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DOD Report to Congress: Defense Acquisition Transformation – Report provided as required by Section 804 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (P.L. 109-364) – July 2007 (71 pages, PDF)
Press release: “On Thursday, the Committee held a hearing to examine the performance of the State Department and its contractors in the construction of the new $600 million U.S. embassy in Baghdad. The Committee asked questions regarding the embassy compound construction as well as allegations of labor abuse through improper contracting practices.” Documents and Links …
“The World Privacy Forum has filed public comments with the Department of Health and Human Services requesting that its new National Disaster Medical System protect all patient information to at least the baseline protections that HIPAA affords, including the HIPAA security and privacy protections. Currently, the new system does not do this, even though the …
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): An Overview – Ms. Susan Cornell, Freedom of Information Officer and Chief FOIA Liaison, NIH
Human Trafficking: Monitoring and Evaluation of International Projects Are Limited, but Experts Suggest Improvements. GAO-07-1034, July 26, 2007: “Human trafficking–a worldwide crime involving the exploitation of men, women, and children for others’ financial gain–is a violation of human rights. Victims are often lured or abducted and forced to work in involuntary servitude. Since 2001, the …
Press release: “Secretary Michael Chertoff made the following statement: “I am pleased to have signed an important agreement with the European Union today that will allow the Department of Homeland Security to continue using Passenger Name Record (PNR) data as an essential screening tool for detecting potentially dangerous transatlantic travelers.” 2007 PNR Agreement – U.S. …
Press release: “Public Citizen today unveiled a Web site that provides an up-to-date listing of the 2008 presidential hopefuls bundlers, the super-fundraisers who are powering the billion-dollar race for the White House. The revitalized site, an expansion of Public Citizens similar effort during the 2004 campaign and the only such clearinghouse for the 2008 campaign, …
Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), in consultation with Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), issued subpoenas Thursday compelling White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and Deputy Director White House Political Affairs J. Scott Jennings to provide testimony and related information as part of ongoing congressional investigations into the mass firings …
Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point Report: An Assessment of 516 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) Unclassified Summaries, July 25, 2007 New York Times: Study Paints a Threatening Portrait of Detainees Related documents: A Response to the Seton Hall Study, July 25, 2007 Report on Guantanamo Detainees – A Profile of 517 Detainees through …
Press release: “Remedying serious problems with imported food safety will require significant reforms to trade policy as well as improvements in domestic laws, according to a report released today by Public Citizens Global Trade Watch division. The report, Trade Deficit in Food Safety; Proposed NAFTA Expansions Replicate Limits on U.S. Food Safety Policy That Are …
Press release: “In two separate letters, Chairman Waxman asks when the White House Counsel’s office learned about White House officials’ use of nongovernmental e-mail accounts for official purposes, and what steps, if any, it took to preserve these records and prevent violations of the Presidential Records Act. A staff report issued by the committee’s majority …
2007-B-00002 Assessment of EPAs Projected Pollutant Reductions Resulting from Enforcement Actions and Settlements, [Report PDF – 44 pages] [At a Glance PDF] July 24, 2007.
