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Defense Acquisitions: An Analysis of the Special Operations Command’s Management of Weapon System Programs, GAO-07-620, June 28, 2007. “Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) duties have greatly increased since the attacks of September 11, 2001. Today, Special Operations Forces are at work in Afghanistan and Iraq, and SOCOM has been assigned to lead U.S. efforts in the …
“As part of the June 1, 2007 report to the President on agency progress under Executive Order 13,392, “Improving Agency Disclosure of Information,” the Attorney General recommended that agencies submit to the President’s Management Council an Updated Status Report concerning any deficiency reported by the agency in its Fiscal Year 2006 annual FOIA report. This …
Press release: “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a broader import control of all farm-raised catfish, basa, shrimp, dace (related to carp), and eel from China. FDA will start to detain these products at the border until the shipments are proven to be free of residues from drugs that are not approved in …
Congressional Inquiry Regarding Southwest Charter Lines, Inc., OIG-07-47 (PDF, 4 pages) released June 28, 2007. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Volunteers Service Program Following Hurricane Katrina, OIG-07-51 (PDF, 6 pages) released June 28, 2007
Defined Benefit Pensions: Conflicts of Interest Involving High Risk or Terminated Plans Pose Enforcement Challenges, GAO-07-703, June 28, 2007. “To protect workers’ retirement security, the requesters asked GAO to assess: 1) What is known about conflicts of interest affecting private sector defined benefit (DB) plans? 2) What procedures does the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint challenging Whole Foods Market Inc.s approximately $670 million acquisition of Wild Oats Markets Inc. The administrative complaint preserves the Commissions legal option to pursue an administrative remedy following the federal district court proceeding. According to the complaint, the transaction would violate federal antitrust laws …
Press release: “There were about 1.1 million full-time state and local law enforcement employees in the U.S., including about 732,000 sworn personnel as of September 30, 2004, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Local police departments were the largest employers, with 447,000 officers; followed by sheriffs offices, with 175,000; state law …
FDIC OIG Semiannual Report to the Congress, March 31, 2007.
Press release: “Phoenix has become the nations fifth most populous city, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates released today. As of July 1, 2006, this desert metropolis had a population of 1.5 million. New York continued to be the nations most populous city, with 8.2 million residents. This was more than twice the population …
Follow up in the volley of statemnets and respective documents related to questions raised about the authority granted the National Archives over documents from the Office of the Vice President. As reported today by The Politico, “David S. Addington, Cheney’s chief of staff and counsel, wrote in a three-paragraph response to [Sen. John] Kerry on …
The Third Branch: “Continuing its efforts to enhance the transparency of courtroom proceedings, the federal Judiciary is about to launch a pilot project to make digital audio recordings publicly available online. Five pilot project participantsthree bankruptcy courts and two district courtswill integrate their recording and Case Management/ Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) systems to make audio …
Continuing Challenge of Building the Iraqi Security Forces, Report of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, June 2007 (207 pages, PDF)
