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The Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services’ Offices of the Inspector General – Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Annual Report: Fiscal 2005 (44 pages, PDF), August 2006.
Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry, October 2006 (65 pages, PDF). “The CBO study describes the state of pharmaceutical research and development, analyzes the factors that influence drug development and examines how well markets are working to promote new treatments. In addition, the study provides information about the types of drugs that result from …
Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General Evaluation and Inspections Division, The Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Monitoring of Mail for High-Risk Inmates, September 2006, Report Number I-2006-009 (122 pages, PDF). “The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted this review to evaluate how effectively the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prevents terrorist and other …
Information Security: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Needs to Improve Controls over Key Communication Network, Full-text GAO-06-750, and Highlights, August 30, 2006. “Although CMS had many key information security controls in place–which had been designed to safeguard the communication network–some were missing, and existing ones had not always been effectively implemented. Significant weaknesses …
Opinion No. 37 / 2006 of 27 September 2006, O. Ref.: SA2 / A / 2006 / 037- CONCERNING: Opinion on the transfer of personal data by the CSLR SWIFT by virtue of UST (OFAC) subpoenas.”During its session of 5th July 2006, the Commission had already made the decision to officially start an investigation into …
“Effective September 26, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) updated its list of what passengers can and cannot bring aboard flights in the United States. The most recent adjustments relate to carry-on luggage and items purchased in secured boarding areas. Before you fly, review TSA’s guidelines.”
Press release, September 29, 2006: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury today issued updated Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-based Charities (Guidelines), taking into consideration the comments and suggestions provided by the public to assist the charitable community in efforts to safeguard itself from the threat of abuse and exploitation by terrorist organizations.” …
PWG Report on Terrorism Risk Insurance, September 2006.
Press release, September 27, 2006: “Almost half (49 percent) of the nations businesses are operated from home, and more than 6-in-10 owners used their own money to start the business, according to new U.S. Census Bureau reports on characteristics of businesses and business owners.” Detailed tables
“The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during June 2006 the government reported filing 3345 new immigration prosecutions. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is up 5.2% over the previous month.”
Roll Call, September 29, 2006: “Foley Interviewed About Page Last Year; Democrats Not Told – Ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), who resigned Friday after reports of his improper communications with a former male House page were made public, was interviewed about some of those contacts by the chairman of the House Page Board and the then-Clerk …
Human Capital: Trends in Executive and Judicial Pay Suggest a Reexamination of the Total Compensation Package, Full-text GAO-06-1116T, and Highlights, September 20, 2006. “People are critical to the success of the federal government’s overall transformation effort. Yet the government has not transformed, in many cases for decades, how it classifies, compensates, develops, and motivates its …
