DOE IG Memo On Security Problems at Los Alamos
Audit Report – Secretary of Energy From DOE Inspector General Gregory Friedman, Selected Controls over Classified Information at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, November 27, 2006.
Category «Government Documents»
Passports Required for Air Travel to United States as of January 23, 2007
“The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have announced that citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda will now be required to present a passport to enter the United States when arriving by air from any part of the Western Hemisphere. This requirement will take effect in January …
Latest President's Management Agenda Scorecard
Executive Branch Management Scorecard, current status as of September 30, 2006. “The 4th quarter e-government scorecard raised the Department of Transportation and the Small Business Administration from red, the lowest rating, to green, the highest.”
Rand Report on State and Local Emergency Preparedness
Combating Terrorism – How Prepared Are State and Local Response Organizations? “This book presents the results of the third and final wave of a national survey to elicit assessments of state and local response agencies of the activities they have undertaken after 9/11 to respond to terrorist-related incidents and of federal programs intended to improve …
New RAND Publications on Defense Policy Available for Download
The following are all in PDF: Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions Assessing the Value of U.S. Army International Activities Revisiting US-VISIT: U.S. Immigration Processes, Concerns, and Consequences
New Digital Archiving Report Focuses on State Efforts to Support Current and Future Projects
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS and eC3 Joint Report on Digital Archiving) and National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council (eC3) Statement on Joint Report that Provides Recommendations for Improving Digital Archiving. Digital Archiving: From Fragmentation to Collaboration
Ruling Against Treasury Dept. in Paper Money As Barrier to Blind
American Council for the Blind v. Henry M. Pauson, Secretary of the Treasury, November 28, 2006, District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge James Robertson rules, “Treasury Department’s failure to design, produce and issue paper currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired” people violates federal law, since paper money effectively precludes …
Federal Judge Rules Portions of Administration Blacklisting Unconstitutional
Press release: “The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) succeeded in having two key provisions of a Bush administration anti-terrorism initiative ruled unconstitutional. Los Angeles U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins ruled in Humanitarian Law Project v. Department of Treasury that the law, an Executive Order issued shortly after 9/11 and used to blacklist hundreds of …
FTC Commission Issues Performance and Accountability Report for FY 2006
Federal Trade Commission Performance and Accountability Report – Fiscal Year 2006 (106 pages, PDF).
DOT Status Report on OIG Data Security
Status Report on OIG Data Security via the Data Security Portal: “Our November 21, 2006, status report notes several important developments, including the fact that as a result of our investigation in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Miami-Dade County Police Department, two individuals have been arrested for their alleged roles in …
2006 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
2006 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The purpose of the commission is to “monitor, investigate, and submit to congress an annual report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the Peoples Republic of China, and to provide recommendations, where …
Comptroller General of the U.S. : Recommended Oversight Targets for the 110th Congress
Comptroller General of the United States, November 17, 2006. Subject: Suggested Areas for Oversight for the 110th Congress (44 pages, PDF). The report addresses several dozen issues divided into three areas: near-term oversight, policies and programs that are in need of fundamental reform, and governance issues that will ensure an economical, efficient, effective, ethical and …
