal Communications Commission Final Rule, November 29, 2006: “To promote a more efficient, effective and responsive organizational structure and to better promote and address public safety, homeland security, national security, emergency management and preparedness, disaster management, and related issues, the Commission has concluded that the proper dispatch of its business and the public interest will …
Audit Report – Secretary of Energy From DOE Inspector General Gregory Friedman, Selected Controls over Classified Information at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, November 27, 2006.
Electionline.org press release: “The 2006 Election, the 15th in a series of policy briefings by electionline.org, found widespread reports of voting system troubles, sporadic incidents of voter intimidation and/or poll worker confusion over voter identification requirements and some breakdowns at polling places because of problems with newly-mandated voter registration systems.”
“The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have announced that citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda will now be required to present a passport to enter the United States when arriving by air from any part of the Western Hemisphere. This requirement will take effect in January …
Executive Branch Management Scorecard, current status as of September 30, 2006. “The 4th quarter e-government scorecard raised the Department of Transportation and the Small Business Administration from red, the lowest rating, to green, the highest.”
“The Federal Technology Source includes contact information for more than 3,000 of the most influential people in the federal information technology arena, including chief information officers, knowledge managers, and security and privacy officers. The directory also includes information on key political officials and their IT staffs, as well as trade associations, research firms and vendors. …
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS and eC3 Joint Report on Digital Archiving) and National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council (eC3) Statement on Joint Report that Provides Recommendations for Improving Digital Archiving. Digital Archiving: From Fragmentation to Collaboration
Federal Trade Commission Performance and Accountability Report – Fiscal Year 2006 (106 pages, PDF).
Status Report on OIG Data Security via the Data Security Portal: “Our November 21, 2006, status report notes several important developments, including the fact that as a result of our investigation in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Miami-Dade County Police Department, two individuals have been arrested for their alleged roles in …
2006 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The purpose of the commission is to “monitor, investigate, and submit to congress an annual report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the Peoples Republic of China, and to provide recommendations, where …
Comptroller General of the United States, November 17, 2006. Subject: Suggested Areas for Oversight for the 110th Congress (44 pages, PDF). The report addresses several dozen issues divided into three areas: near-term oversight, policies and programs that are in need of fundamental reform, and governance issues that will ensure an economical, efficient, effective, ethical and …
This memo from the Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications, Florida State Department, announces that an audit will commence on November 28, 2006 to test the voting systems and administrative procedures used in the Congressional District 13 race in Sarasota. [via USACM, this backgounder on the Florida voting problems and the lawsuits contesting the election.]
