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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC): “Federal prosecutors decline to prosecute 87% of FBI international terrorism referrals in FY 2006 … Despite increased agency staffing, prosecutions dropping across-the-board … Graphs and tables reveal changes in staffing and enforcement priorities since 1986.” New Findings: “Comprehensive Justice Department data documenting the enforcement actions of the FBI from 9/11/01 …
National Security Archive: “Bush administration nominee for Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates had a long career in government which showed a notable combination of ambition and caution, according to a new book by Archive senior analyst John Prados [Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2006)] which deals …
Mapping Immigration: Legal Permanent Residents – “View maps showing the distribution of foreign nationals who became legal permanent residents of the United States between 1980 and 2004 by metropolitan area of residence and country of birth.” Profiles on Legal Permanent Residents: “Selected characteristics of immigrants who became legal permanent residents in 2005 by country of …
2000 Bound Congressional Record: Vol. 146, 106th Congress, 2nd Session: “The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. At the end of each session of Congress, all of the daily editions are collected, re-paginated, and re-indexed into …
November 7, 2006: “NIST is proud to announce the release of Special Publication 800-100, Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers. The purpose of this publication is to inform members of the information security management team [agency heads, chief information officers (CIO), senior agency information security officers (SAISO), and security managers] about various aspects of …
CRS Report, Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions, November 2, 2006.
Principles of Federal Appropriations Law: Third Edition, Index and Table of Authorities, GAO-06-1059SP (231 pages, PDF), November 7, 2006 “This is the index and table of authorities of Principles of Federal Appropriations Law, Third Edition. The Third Edition’s web based Index/Table of Authorities (Index/TOA) was replaced by an Index/TOA that incorporated information from Volume I …
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will begin testing air cargo screening technologies this fall at the Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport as part of its previously announced $30 million Air Cargo Explosives Detection Pilot Program (ACEDPP). The purpose of the Sea-Tac testing is to better understand the technological and operational issues associated …
DHS Office of Inspector General Management Advisory Report on the Condition, Losses, and Possible Uses of FEMA Modular Housing, OIG-07-03 (PDF, 6 pages), October 7, 2006.
Energy Information Administration, November 7, 2006 – Short-Term Energy Outlook November 2006: “In response to rising oil inventories and declining world oil prices, OPEC announced that it would cut its oil production by 1.2 million bbl/d effective November 1, 2006. This production cut differs from previous ones in that the stated intent is to reduce …
Follow-up to postings on the closure of EPA libraries around the country, see this related press release of November 3, 2006: “Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)…led a group of Senators in a letter to senior members of the Senate Appropriations Committee requesting that the Committee direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restore and maintain public …
The State of North Carolina’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 (PDF, 41 pages), November 6, 2006.
