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Federal Oversight of Food Safety: High-Risk Designation Can Bring Needed Attention to Fragmented System, full text GAO-07-449T, and Highlights, February 8, 2007. “Each year, about 76 million people contract a foodborne illness in the United States; about 325,000 require hospitalization; and about 5,000 die. While the recent E. coli outbreaks highlighted the risks posed by …
National Security Archive: “The CIA’s proposed new rule on Freedom of Information Act processing fees is likely to discourage FOIA requesters while imposing new administrative burdens both on the Agency and the public, according to formal comments filed with the CIA [February 7, 2007] by the National Security Archive of George Washington University. The Archive’s …
“The 2007 State Medicaid Fact Sheets, a joint effort of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals (N.A.C.H.) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), provide key data to demonstrate the importance of the Medicaid program to children and children’s hospitals. The fact sheets can be used with state and federal policymakers and can be adapted …
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a service that sends out electronic mail (e-mail) alerts when new and vital information is posted on the FBI.gov Web site. Subscribers select which topics that they want updates on, such as new electronic scams (e-scams) and warnings, most wanted terrorists, top ten fugitives, and local and …
Federal Computer Week: “The White House Communications Agency (WHCA) has developed a six-year plan budgeted at $35 million to beef up presidential communications with a new top-secret network and multimedia Crisis Management System (CMS) designed to operate in a wide range of fixed locations, on Air Force One and on a new fleet of presidential …
DHS’ Management of BioWatch Program, OIG-07-22 (PDF, 30 pages), January 7, 2007. Related government documents: Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-18, January 31, 2007 – Released on January 7, 2007 – Subject: Medical Countermeasures against Weapons of Mass Destruction The BioWatch Program: Detection of Bioterrorism, Congressional Research Service Report No. RL32152, November 19, 2003 See also the …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today issued its annual report, Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data on complaints consumers have filed with the agency. For the seventh year in a row, identity theft tops the list, accounting for 36 percent of the 674,354 complaints received between January 1 and December 31, 2006. Other …
“As part of the Department of Justice’s efforts to combat bankruptcy fraud and abuse, the Executive Office of the U.S. Trustees has launched an Internet hotline, which allows the public to report suspected bankruptcy fraud. The hotline also will protect the bankruptcy system’s integrity. A link to it has been added to the U.S. Trustees …
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Federal Actions Could Enhance Preparedness of Certain State-Administered Federal Support Programs, GAO-07-219, and Highlights, February 7, 2007.
Homeland Security: Applying Risk Management Principles to Guide Federal Investments GAO-07-386T, February 7, 2007: “Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the federal government has provided DHS with more than $130 billion in budget authority to make investments in homeland security. However, as …
Naturalization Rate Estimates: Stock vs. Flow (PDF, 2 pages): “This report compares stock and flow measures of naturalization and discusses why immigrant naturalization rates differ depending on the data source used.” Border Apprehensions: 2005 (PDF, 2 pages): “This report provides information on recent trends in apprehensions and the gender, age, and geographic location of persons …
“138 new documents were added to the site on February 5, 2007. Additional recent releases may be found here.” [Note: all but four of the documents date back to the 1990s.]
