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Office of the Director of National Intelligence, April 13, 2007, Fact Sheet: Proposed FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act)Modernization Legislation “Key Provisions of this Bill Are: Updating the definition of electronic surveillance to account for the sweeping changes in telecommunications technology that have taken place. The proposed legislation is technology neutral. In contrast to the 1978 …
IRS trudges on with aging computers – “More than 20 years after its first attempt at a massive upgrade of 1960s-era mainframes, the IRS still isn’t sure when the project will,” by Anne Broache, CNET News.com “The Internal Revenue Service has been trying for years to upgrade its antiquated mainframe computers, which process Americans’ tax …
D-2007-084 Acquisition of the Navy Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System (4/11/2007) (3MB) (Project No. D2006-D000AE-0153.000). PDF or View Summary Only.
Stuart Shapiro and Cary Coglianese, First Generation E-Rulemaking: An Assessment of Regulatory Agency Websites (April 11, 2007). University of Pennsylvania Law School. Scholarship at Penn Law. Paper 153. “We examine 89 websites from federal regulatory agencies in order to evaluate their ease of use for those interested in commenting on or learning about their proposed …
FDA’s Pet Food Recall website includes the following useful data and news: Combined List of Recalled Pet Food Products (MS Excel, 980KB) What Is FDA Doing About the Pet Food Situation? News Updates See also, Lawyers Set to Argue New Legal Theory in Pet-Poisoning Cases – Some attorneys will claim that pets qualify as ‘special …
Follow-up to postings on the escalating interest in the U.S. Attorney firings, this press release: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a report [April 12, 2007], WITHOUT A TRACE: The Missing White House Emails and the Violations of the Presidential Records Act, detailing the legal issues behind the story of the White …
Iraq: Elections, Constitution, and Government, Updated April 10, 2007 U.S. Trade Policy and the Caribbean: From Trade Preferences to Free Trade Agreements, April 4, 2007 The Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve in the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (H.R. 6), Updated April 4, 2007 Iran’s Influence in Iraq, Updated April 3, 2007 Iran: U.S. …
From PoliticalMoneyLine: 04/14/2007 – “The HUCKABEE FOR PRESIDENT EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE INC filed its report covering 1/1/2007-3/31/2007. The committee reports $544,157 in receipts and $170,239 in disbursements. Cash on hand totals $373,918. The committee reported $52,503 in debts/obligations.” 04/14/2007 – “The JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC. committee filed its report covering 1/1/2007-3/31/2007. The committee reports $13,087,560 in …
Hawaii Government Directory and Guide Directory – Download department and agency directory listings. Includes office, title, phone & fax numbers, and mail and email addresses. Guide – Download a description of the department or agency and its organization. Admin Rules – New-window link to department web page of administrative rules.
IRS Offers Several Tax Payment Options IR-2007-85, April 12, 2007 Pay as much as you can by the due date of April 17 in order to minimize any additional interest and penalties on the balance due. IRS Completes Taxpayer Assistance Blueprint IR-2007-84, April 11, 2007 Five-year plan includes specific recommendations for improving services …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission gave a mixed review of the movie, music, and video-game industries self-regulatory programs and their marketing of violent entertainment products to children in its latest report to Congress. This fifth follow-up report, the most comprehensive study since 2000, found that all three industries generally comply with their own voluntary …
2007 Tax Filing Season: Interim Results and Updates of Previous Assessments of Paid Preparers and IRS’s Modernization and Compliance Research Efforts GAO-07-720T, April 12, 2007.
