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DHS’ Progress In Addressing Coordination Challenges Between Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, OIG-07-38 (PDF, 57 pages), May 4, 2007.
CBO Testimony, Statement of Peter R. Orszag, Director – The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market, before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, May 3, 2007.
Press release: “As the world pauses to remember the 62nd anniversary of the Allies’ victory in Europe during World War II (May 8, 1945), the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is joining with Southern Methodist University (SMU) Central University Libraries to provide the public with a digital collection of more than 300 U.S. Government publications …
Hearing on The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy, House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, May 3, 2007. Trancript: House Hearing on Firings of U.S. Attorneys (House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law) via Washington Post Former Deputy AG Comey Offers Praise to Fired U.S. Attorneys, Jason McLure, Legal …
Closed Appeal & FOIA/PA Cases by Subject – FY 2007, (Monthly Update – 04/02/07). Chart is arranged by Subject, FOI/PA Number, Date Rec’d., Date Closed, Response, and indicates whether Publicly Available [if appropriate, includes a link to the documents package].
Follow up to April 16, 2007 posting, Fact Sheet: Proposed FISA Modernization Legislation, the following documents from the Director of National Intelligence (DNI): May 01, 2007, Transcript: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence – FISA Modernization Unclassified, May 01, 2007, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence – Statement for the Record on FISA Modernization: Statement for the …
CBO Monthly Budget Review – May 2007
Wired reports the “U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer…The new rules (PDF) obtained by Wired News require a commander be consulted before every blog update.” Via Center for Media and Democracy, “Steven Aftergood posted a related U.S. …
Follow up on previous postings related to International Panel On Climate Change 2007 Assessment Report, see today’s release of Mitigation of Climate Change, the third volume of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Outline of the report Info about WG3 authors
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on The Internet: A Portal to Violent Islamist Extremism, May 3, 2007. Prepared testimony submitted for this hearing: “The Internet: A Portal to Violent Islamist Extremism”, Testimony of Frank J. Cilluffo, Director, Homeland Security Policy Institute – “I am pleased to be here today to share …
“EPIC, in cooperation with the Stanford Constitutional Law Center, filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief (42 pages, PDF) in Hepting v. AT&T. This lawsuit alleges that AT&T allowed the government to wiretap calls and e-mails without judicial authority. The U.S. government and AT&T seek to dismiss this case. The EPIC brief states, “The statutes and constitutional provisions …
Press release: “Keeping up with the latest consumer health information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just got easier. FDA today announced two new initiatives to enhance online communications. A Web page, Consumer Health Information for You and Your Family, provides comprehensive and timely consumer information. A free monthly e-newsletter, FDA Consumer Health …
