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Press release: “After completing its notification of levee owners, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today released the locations of the levee units nationwide with unacceptable maintenance inspection ratings. An unacceptable maintenance rating means a levee has one or more deficient conditions that can reasonably be foreseen to prevent the project from functioning as designed. …
February 2, 2007: Iraq National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) – “Prospects for Iraq’s Stability: A Challenging Road Ahead” Unclassified Key Judgments (9 pages, PDF): “…even if violence is diminished, given the current winner-take-all attitude and sectarian animosities infecting the political scene, Iraqi leaders will be hard pressed to achieve sustained political reconciliation in the time frame …
Interim Pre-pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation in the United States – Early Targeted Layered use of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions, February 1, 2007 (108 pages, PDF). “Mitigation guidelines issued by the CDC (February 2007) include social distancing strategies to reduce contact between people: closing schools, canceling public gatherings, planning for liberal, work leave …
Estimated Costs of Increasing U.S. Forces in Iraq, February 1, 2007. CNN: “A report from the Congressional Budget Office says President Bush’s plan for a troop increase in Iraq could cost up to $27 billion for a 12-month deployment.”
Future of Terrorism Task Force Report, January 2007 (PDF 16 pages) and Presentation, January 11, 2007 (PDF, 16 pages).
The Future of Drug Safety Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public – FDA’s Response to the Institute of Medicine’s 2006 Report, released January 30, 2007.
Press release, The British Library and the Public Sector Spending Review: “Readers may have read in the newspapers that the British Library may have to start charging for access to the reading rooms. We are currently working with DCMS to assist them in making the best case for the British Library in the current public …
Follow-up to my January 30, 2007 posting, DOD OIG Unclassified Summary of Equipment Status of Deployed Forces Within the U.S. Central Command, see today’s press release: “Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, today responded to a newly released Inspector General audit detailing equipment shortages for the American troops sent into …
House Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing on Presidential Signing Statements under the Bush Administration: A Threat to Checks and Balances and the Rule of Law? January 31, 2007 Statement of Chairman John Conyers, Jr. Wintesses: Hon. Mickey Edwards, Former Member of Congress; John Elwood, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice; …
Press release: “High-speed lines increased by 26% during the first half of 2006, from 51.2 million to 64.6 million lines in service, compared to a 21% increase, from 42.4 million to 51.2 million lines, during the second half of 2005. For the full twelve month period ending June 30, 2006, high-speed lines increased by 52% …
Special IG for Iraq Reconstruction – January 30, 2007 Quarterly and Semiannual Report to Congress: “Last January, SIGIR identified 2006 as the year of transition, highlighting many challenges to effective turnover of projects and programs to Iraqi control. SIGIR observed limited progress on these issues during 2006: supporting anticorruption efforts; enhancing infrastructure security; building ministerial …
National Nuclear Security Administration: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Management of the Nation’s Nuclear Programs GAO-07-36, January 19, 2007 National Nuclear Security Administration: Security and Management Improvements Can Enhance Implementation of the NNSA Act GAO-07-428T, January 31, 2007
