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House Democratic Majority Leader/AP: “Locked in a standoff with the White House, House Democrats on Tuesday maintained their refusal to shield from civil lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without a secret court’s permission. But they offered the companies an olive branch: the chance to use classified government documents to …
News release: “A national database containing images of ballistic markings from all new and imported guns sold in the U.S. should not be created at this time, says a new report from the National Research Council. Such a database has been proposed to help investigators link ballistics evidence — cartridge cases or bullets found at …
News release: “Because warfighters rely on cyberspace to conduct the command and control of its forces, officials have outlined the strategic vision for the new Air Force Cyber Command. “Mastery of cyberspace is essential to America’s national security,” said Maj. Gen. William T. Lord, AFCYBER (provisional) commander who’s charged with bringing the command to operational …
Mental Health Advisory Team (MHAT) V Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08: Iraq Operation Enduring Freedom 8: Afghanistan 14 February 2008. Office of the Surgeon Multi-National Force-Iraq and Office of the Command Surgeon and Office of The Surgeon General United States Army Medical Command.
News release: “Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released a report entitled The Department of Homeland Security: Minority and Gender Diversity in the Workforce and Career Senior Executive Service, which examines the Departments workforce and in particular, identifies inadequate diversity amongst the Departments senior leadership ranks. This report marks …
Mercatus Center, George Mason University: Facts and Figures about Seven Years of Homeland Security Spending, Veronique de Rugy, March 3, 2008. “In this working paper, Veronique de Rugy discusses ten facts about Homeland Security spending since 2001.”
HHS OIG: Updated Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs), Certification of Compliance Agreements (CCAs) and Integrity Agreements (IAs), March 10, 2008.
Index of State Weakness in the Developing World – Transnational Security Threats, Foreign Aid, Developing Countries, Global Poverty, National Security. Susan E. Rice, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development. Stewart Patrick, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development. “The Index of State Weakness in the Developing World was designed to provide policy-makers and researchers …
House Concurrent Resolution on the Budget – FY09: H. CON. RES. 312 accompanied by House Report 110-543. Revising the cong. budget for the U.S. Gov’t for FY08, establishing the cong. budget for the U.S. Gov’t for FY09, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 – 2013.
Drug Enforcement Administration Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-13, March 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-12, March 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Office of Justice Programs Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-11, March 2008 …
Follow up to previous postings on the U.S. Attorney firings, this news release today – “the U.S. House of Representatives General Counsel filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of the House Judiciary Committee to enforce subpoenas issued by the committee seeking information on the U.S. Attorney firings. The defendants in the case are former White …
The State of Iraq: An Update – Iraq, Middle East, Islamic World, U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Defense. Jason H. Campbell, Senior Research Assistant, Foreign Policy, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy. “To track progress, we have established Brookings benchmarks a set of goals on the political front similar to the broader benchmarks …
