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Via TMP Cafe, this link to the Dept. of Homeland Security National Response Plan (Base Plan, 114 pages, PDF and the full version, 426 pages, PDF), implemented December 2004: “The National Response Plan establishes a comprehensive all-hazards approach to enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents. The plan incorporates best practices …
New York Times Magazine, September 4, 2005: Political Science Related references: Questions Surround Editing of U.S. Report on Global Warming Science Advisor to President Works Amidst Controversy
The United States Code: 2000 Edition, Supplement 2, is now available on GPO Access. Browse and search features are available.
FTC press release: “In response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, many Americans are searching for ways to help the victims. The federal government advises that the best way to help immediately is to donate money directly to established national relief organizations. In a new Consumer Alert, Helping Victims of Hurricane Katrina: Your Guide to …
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings for Judge Roberts will be available online from the U.S. Government Printing Office. This website also provides access to Supreme Court Nomination Hearings transcripts (1971 – forward).
White House press release: President Outlines Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts “The vast majority of New Orleans, Louisiana is under water. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses are beyond repair. A lot of the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been completely destroyed. Mobile is flooded. We are dealing with one of the worst natural disasters in …
GPO’s “What’s New” website updates which provide links to full-text versions of significant government documents, is now also available via an RSS feed.
From GPO Access: “A number of Federal depository libraries were in the path of Hurricane Katrina. While it is too early to gauge the impact of this horrendous storm on those institutions, GPO is committed to helping our depository partners recover in any way that we can.” Federal Depository Libraries: Hurricane Katrina Aftermath
The Washington Post reported today (reg. req’d) on a new e-government initiative that is worth noting. Through the efforts of seven Democratic Senators (Barbara A. Mikulski, Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, Mary L. Landrieu, Debbie Stabenow, Maria Cantwell, and Hillary Clinton), this website, Ask John Roberts, provides a voice to citizens to communicate their questions about …
FirstGov has posted a new website that includes the following topical areas which in turn include numerous useful links: What To Do If You Are A Victim; How To Help Victims; and Disaster Cleanup and Agency Resources. NOAA Atlantic Hurricane Searchable Database, with interactive maps of Atlantic hurricanes since 1900 From National Geographic, A Photo …
“EPIC has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a rulemaking to enhance security safeguards for individuals’ calling records. The petition follows a complaint concerning the illegal sale of personal information obtained from telephone carriers, and an updated filing where EPIC identified 40 websites that openly offer to obtain calling records without the knowledge and …
The FDA has a website that provides links to all of the agency’s RSS feeds, which currently include: press releases, recalls, food safety news and medical device information and news.
