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Foreign Press Centers, 2008 Presidential Primary Contacts: Republican Candidates and Democractic Candidates – for each candidate, includes name, info, telephone, website and media contact information. (2 pages, PDF)
Washington Post: Terror Suspect List Yields Few Arrests – 20,000 Detentions in ’06 Rile Critics: “The government’s terrorist screening database flagged Americans and foreigners as suspected terrorists almost 20,000 times last year. But only a small fraction of those questioned were arrested or denied entry into the United States, raising concerns among critics about privacy …
National Wildlife Federation Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Report Card: “Two years after Hurricane Katrina much has become clear. We know that the devastation in New Orleans and surrounding areas was less a natural than a man-made disaster. Katrinas surge into New Orleans was the direct result of poorly constructed levees, an ill-conceived navigation channel, and the …
Press release: “The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today released the revised Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual (405 pages, PDF). The revised manual reflects the ongoing commitment of the federal and state banking agencies and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to provide current and consistent guidance on risk-based policies, procedures, and …
Press release: “NASA and Internet Archive of San Francisco are partnering to scan, archive and manage the agency’s vast collection of photographs, historic film and video. The imagery will be available through the Internet and free to the public, historians, scholars, students, and researchers. Currently, NASA has more than 20 major imagery collections online. With …
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Efforts Have Been Made, but Manager and Employee Noncompliance With Security Policies and Procedures Puts Personally Identifiable Information at Risk, issued August 13, 2007: “…The IRS has taken several noteworthy actions to protect taxpayer data in its possession. For example, it has established a Security Services and Privacy …
“This site [New Orleans Risk and Reliability Report] is designed to share what we have learned about hurricane risks in the Greater New Orleans area with you, so that you can make risk-informed decisions about your future. Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force [IPET] has developed a state-of-the-art prototype risk assessment model to characterize current annual …
“The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) has released a new publication, NASCIOs Survey on Enterprise Data Center Consolidation in the States: Strategies and Business Justification (62 pages, PDF). A product of NASCIO’s Infrastructure and Services Committee, this survey report provides an overview of the challenges states indicated they are facing in considering …
Press release: “The Federal Election Commission (FEC/Commission) today approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the Supreme Court decision in Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC (WRTL). The Court ruled that the specific ads in question were not the functional equivalent of express advocacy because they were susceptible of a reasonable interpretation other …
U.S. Government Manual 2007-2008: “The official handbook of the Federal Government, provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches.”
CBO Report – The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, August 2007 pdf data charts
“The Joint Economic Committee has compiled a timeline of events tracking the subprime crisis from December 2006 to the present. Although it does not include every event in the markets, in Congress, or in the Administration, it provides a fairly comprehensive background guide to the current housing crisis and the steps taken to avoid further …
