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National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) – An Update to “Prospects for Iraq’s Stability” August 23, 2007: “There have been measurable but uneven improvements in Iraq’s security situation since our last National Intelligence Estimate in January 2007.”
“PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly to help you find the truth in the presidential campaign. Every day, reporters and researchers from the Times and CQ will analyze the candidates’ speeches, TV ads and interviews and determine whether the claims are accurate.”
The Wall Street Journal today reported that House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff stating the intention to conduct careful oversight over the fall 2007 launch of the National Applications Office (NAO). This program’s use of “spy satellites for domestic homeland security and law enforcement purposes” …
Transcript: Debate on the foreign intelligence surveillance act, by Chris Roberts, El Paso Times: The following is the transcript of a question and answer session with National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, published August 22, 2007. On participation by telecommunications companies in the domestic surveillance program: “…Now the second part of the issue was under the …
Coordination Between FBI and ICE on Investigations of Terrorist Financing, OIG-07-55 (PDF, 58 pages) Interim Report, Hurricane Katrina: A Review of Wind Versus Flood Issues, OIG-07-62, July 2007 (PDF, 25 pages) Better Management Needed for the National Bio-Surveillance Integration System Program, OIG-07-61, July 2007 (PDF, 38 pages) Improvements to Information Sharing are Needed to Facilitate …
Proclamation by the President: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2007 – “On Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and during Constitution Week, we celebrate the anniversary of our Nation’s Constitution and honor the Framers who created the landmark document that continues to guide our Nation. In the summer of 1787, delegates convened in Philadelphia …
Press release: “DoDs Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA) will close the TALON Reporting System effective Sept. 17, 2007, and maintain a record copy of the collected data in accordance with intelligence oversight requirements. To ensure there is a mechanism in place to document and assess potential threats to DoD resources, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for …
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee “Chairman Waxman writes to federal agencies requesting documents about their involvement in White House asset deployment meetings held to discuss the use of federal resources to promote the reelection of President Bush and Republicans in Congress. Agencies receiving this request: Departments of Justice, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, …
Energy Information Administration (EIA), Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity Preliminary 2006 Statistics (08/21/2007): “Preliminary report showing renewable energy provided 7 percent of total U.S. energy consumption in 2006. Total renewable energy market consumption was comprised of biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal, wind and solar.”
Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Michael V. Hayden on the Release of the 9/11 IG Report Executive Summary, August 21, 2007: “Earlier this month, Congress passed a bill implementing some of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. The legislation, lengthy and complex, includes a provision dealing with the report …
2007-P-00030 Improved Management Practices Needed to Increase Use of Exchange Network [Report PDF, 34 pages] [At a Glance PDF] August 20, 2007 2007-S-00002 Making Better Use of Superfund Special Account Funds for Thermo Chem [Report PDF – 6 pages] [At a Glance PDF] August 20, 2007
HHS OIG Report on State Medicaid Agenices’ Initiatives on Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange, August 2007 (30 pages, PDF)
