Category «Government Documents»

DOD IG Audit: Budget Execution Reporting at Defense Finance and Accounting Service Indianapolis

D-2006-114 Budget Execution Reporting at Defense Finance and Accounting Service Indianapolis, September 25, 2006 (31 pages, PDF) – Project No. D2006-D000FI-0028.000) “The Army budget execution data reported to the Department of the Treasury for the Office of Management and Budget SF 133 did not agree with the data reported on the Army financial statements. The …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DHS Awards $399 Million in Grants to Secure Nation's Critical Infrastructure

Press release: “DHS Awards $399 Million in Grants to Secure the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that grants are being distributed to ports, transit and intercity bus systems to strengthen the nation’s ability to prevent, protect against, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters and other …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Language of Compromise Bill on Detainee Treatment Subject of Continued Debate and Criticism

Via Jack M. Balkin, the latest version of the Military Commission Bill, including all of the compromises agreed to by the Administration and Senators McCain, Graham, and Warner.” Compromise on terror suspects criticized as full of holes, by Richard Simon, Julian E. Barnes, Los Angeles Times Critics say torture deal opens door to abuse – …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Treasury Issues New Regs on Triangular Reorganizations Involving Foreign Corporations

Treasury press release: Regulations to be Issued on Certain Triangular Reorganizations Involving Foreign Corporations: “The Department of the Treasury today issued a notice that announced that the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service will issue regulations under section 367(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to address certain triangular reorganizations under section 368(a) involving …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

DOD IG Audit of Northrop Grumman Pension Accounting Records for the Acquisition of TRW

Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General — Audit –Consolidation of Northrop Grumman Pension Accounting Records for the Acquisition of TRW – Report No. D-2006-113 (PDF) – Project No. D2006-D000FC-0001.000, Date: September 22, 2006. “…Northrop Grumman is among the largest companies in the defense industry…Defense Contract Management Agency representatives did not document why a …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

GAO Reports Address Military Operations and Contractor Employees, Reserve Components, and Casualty Assistance Programs

Military Operations: Background Screenings of Contractor Employees Supporting Deployed Forces May Lack Critical Information, but U.S. Forces Take Steps to Mitigate the Risk Contractors May Pose, GAO-06-999R, September 22, 2006. Military Personnel: DOD and the Services Need to Take Additional Steps to Improve Mobilization Data for the Reserve Components, Full text GAO-06-1068, and Highlights, September …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Senate Judiciary Cmte. Approves Open Government Act

Press release: “The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday unanimously approved a bill aimed at substantially enhancing and expanding the accessibility, accountability, and openness of the federal government. The Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2005, or the OPEN Government Act (S. 394), was authored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the ranking Democratic member …

Subjects: Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Recommendations for Identity Theft Related Data Breach Notification

Follow-up to September 19, 2006 posting, President’s Identity Theft Task Force Announces Interim Recommendations, today OMB issued a memorandum of Recommendations for Identity Theft Related Data Breach Notification, from Clay Johnson, Deputy Director for Management. “We…recommend that each agency identify in advance a core management group that will be convened upon the identification of a …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy