EPA OIG Report on Agency's Response to Hurricane Katrina
2006-P-00033 Lessons Learned: EPA’s Response to Hurricane Katrina [Report PDF – 29 pages] [At a Glance PDF], September 14, 2006. Related links on Katrina
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Challenge to CIA Policy on "Newsworthiness" of FOIA Docs, Results in Changes
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “The CIA has promised to stop judging the individual newsworthiness of the FOIA requests of the National Security Archive, a private research organization, in a move that could affect groups that have been charged higher fees under a recent change in CIA policy. In the CIA’s ongoing legal …
Democratic Report on Army Military Readiness
House Democratic Leader Report: United States Army Military Readiness, September 2006 (12 pages, PDF).
Constitution Day Celebrates Freedoms
U.S. Courts: “Constitution Day officially is September 18 this year. To help teachers prepare for the observance, the federal courts and a number of other national institutions offer Constitution-related educational resources.” Related: Core Documents of U.S. Democracy – “To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic …
Transcripts of Supreme Court Oral Arguments Available Free Beginning In October
Supreme Court press release: “Beginning with the October 2006 Term, the Court will make the transcripts of oral arguments available free to the public on its Web site on the same day an argument is heard by the Court…The Court’s current contract reporting service, Alderson Reporting Company, will now utilize the services of a court …
Interior IG Testifies on Mismanagement of Mineral Rights Leases
House Committee on Government Reform press release, September 13, 2006: “Testifying at an Energy and Resources Subcommittee hearing, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa(R-CA), Inspector General Earl E. Devaney of the Interior Department described a department where accountability was non-existent, policy routinely disregarded and responsibilities were dangerously stovepiped and said these factors contributed directly to the …
Issue Brief on Social Security Privatization Benefit Cuts: State-by-State Impact
House Democrats Ways and Means Issue Brief: The Bush Social Security Privatization Benefit Cuts: State-by-State Impact – State-by-State analysis of benefit cuts Related government documents: Social Security Reform: Implications of Different Indexing Choices, Full text GAO-06-804, and Highlights, September 14, 2006: “The financing shortfall currently facing the Social Security program is significant. Without remedial action, …
Census Releases 2002 Survey of Business Owners
Final Estimates of Business Ownership for All U.S. Firms (Released September 14, 2006) – Company Summary: 2002 [ Full PDF | Tables Only PDF | Charts | Industry Division Charts | Average Receipts Charts ] Summary of Findings SBO Survey Methodology
DOD OIG Audit of Information Assurance Weaknesses
Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General — Audit Summary of Information Assurance Weaknesses Found in Audit Reports Issued from August 1, 2005, through July 31, 2006 – Report No. D-2006-110 (PDF) – Date: September 14, 2006. “This report summarizes information assurance weaknesses that the Government Accountability Office, the DoD Office of the Inspector …
Operation Cyber Storm Report Released by DHS
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the release of the Cyber Storm Public Exercise Report. The report details key findings from Cyber Storm which was the largest and most complex multi-national, government-led cyber exercise to examine response, coordination, and recovery mechanisms to a simulated cyber event within international, federal, state, …
Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force's First Year Report to the Attorney General
Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force press release Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force’s First Year Report to the Attorney General, September 2006.
Treasury IG Audit of IRS Compliance with Freedom of Information Act
Compliance With Freedom of Information Act Requirements Has Increased, August 31, 2006, Reference Number: 2006-10-129 Results of Review – The Internal Revenue Service Has Reduced the Percentage of Improperly Denied Requests for Information; and Disclosure Offices Significantly Improved the Timeliness of Responding to Requests for Information
