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DHS Office of Immigration Statistics: Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2005 (August 2006) (PDF – 7 pages). Related government documents: See also 2005 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: “a compendium of tables that provides data on foreign nationals who, during a fiscal year, were granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., …
Additional Guidance and Security Controls Are Needed Over Systems Using RFID at DHS (Redacted) (PDF, 19 pages), August 21, 2006.
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Press release, August 17, 2006, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: “USCIS Announces Establishment of a Records Digitization Facility in Williamsburg, Ky., that will digitize more than one million UCIS Alien-Files (A-Files) during the first phase…[there are approximately 70 million immigration records].”
Press release: “The Pentagon and the Energy Department have now stamped as national security secrets the long-public numbers of U.S. nuclear missiles during the Cold War, including data from the public reports of the Secretaries of Defense in 1967 and 1971, according to government documents posted today on the Web by the National Security Archive…Documents …
CRS Report, The Public Health and Medical Response to Disasters: Federal Authority and Funding, July 28, 2006 (32 pages, PDF)
Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness and Response During Recent Hurricanes (OEI-06-06-00020), August 17, 2006 (48 pages, PDF)
Electronic Records Archives: The National Archives and Records Administration’s Fiscal Year 2006 Expenditure Plan, Full-text GAO-06-906 and Highlights August 18, 2006.
Federal Times: “British authorities broke up an alleged terrorist plot to bomb U.S.-bound airliners last week in part because of improvements in the way U.S. intelligence agencies are sharing information, according to the Homeland Security Departments chief intelligence officer.”
Follow up to August 16, 2006 posting, CBO Cost Estimate for Pension Protection Act of 2006, see today’s Presidential signing statement and Fact Sheet: The Pension Protection Act of 2006: Ensuring Greater Retirement Security for American Workers.
Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA: “Women-owned firms increased nearly 20 percent over the latest period studied, according to a report, Women in Business: A Demographic Review of Womens Business Ownership, released by the Office of Advocacy.” Full Report (45 pages, PDF) Research Summary Press Release
Congressional Budget Office’s The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, August 2006 (88 pages, PDF). “CBO now expects the 2006 deficit to total $260 billion.” See also the 5 page Summary
