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Military Commissions Act of 2006: A bill to facilitate bringing to justice terrorists and other unlawful enemy combatants through full and fair trials by military commissions, and for other purposes – September 6, 2006 (86 pages, PDF) Related government documents: Message to the Congress of the United States on the Military Commissions Act of 2006, …
House Committee Print 109-C — An Examination of Federal 9/11 Assistance to New York: Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Lax Management, A Staff Report of the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security. [note: this document is 206 pages, PDF, and loads slowly]
Press release: “The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today released The Year in Trade 2005 (197 pages, PDF), its annual overview of the previous year’s trade-related activities. The publication provides a practical review of U.S. international trade laws, a survey of actions under U.S. trade laws, a summary of the operation of the World Trade …
A-08-06-16082, Prisoners’ Access to Social Security Numbers, August 23, 2006. “Based on our interviews with State Department of Corrections and correctional industry work programs personnel and reviews of prison policies and practices, we are concerned about prisoners access to SSNs. Despite the increasing threat of identity theft, we identified prisons in 13 States that allowed …
“In connection with a hearing scheduled for September 6, 2006 by the Senate Committee on Finance, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Present Law And Background Relating To Executive Compensation (JCX-39-06), September 5, 2005 (47 pages, PDF).”
From the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs: The Top September 11 Conspiracy Theories “Numerous unfounded conspiracy theories about the September 11 attacks continue to circulate, especially on the Internet.” [August 28, 2006] This site reviews and rebuts eight such theories. Related government documents, literature and postings: National Institute of Standards and …
OpenTheGovernment.org: “Report Finds Federal Government Still More Secretive in 2005: Government secrecy saw further expansion in 2005 despite growing public concern, according to the Secrecy Report Card 2006.” Secrecy Report Card 2006 – Indicators of Secrecy in the Federal Government Recent related postings: Report on Cost Estimates for Security Classification Activities for 2005 U.S. Government …
“Summary: This final rule amends the February 2004 Interim Rule establishing uniform procedures to implement the Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002. These procedures govern the receipt, validation, handling, storage, marking, and use of critical infrastructure information voluntarily submitted to the Department of Homeland Security. The procedures are applicable to all Federal, State, local, and …
Investigative work by students at the Medill School of Journalism has uncovered a joint FBI and Department of Education data mining program that reviewed the records of hundreds of students. The goal was purportedly to discern whether financial aid funding was used to advance terrorist efforts against the United States. Information about the student’s work …
“…the National Criminal Intelligence Resource Center (NCIRC) Web site…sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) for the purpose of providing a secure Web site developed to serve as a “one-stop shop” for local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement to keep up with the latest developments in the field of criminal intelligence. You will …
2006-P-00031 EPA Is Properly Addressing the Risks of Using Mercury in Rituals [Report PDF – 24 pages] [At a Glance], August 31, 2006.
Gross Domestic Product and Corporate Profits: Second Quarter 2006 “Preliminary” Estimates Full Release: PDF Technical Note Tables: XLS Highlights: PDF
