Category «Government Documents»

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Concludes Investigation of SWIFT

Follow-up to April 15, 2006 posting, Canadian Privacy Commissioner Launches Investigation of SWIFT, “today The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart..announced the conclusion of her Office’s investigation of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a European-based financial cooperative, that supplies messaging services and interface software to a large number of financial institutions in …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

Gordon, Miller, Senator Nelson Call for Removal of NASA Inspector General

Press release: “Science & Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) today released a letter to the President calling for the removal of Robert Cobb as inspector general of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) and Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Space, …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

DHS Releases Comprehensive Regulations for Securing High Risk Chemical Facilities

Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today released an interim final rule that imposes for the first time comprehensive federal security regulations for high risk chemical facilities. The department sought and reviewed comments from state and local partners, Congress, private industry, and the public to develop consistent guidelines using a risk-based approach. The …

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Subjects: E-Commerce, Government Documents

Four New Energy Reports from Energy Information Administration

Annual Energy Outlook Retrospective Review: Evaluation of Projections in Past Editions (03/31/2007): “This paper produces a comparison between realized energy outcomes and the projections included in previous editions of the AEO. Each year, the comparison adds the projections from the most recent AEO and updates the historical data to the most recently available.” April 2007 …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOT OIG Audit on Value Engineering and Testimony on Outsourced Maintenance Facilities

Value Engineering In The Federal-Aid Highway Program, March 28, 2007: “The audit objectives were to determine whether FHWA’s oversight is adequate to ensure that: (1) value engineering studies are performed on all Federal-aid projects that have an estimated cost of $25 million or more; (2) value engineering studies are performed on all Federal-aid projects that …

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Subjects: Government Documents

Former Army General's Strategic and Operational Assessment of Security Operations in Iraq

Via Defense Tech, a detailed March 26, 2007 action report, on Iraq authored by former Army general and U.S. Southern Commmand commander Barry R. McCaffrey, that includes the following statements: “Iraq is ripped by a low grade civil war which has worsened to catastrophic levels with as many as 3000 citizens murdered per month. The …

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Subjects: Government Documents

White House Use of Non-Government Issued Email Accounts Under Scrutiny

“Rep. Waxman Requests Information on White House E-Mail Policies Following new revelations that White House officials have been conducting official business using nongovernmental e-mail accounts, Chairman Waxman asks White House Counsel Fred Fielding for information and a briefing regarding White House e-mail policies.” Computerworld: “For official government business, staff members in the Bush White House …

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Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents, Legal Research
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