CRS Report Updates Information on Iraq – Elections, Government, and Constitution
CRS Report – Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution — Updated November 20, 2006.
Category «Government Documents»
Florida Dept. of State Announces Audit of Sarasota Voting Machines
This memo from the Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications, Florida State Department, announces that an audit will commence on November 28, 2006 to test the voting systems and administrative procedures used in the Congressional District 13 race in Sarasota. [via USACM, this backgounder on the Florida voting problems and the lawsuits contesting the election.]
Recent CRS Reports on Iraq and War on Terrorism
The following are available via FAS: Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?, November 21, 2006 Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates, November 22, 2006 Anti-Terrorism Authority Under the Laws of the United Kingdom and the United States, September 7, 2006
GalleryWatch Now Has CRS Reports Back Through 1994
Press release: “GalleryWatch and Pennyhill Press are pleased to announce that the GW CRS reports have now been posted for 1994, meaning we now the most complete set of reports available online for the years 1994 – 2006. We have posted 957 documents for 1994, bringing our database of CRS documents to a total of …
DOJ IG Launches Investigation Into Info Gathered Via Domestic Surveillance Program
Press release: “Following requests for an investigation of the National Security Agencys (NSA) warrantless surveillance program from Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), and other House members, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Glenn A. Fine today informed Lofgren and Hinchey that his office has opened a program review of the agency’s involvement …
Processing of Personal Data By SWIFTand EU Data Protection Opinion
Follow-up to previous postings on the SWIFT online financial cooperative network, this November 23, 2006 corporate press release: “SWIFT strongly objects to WP 29’s opinion [Opinion 10/2006 on the processing of personal data by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), 11/26/2006 WP 128] about the communication of personal data to the US Treasury …
Gov't Report on Iraqi Insurgency Shows Strong Financial Resources
New York Times: “The insurgency in Iraq is now self-sustaining financially, raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, connivance by corrupt Islamic charities and other crimes that the Iraqi government and its American patrons have been largely unable to prevent, a classified United States government report [obtained by the …
Commission Issues Performance and Accountability Report for FY 2006
Press release: “The Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the FTC’s Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006. As required by the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the Performance Report is included in the FTC’s PAR for FY 2006. This is the FTC’s fourth consolidated report prepared pursuant to the …
Stategic Nuclear Weapons Arsenal Around the World Identified in Article
From the Strategic Security Blog, A project of the Federation of American Scientists, November 9, 2006 posting: “A new review published in the November/December issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shows that the United States stores its nearly 10,000 nuclear warheads at 18 locations in 12 states and six European countries.”
BJS Reports – HIV in Prisons and Medical Problems of Jail Inmates
HIV in Prisons, 2004 and Medical Problems of Jail Inmates, written by Bureau of Justice statistician Laura M. Maruschak. HIV in Prisons, 2004 – “Reports the number of female and male prisoners who were HIV positive or AIDS active, the number of AIDS-related deaths in State and Federal prisons, a profile of those inmates who …
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book : The Iran-Contra Affair 20 Years On
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 210, Posted – November 24, 2006 “The Iran-Contra Affair 20 Years On – Documents Spotlight Role of Reagan, Top Aides Pentagon Nominee Robert Gates Among Many Prominent Figures Involved in the Scandal: ‘…Iran-Contra also echoes in the re-emergence of several prominent public figures who played a part in, …
E-Gov Sites Offer Suggestions for Holiday Shopping
E-government websites offer useful holiday shopping advice to consumers via the following: FTC Consumer Alert – Holiday Shopping? How To Be On Guard When Youre Online and Consumer Action Buying tips: “Before you head out to the mall or shop online for that perfect present, take a few moments to read these tips to help …
