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A-08-06-16082, Prisoners’ Access to Social Security Numbers, August 23, 2006. “Based on our interviews with State Department of Corrections and correctional industry work programs personnel and reviews of prison policies and practices, we are concerned about prisoners access to SSNs. Despite the increasing threat of identity theft, we identified prisons in 13 States that allowed …
Privacy: Domestic and Offshore Outsourcing of Personal Information in Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE, Full text GAO-06-676, and Highlights, September 5, 2006. “Federal contractors and state Medicaid agencies widely reported domestic outsourcing of services involving the use of personal health information but little direct offshore outsourcing. Among those that completed GAO’s survey, more than 90 percent …
“In connection with a hearing scheduled for September 6, 2006 by the Senate Committee on Finance, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Present Law And Background Relating To Executive Compensation (JCX-39-06), September 5, 2005 (47 pages, PDF).”
September 5, 2006 Fact Sheet: The President’s National Strategy for Combating Terrorism National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, September 2006 (29 pages, PDF) Contents: Overview of America’s National Strategy for Combating Terrorism Today’s Realities in the War on Terror Today’s Terrorist Enemy Strategic Vision for the War on Terror Strategy for Winning the War on Terror …
SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics – Collecting Evidence from a Running Computer: A Technical and Legal Primer for the Justice Community, August 2006.
From the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs: The Top September 11 Conspiracy Theories “Numerous unfounded conspiracy theories about the September 11 attacks continue to circulate, especially on the Internet.” [August 28, 2006] This site reviews and rebuts eight such theories. Related government documents, literature and postings: National Institute of Standards and …
“The government’s prosecution of international terrorist suspects has sharply declined in the last few years, according to a new special report by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). The report, based on very extensive Justice Department data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, is a unique examination of the government’s criminal enforcement effort against …
OpenTheGovernment.org: “Report Finds Federal Government Still More Secretive in 2005: Government secrecy saw further expansion in 2005 despite growing public concern, according to the Secrecy Report Card 2006.” Secrecy Report Card 2006 – Indicators of Secrecy in the Federal Government Recent related postings: Report on Cost Estimates for Security Classification Activities for 2005 U.S. Government …
From Ceres…”te largest coalition of investors, environmental and public interest organizations in North America,” tbis new report, From Risk to Opportunity: How Insurers Can Proactively and Profitably Manage Climate Change, addresses how “…climate change poses unprecedented risks to the insurance industry, but it also creates vast opportunities for new products and services to help consumers …
CQPolitics.com announced the launch of a joint venture with C-SPAN, called CampaignNetwork.org. “The new site features video of C-SPANs election coverage and is home to the network’s voluminous library of debates in key races that are broadcast by television stations across the nation.”
Press release: “The National Security Archive is today posting State Department documents from 2002 tracing the inception of the “Future of Iraq Project,” alongside the final, mammoth 13-volume study, previously obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. “The Future of Iraq Project” was one of the most comprehensive U.S. government planning efforts for raising that …
“Summary: This final rule amends the February 2004 Interim Rule establishing uniform procedures to implement the Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002. These procedures govern the receipt, validation, handling, storage, marking, and use of critical infrastructure information voluntarily submitted to the Department of Homeland Security. The procedures are applicable to all Federal, State, local, and …
