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Follow up to August 20, 2007 posting, White House Fails to Comply With Subpoenas on Domestic Surveillance Program – additional related government documents and news: Letter from Fred Fielding, Counsel to the President, to Chairman Leahy, August 20, 2007 Letter from Shannen W. Coffin, Counsel to the Vice President, to Chairman Leahy, August 20, 2007 …
Audit Initiated of FAA’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Program: Automatic Dependent Surveillance – “Broadcast (ADS-B) is a cornerstone technology planned for FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). This satellite-based technology has significant potential to improve safety and enhance capacity of the National Airspace System by, among other things, providing greater situational awareness to …
Iraq: Government Formation and Benchmarks, Updated August 10,2007 Iran’s Influence in Iraq, Updated August 9, 2007 Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, Updated August 6, 2007 Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: An Overview and Selected Issues, August 2, 2007 Iraq and Al Qaeda, Updated July 27, 2007 Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges …
Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General — Audit, Missile Defense Agency Purchases for and from Governmental Sources – Report No. D-2007-117 (50 pages PDF) – Project No. D2006-D000FH-0160.000, Date: August 20, 2007.
Public.Resource.Org, In Re: State and Federal Cases and Codes [the current source material is ultrafiche]: “The short-term goal is the creation of an unencumbered full-text repository of the Federal Reporter, the Federal Supplement, and the Federal Appendix. The medium-term goal is the creation of an unencumbered full-text repository of all state and federal cases and …
“The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today unveiled its newly redesigned Web site, www.gao.gov. The updated site makes the agencys work easier to find, and it better explains what GAO is and what it does. New features on the homepage include a prominent dynamic display of GAOs latest products, a streamlined In the Spotlight section, and …
Shoe Screener System: “The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS/S&T) is interested in identifying potential vendors with prototype Shoe Screener systems for Government-conducted laboratory assessment. TSA is interested in establishing a Qualified Products Listing (QPL) as a method to regulate equipment used in Registered Traveler (RT) services provided by a commercial security …
Executive Order: Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation, August 17, 2007: “…Federal agencies shall, consistent with agency missions: (c) Manage wildlife and wildlife habitats on public lands in a manner that expands and enhances hunting opportunities, including through the use of hunting in wildlife management planning…(e)…foster healthy and productive populations of game species and …
“Metavid, hosted by The University of California at Santa Cruz, is a project which seeks to capture, stream, archive and facilitate real-time collective [re]mediation of legislative proceedings. Metavid makes use of entirely free and open source software and video codecs to make both the footage and the architecture of the site available, accessible and recontextualizable.” …
Public Notice: Auction of 700 MHz Band Licenses Scheduled for January 16, 2008; Comment Sought on Competitive Bidding Procedures for Auction 73.
“The National Snow and Ice Data Center has launched this year’s news and commentary Web site [Arctic Sea Ice News] as we follow the Arctic sea ice melt season. From August 10, 2007, through the end of the summer melt season, we will post updates as events warrant.” “Arctic sea ice has now surpassed all …
HHS OIG Announces Recent Criminal Enforcement Actions
