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“In an effort to reach predetermined goals of enabling police and fire departments in multiple jurisdictions to communicate in real-time during a major incident, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff announced that 46 U.S. cities are planned to have interoperable communications in place by the end of 2007. DHS will assist the …
U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery: “…the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a paper recommending that federal standards allow certification only for “software independent” (i.e. ones that create a paper trail) e-voting systems. A key technical panel will consider and vote upon the recommendations this [week]. Calling these …
Press release: Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14), “who first highlighted the need for an investigation of a deal involving voting machine manufacturer Smartmatic is urging the Department of Treasury to make the results of the investigation public when they are finalized (letter to Treasury). Smartmatic, a company with Venezuelan roots, announced shortly before Novembers elections that …
India and Iran: WMD Proliferation Activities, November 8, 2006
Committee on Government Reform Minority Office: “In an ongoing effort to protect and preserve the vast resources of the Environmental Protection Agency, Reps. Gordon, Dingell, Waxman, and Oberstar call on the agency to stop efforts to close libraries across the country pending a review by Congress. In a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, Ranking …
Bureau of Justice Statistics press release: “As of last Dec. 31 there were 1,525,924 prisoners being held by state and federal correctional authorities, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced in a report published today. At the same time a separate BJS survey found that the adult U.S. correctional population, including those on …
Office of the Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1, 2006-September 30, 2006: “In this semiannual report we…summarize other OIG investigations, inspections, audits, and special reviews. As described throughout this report, OIG investigators continued their important work investigating allegations of criminal and administrative misconduct by Department of Justice (Department) employees and contractors.” Semiannual Report …
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon’s ruling stated that “the Bush administration unconstitutionally denied aid to tens of thousands of Gulf Coast residents displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita and must resume payments immediately.” Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), et al. v. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Civil Action No. 2006-1521 Memorandum …
Recruiting, Retention, and Future Levels of Military Personnel, October 2006 (106 pages, PDF)
Eminent Domain: Information about Its Uses and Effect on Property Owners and Communities Is Limited, Full text GAO-07-28, and Highlights, November 30, 2006. “In the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, Congress mandated that GAO conduct a nationwide study on the use of …
Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade – “Offers the latest value and volume of U.S. agricultural exports, by commodity and region, as well as the agricultural trade balance and the import and export outlook.” The following charts are in PDF: Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade Commodity/Country Revisions in FY 2007 Exports Export Outlook for Grain & …
Federal Communications Commission Final Rule, November 29, 2006: “To promote a more efficient, effective and responsive organizational structure and to better promote and address public safety, homeland security, national security, emergency management and preparedness, disaster management, and related issues, the Commission has concluded that the proper dispatch of its business and the public interest will …
