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FCW.com: “The Office of Management and Budget has issued preliminary instructions Nov. 9 to agencies on how to report contract, grant and other types of financial data for inclusion in the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) system.” President Bush Signs Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, September 26, 2006: “This bill is going …
Iran’s Ballistic Missile Programs: An Overview, November 8, 2007 U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan, November 8, 2007 Pakistan’s Political Crisis and State of Emergency, November 6, 2007 Pakistan-U.S. Relations, October 18, 2007 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, October 31, 2007 Iraq: Government Formation and Benchmarks, October 25, 2007 Director of National Intelligence Statutory Authorities: Status …
Press release: “Today, U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy granted Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s (CREW) request for a temporary restraining order to prevent the White House from destroying back-up copies of millions of deleted emails while the lawsuit is pending. CREW brought this lawsuit against the Executive Office of the President and the …
A Tribute to Carl Linnaeus – November 13 and 14, 2007: “Scientists around the world are celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. He is best known for instituting a two-name method for identifying plants and animals, called binomial nomenclature. Considered the father of modern taxonomy, Linnaeus named approximately 4,400 …
Report of Defense Science Board on Mission Impact of Foreign Influence on DoD Software, September 2007.
OIG-08-08 – Administration of the Federal Trucking Industry Security Grant Program for FY 2004 and FY 2005 (PDF, 22 pages) – New 11/09/2007
Center for American Progress: The Forgotten Front, by Caroline Wadhams, Lawrence J. Korb, November 6, 2007 – “Six years after the United States led an invasion of Afghanistan to remove the Taliban from power and destroy Al Qaedas safe haven, Afghanistan faces a growing insurgency that directly threatens its stability and the national security interests …
“A special new TRAC terrorism enforcement page features a unique national map displaying the location of recent federal convictions for all individuals who have been categorized by the Justice Department as spies or terrorists, or those whose prosecution the government thought might prevent or disrupt potential or actual terrorist threats. Click on one of the …
Press release – “In a statement issued on Thursday, November 8, 2007, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein said: I welcome the Inspector Generals recommendations included in the Audit of the Process of Safeguarding and Accounting for Presidential Library Artifacts. This audit which was completed on October 26, 2007, examined the management of Presidential …
Press release: “Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing [Protecting the Employment Rights of Those Who Protect the United States, November 8, 2007] to address employment challenges that service members face when returning from a tour of duty. The hearing focused on the …
“Fact Sheet No. 9, updated Fall 2007 Rural Americans Continue to Account for Disproportionately High Share of U.S. Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan is the Carsey Institutes second annual Veterans Day release of this data, drawn from U.S. Department of Defense records. As we observe Veterans Day this year, it is important for …
AP: “Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people’s private communications and financial information…Kurt Opsahl, a senior staff lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation…said Kerr ignores the distinction between sacrificing protection from an intrusive government and …
