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Press release, June 29, 2007: “Senate and House Judiciary Chairmen Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) sent a letter to White House Counsel Fred Fielding, responding to the President’s executive privilege assertion over documents relating to the US Attorney investigation. Leahy and Conyers reiterated their concern that the President’s sweeping assertion was unprecedented. …
Administrative Investigation Loss of VA Information VA Medical Center Birmingham, AL [Rpt. #07-01083-157 6/29/2007] AP: “An Alabama VA hospital that lost sensitive data on more than 1.5 million people in January repeatedly failed to follow privacy regulations leading up to the incident…”
On June 29, 2007 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released the following reports, correspondences and testimonies: Reports Military Base Closures: Projected Savings from Fleet Readiness Centers Likely Overstated and Actions Needed to Track Actual Savings and Overcome Certain Challenges. GAO-07-304, June 29, 2007 Defense Contracting: Improved Insight and Controls Needed over DOD’s Time-and-Materials Contracts. GAO-07-273, …
Press release: “Two leaders of the Committee on Energy and Commerce this week demanded an explanation for the planned closings of seven Food and Drug Administration (FDA) facilities across the country. In a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and …
Follow up to postings on EPA library closures, this June 29, 2007 posting from the ALA District Dispatch blog: “After considerable pressure by librarians, researchers and the public, Congress has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restore its library network. In the fiscal year (FY) 2008 Interior Appropriations bill, the Senate Appropriations Committee orders …
EAC Releases NVRA Report – 172.8 Million Registered Voters in 2006: “The United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today delivered to Congress its report on the Impact of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993. The NVRA report, which covers registration information from after the 2004 general election through the 2006 general election, and …
Press release, June 28, 2007: “In a new report released today, a panel of leading AIDS experts calls for a major scale-up of global HIV prevention programs, citing new data projecting that expanded access to prevention could avert approximately 30 million of the 60 million HIV infections expected to occur by 2015. The report, released …
Press Release, June 28, 2007: Nixon Library to Become Part of the National Archives Presidential Library System and to Release Formerly Withheld Nixon Special Political Documents and Tapes “The legal transfer on July 11, 2007, of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace from the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation to the National Archives. The …
World Crude Oil Distillation Capacity, January 1, 1970 – January 1, 2007 (06/29/2007): “This table has been updated with estimates for January 1, 2007 for the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands from EIA’s just-released report, Refinery Capacity 2007.” July 2007 Petroleum Marketing Monthly (06/29/2007): “Monthly price and volume statistics on crude …
Report Number 07-INTEL-09 The Threat and Local Observation Notice (TALON) Report Program (U) (56 pages, PDF)
Treasury Inspector for Tax Administration: Additional Action Is Needed to Expand the Use and Improve the Administration of the Free File Program, June 28, 2007: “The IRS can do more to evaluate and promote the use of the Free File Program. While it has taken steps to evaluate the experience of Program users, it has …
Follow up to June 13 posting, Judiciary Chairmen Leahy, Conyers Issue Subpoenas For White House Officials, Documents see these related government documents and Congressional statements issued today: Press release from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT): “As the Committee opens its Executive Business meeting today, I note that the deadline has passed for the White House and …
