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On October 2, 2007, the House Oversight Committee …[held] a hearing to examine the use of private security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Previously undisclosed information reveals (1) Blackwater has engaged in 195 escalation of force incidents since 2005, an average of 1.4 per week, including over 160 incidents in which Blackwater forces fired first; …
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Current Mine Safety Disasters: Issues and Challenges, October 2, 2007. [Links to witness statements] Related documents: NIOSH [National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health] report and BLM inspection reports Crandall Canyon mine chart #3 Crandall Canyon mine chart #2 Crandall Canyon mine chart #1
“Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, today announced that the committee will hold a hearing entitled, Systemic Risk: Examining Regulators’ Ability to React to Threats in the Financial System. Following up on the Committees July hearing with the Presidents Working Group on the Financial Markets that looked at lessons …
D-2007-131 Followup Audit on Recommendations for Controls Over Exporting Sensitive Technologies to Countries of Concern (September 28, 2007) (Project D2006-D000LG-0199.000) PDF and Summary D-2007-128 Hotline Allegations Concerning the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Advisory and Assistance Services Contract (September 26, 2007) (Project D2006-D000CF-0262.000) PDF and Summary D-2007-124 Purchases Made Using the U.S. Joint Forces Command Limited …
“The 2008 Presidential Election: “Every four years, voters head to the polls to elect our nations president. The process begins with a series of primaries and caucuses in the winter and spring, and ends with the November general election. To mark the start of the 2008 presidential election season, the Census Bureau has culled the …
Foreign Assistance: Multiple Challenges Hinder the Efficiency and Effectiveness of U.S. Food Aid, GAO-08-83T, October 02, 2007 Federal Emergency Management Agency: Ongoing Challenges Facing the National Flood Insurance Program, GAO-08-118T, October 02, 2007
“USA.gov now offers three new search boxes on relevant pages throughout the site to help you quickly find federal jobs, recreation areas, and veterans burial locations. Heres a brief summary of these new tools: Find a Federal Government Job: You can now search for jobs directly from USA.gov. In the Search Federal Jobs box, enter …
Press release: “Austria is Europes most consumer-friendly healthcare system, according to the 2007 Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) launched today in Brussels at a press conference. A combination of widespread access to treatment and excellence in outcomes allowed Austria to narrowly pip the 2005 winners, the Netherlands, from the top spot. Last years winners France …
Department of State: Human Capital Strategy Does Not Recognize Foreign Assistance Responsibilities, GAO-07-1153, September 28, 2007 Disaster Housing: Implementation of FEMA’s Alternative Housing Pilot Program Provides Lessons for Improving Future Competitions, GAO-07-1143R, August 31, 2007 Financial Audit: Special Counsel Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2007, GAO-07-1205, September 28, 2007 Information Security: Selected …
National Security Archive press release: “A District Court in the District of Columbia has ruled that an Executive Order [13,233] issued by President George W. Bush in 2001, which severely slowed or prevented the release of historic presidential papers is, in part, invalid. In a carefully constructed decision, the court held that the Archivist of …
A Review of the FBIs Progress in Responding to the Recommendations in the Office of the Inspector General Report on Robert Hanssen, September 2007 – PDF (Executive Summary Only) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Homeland Security Overtime Program Grant to the City of Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Audit Report GR-70-07-004, September 2007 (Executive …
Press release: “Today the National Security Archive publishes a collection [links to 41 documents accompany this release] of documents concerning U.S. policy with regard to acknowledging the “fact of” U.S. satellite reconnaissance operations particularly satellite photoreconnaissance. It was 29 years ago today that President Jimmy Carter, in a speech at the Kennedy Space Center, …
