CBO Report: Recruiting, Retention, and Future Levels of Military Personnel
CBO Report: Recruiting, Retention, and Future Levels of Military Personnel, October 2006 (106 pages, PDF).
Category «E-Government»
GAO Report on Terrorist Watch List Screening
Terrorist Watch List Screening: Efforts to Help Reduce Adverse Effects on the Public, Full text GAO-06-1031, and Highlights, September 29, 2006. “From December 2003 (when TSC began operations) to January 2006, agencies sent tens of thousands of names to TSC, and about half were misidentifications, according to TSC. While the total number of people misidentified …
GAO Report on Iraq Reconstruction Contracts
Rebuilding Iraq: Status of Competition for Iraq Reconstruction Contracts, Full text GAO-07-40, and Highlights, October 6, 2006. “Since 2003, Congress has appropriated more than $20 billion through the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) to support Iraq rebuilding efforts. The majority of these efforts are being carried out through contracts awarded by the Departments of …
DOJ Launches Project Safe Childhood Website
“The new Project Safe Childhood web site provides information to our community partners that will help protect our children from online exploitation and abuse.” Refer to Project Safe Childhood Guide (all documents are in PDF), for: chart of federal statutes; list of relevant national programs; list of relevant state and local programs; roster of Internet …
Presidential Signing Statements Continue to Interpret Public Access to Gov't Docs.
Charlie Savage, Boston Globe: “In a 27-page report written for lawmakers [see related info below], the research service said the Bush administration is using signing statements as a means to slowly condition Congress into accepting the White House’s broad conception of presidential power, which includes a presidential right to ignore laws he believes are unconstitutional.” …
Telephone Record Seller Settles FTC Charges
Press release: “An Internet business that advertised and sold consumers’ phone records and records of credit card accounts to third parties has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law. The settlement bars the defendants from obtaining or selling consumers’ confidential phone and credit account records unless authorized by law or …
Labor OIG Report on Coal Mine Hazardous Condition Complaint Process
Coal Mine Hazardous Condition Complaint Process Should Be Strengthened, Report No. 05-06-006-06-001 (September 29, 2006) [Summary ] | [Full Report] | [Agency Response]
"Rider" Letter to Be Used by Agencies for FOIA Guide
“As announced earlier through FOIA Post, the Office of Information and Privacy is planning to publish the 2006 edition of the Department of Justice’s Freedom of Information Act Guide next month. The 2006 edition of the FOIA Guide is scheduled to be published through the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) in November, with a delivery …
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Annual Report: Fiscal 2005
The Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services’ Offices of the Inspector General – Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Annual Report: Fiscal 2005 (44 pages, PDF), August 2006.
DOJ IG Determines Federal Prisons Deficient in Monitoring Mail of High Risk Inmates
Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General Evaluation and Inspections Division, The Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Monitoring of Mail for High-Risk Inmates, September 2006, Report Number I-2006-009 (122 pages, PDF). “The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted this review to evaluate how effectively the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prevents terrorist and other …
GAO Finds CMS Info Security Needs Improvement
Information Security: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Needs to Improve Controls over Key Communication Network, Full-text GAO-06-750, and Highlights, August 30, 2006. “Although CMS had many key information security controls in place–which had been designed to safeguard the communication network–some were missing, and existing ones had not always been effectively implemented. Significant weaknesses …
Treasury Updates Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines for Charitable Sector
Press release, September 29, 2006: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury today issued updated Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-based Charities (Guidelines), taking into consideration the comments and suggestions provided by the public to assist the charitable community in efforts to safeguard itself from the threat of abuse and exploitation by terrorist organizations.” …
