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2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures: Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries — Is the manufacturing workforce still diminishing? How much are manufacturers investing in plants and equipment? This survey detailing manufacturing activity includes employment and payroll, number of production workers and wages, cost of materials, value added by manufacturers, value of shipments, total capital expenditures …
Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that the NSA wiretapping documents are classified and not subject to FOIA.
Saving the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Requires Better Coordination of Environmental and Agricultural Resources, 2007-P-00004 [Report PDF – 69 pages] [At a Glance PDF] November 20, 2006.
The complete November 2006 issue is available at www.llrx.com There are 15 new articles in total, so please visit the homepage for links to and abstracts of all this month’s content. Many thanks to all the authors, and have a safe and happy holiday. Leveraging Blogs, RSS, News Alerts and Different Search Engines to Expand …
Information Security: Agencies Need to Develop and Implement Adequate Policies for Periodic Testing. Full text, GAO-07-65, and Highlights, October 20, 2006.
Suggested Areas for Oversight for the 110th Congress. GAO-07-235R, November 17, 2006.
Managing Sensitive Information: DOJ Needs a More Complete Staffing Strategy for Managing Classified Information and a Set of Internal Controls for Other Sensitive Information. Full text GAO-07-83, and Highlights, October 20, 2006.
EPIC: “The Department of Homeland Security finally released the Privacy Office Annual Report, July 2004 July 2006 (38 pages, PDF) to Congress. The Department is required by law to provide the report each year “on activities of the Department that affect privacy, including complaints of privacy violations, implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974, …
Press release: A “national survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the Exploratorium benchmarks how the internet fits into people’s habits for gathering news and information about science…Fully 40 million Americans use the internet as their primary source of news and information about science and 87% of online users …
“The Director of National Intelligence, John D. Negroponte, has submitted to the U.S. Congress the Information Sharing Environment (ISE) Implementation Plan Report (186 pages, PDF). ISE is an approach that facilitates the sharing of terrorist-related information among local, state, federal, tribal, and private sector entities, as well as our foreign partners. The Implementation Plan Report …
DOJ OIG – Top Management Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2006 Challenges [Full Report] Section by section: Counterterrorism Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information Information Technology Systems Planning, Implementation, and Security Violent Crime Financial Management and Systems Detention and Incarceration Supply and Demand for Drugs Grant Management Civil Rights and Civil Liberties …
President’s Management Agenda: Review of OMB’s Improved Financial Performance Scorecard Process, Full text GAO-07-95, and Highlights, November 16, 2006. “GAO found OMB’s staff were actively engaged in the scoring process and met regularly with agency officials to discuss progress in meeting scoring criteria and to provide input into agencies’ efforts to expand the use of …
