Department of Commerce IG Audit of Katrina and Rita Contracts
Survey of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Contracts and Grants – Audit: OS-DEN-17829-6-001-07-06
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Economic Effects of Recent Increases in Energy Prices
The Economic Effects of Recent Increases in Energy Prices (36 pages, PDF) Report prepared by the Congressional Budget Office, July 2006.
National Academies Report on Preventing Medication Errors
“At the urging of the Senate Finance Committee, the United States Congress mandated that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sponsor a study by the IOM to address the problem of medication errors. Preventing Medication Errors puts forward a national agenda for reducing medication errors based on estimates of the incidence and cost of such …
FDA Scientists Disclose Political Interference within the Agency
Press release: “The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today released survey results that demonstrate pervasive and dangerous political influence of science at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Of the 997 FDA scientists who responded to the survey, nearly one-fifth (18.4 percent) said that they “have been asked, for non-scientific reasons, to inappropriately exclude or …
GAO Report on Hospital Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Preparedness: Limitations in Federal Evacuation Assistance for Health Facilities Should be Addressed GAO-06-826, and Highlights, July 20, 2006. “Hurricane Katrina demonstrated difficulties involved in evacuating communities and raised questions about how hospitals and nursing homes plan for evacuations and how the federal government assists. Due to broad-based congressional interest, GAO assessed the evacuation of …
Judge Denies Government's Motion to Dismiss AT&T Case
Press release: “A federal judge today denied the government’s motion to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) case against AT&T for collaborating with the NSA in illegal spying of millions of ordinary Americans. This allows the case to go forward in the courts.” Related postings on domestic surveillance programs
House Report Identifies Post 9/11 Security Efforts Unfulfilled
House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Democratic Staff report, To Secure America: The 9/11 Commission’s Homeland Security Recommendations (33 pages, PDF), “provides a side-by-side comparison of 9/11 Commission recommendations, notable action taken to realize these recommendations, and critical efforts that must still be accomplished.”
Gov't Targeting Terrorists by Extensive Data Mining of Financial and Personal Data
USAToday.com reports that up to eight data mining programs have been deployed by intelligence agencies to mine financial and personal records in an effort to identify potential terrorist activities. Related postings on domestic surveillance programs
Proposed FISA Legislation Supports Status Quo According to Recent Commentary
Follow-up to recents postings on FISA that include House Intelligence Hearing on Modernizing FISA and Draft Agreement With White House on Domestic Surveillance Oversight, see this new article on the subject by Edward Lazarus: Why The “Compromise” Foreign Surveillance Wiretap Legislation Pending in Congress Is No Compromise: The Bill, and Senator Specter’s Strange Reversal on …
Agencies Propose Rules on Identity Theft Red Flags and Notices of Address Discrepancy
FTC press release: “The federal financial institution regulatory agencies and the Federal Trade Commission are soliciting comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning identity theft red flags and address discrepancies. The NPRM, which has been reviewed and approved by each of the listed agencies, implements sections 114 and 315 of the Fair and …
Federal Reserve System Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, July 19, 2006 (30 pages, PDF).
Public Recognizes Debt as a Fast Growing Problem in U.S.
Press release: “Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion Strategies will release a report today, co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress, that reveals broad public concern about the growing problem of household debt in America. The national survey results…show that Americans have considerable consensus about how to address this issue…Ultimately, respondents hold individuals responsible …
