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[Federal Register: July 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 134)][Rules and Regulations][Page 39707-40001] Foreign Assets Control Office – Sanctions; blocked person, specifically designated nationals, terrorists, and narcotics traffickers, and foreign terrorist organizations: Individuals and entities subject to various economic sanctions programs. U.S. Treasury – Office of Foreign Assets Control, Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List), July …
Press release: “The Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age released its third report today with recommendations on how to reconcile national security needs with civil liberties requirements. The report offers a new “authorized use” standard for government handling of legally collected information that bases authorization to view information on how …
Clean Energy Solutions – EJournal – U.S. Department of State, July 2006: “Projected dramatic increases in energy consumption in the coming decades, combined with a higher risk of climate change, require a massive global response based on technological innovation and the power of the marketplace. Experts and government officials describe the options before us, including …
Follow-up to postings related to the Plame CIA Leak Investigation, see the website for the Joseph and Valerie Wilson Legal Support Trust, which also provides a link to the 23 page complaint filed today in District Court for the District of Columbia: Valerie Plame Wilson and Joseph C. Wilson IV v. I. Lewis Libby Jr., …
Follow-up to International Committee Sets New Limits on Lead and Cadmium In Foods, this July 11, 2006 press release from Defenders of Wildlife: Ground-breaking Study of Imported Tuna Reveals FDA/EPA Recommendations for Light Canned Tuna Consumption Not Protective Enough. Tuna Mercury Report – Is Our Tuna “Family-Safe”? Mercury in America’s Favorite Fish (42 pages, PDF)
Mid-Session Review for FY 2007 from the US Budget, July 11, 2006 (54 pages, PDF)
Senate Republican Policy Committee Policy Paper: The Meaning and Impact of the Supreme Court’s Hamdan Decision (9 pages, PDF), July 11, 2006. “…three areas that may require Congressional response include, but are not limited to, the structure and procedures used to try combatants, the application of the Detainee Treatment Act’s habeas corpus procedures to pending …
Press release: “A bipartisan amendment offered by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Susan Collins, R-Me., and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., that will reinvent, protect, and strengthen the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) passed the Senate floor today by a vote of 87 to 11. The amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations legislation was …
OMB Introduces Key Resource to Give Agencies Easier Access to Emergency Response Information Federal Register, July 5, 2006 – FAR Part 18: “This rule revises FAR Part 18 to provide a single reference to the acquisition flexibilities already available in the FAR to facilitate and expedite acquisitions of supplies and services during all types of …
AP: “Computer break-ins at the State Department that caused broad disruptions in recent weeks apparently originated in the East Asia-Pacific region, a department spokesman said Wednesday.” Daily Press Briefing, Sean McCormack, State Department Spokesman Washington, DC, July 12, 2006: “First of all, the systems affected were unclassified computer systems…Our folks monitored this attempt and took …
Rebuilding Iraq: More Comprehensive National Strategy Needed to Help Achieve U.S. Goals, Full-text GAO-06-788, and Highlights, July 11, 2006: “…it is unclear how the United States will achieve its desired end-state in Iraq given the significant changes in the assumptions underlying the U.S. strategy.” Rebuilding Iraq: More Comprehensive National Strategy Needed to Help Achieve U.S. …
Who’s Making What In The White House, by Alexis Simendinger, for NationalJournal.com (sub. req’d) “President Bush’s most senior aides — the ones who hold the coveted title of “assistant to the president” — recently received a $4,200 cost-of-living bump-up in compensation and now earn a top pay rate of $165,200, according to an internal White …
