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Financial Management: Long-standing Financial Systems Weaknesses Present a Formidable Challenge, GAO-07-914, August 3, 2007 Military Training: Actions Needed to More Fully Develop the Army’s Strategy for Training Modular Brigades and Address Implementation Challenges, GAO-07-936, August 6, 2007 Yucca Mountain: DOE Has Improved Its Quality Assurance Program, but Whether Its Application for a NRC License Will …
Report Number H06L1022703 08, Alleged Misconduct by DOD Officials Concerning Christian Embassy (redacted, 47 pages, July 27, 2007): “We initiated the inquiry to address allegations that….DoD officials improperly appeared in a video promoting Christian Embassey, a non-Federal entity…”
Press release: “Data from the U.S. Military Health System will soon help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration make decisions affecting the safety and use of FDA-regulated products for all Americans. The FDA, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Defense [on August 2, 2007] announced a partnership …
The Superfund’s Board of Directors needs to evaluate actions to improve the Superfund program, August 1, 2007. At a Glance PDF | Report PDF (19 pages)
“An EPA report, entitled Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency (133 pages, PDF), assesses the national energy impacts from data centers in the U.S. The report recommends priority efficiency opportunities and policies which together have the potential to save up to $4 billion in annual electricity costs through broad implementation of …
Press release: “The Department of Homeland Security has posted on its web site, and will publish on Aug. 6, 2007, in the Federal Register, four Privacy Act records involving the Automated Targeting System (ATS). The records are an updated System of Records Notice (SORN), the Discussion of Public Comments Received on the SORN, a Notice …
Press release: “Nearly 40 years after man first walked on the Moon, the complete lunar photographic record from the Apollo project will be accessible to both researchers and the general public on the Internet. A new digital archive – created through a collaboration between Arizona State University and NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston – …
Text of the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of India concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy (123 Agreement), August 3, 2007.
“Secretary of State Debra Bowen began her top-to-bottom review of the voting machines certified for use in California in March 2007. The review was designed to restore the public’s confidence in the integrity of the electoral process and to ensure that California voters are being asked to cast their ballots on machines that are secure, …
Follow up to August 2 posting on national bridge safety assessments: Inspector General’s Response to Secretary Peters’ Request for an Assessment of the National Bridge Inspection Program, August 3, 2007 Press release, August 2, 2007: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Calls on States to Immediately Inspect All Steel Arch Truss Bridges ABC News …
Review of the Buffer Zone Protection Program, OIG-07-59 (PDF, 55 pages), New 08/03/2007 The State of New Jersey’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004, OIG-07-58 (PDF, 36 pages) New 08/02/2007
Press release, Sen. Patrick Leahy: “…As the first major reform to FOIA in more than a decade, the OPEN Government Act would help to reverse these troubling trends and help to begin to restore the publics trust in their government. This bill [S. 849] also improves transparency in the Federal Governments FOIA process by: Restoring …
