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Although Improvements Have Been Made, More Can Be Done to Identify Businesses by Their Principal Business Activity, July 2006, Reference Number: 2006-30-097 (21 pages, PDF). “This report presents the results of our review of the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) efforts to identify businesses by their principal business activity. The overall objective of this review was …
Review of Issues Related to the Loss of VA Information Involving the Identity of Millions of Veterans, Rpt. #06-02238-163, July 11, 2006 (78 pages, PDF) Related postings on the VA data breach
Why Reinvent the Wheel? Model State, Regional, and Federal Enterprise Retrieval System, by Katie Mugg, Project Manager, State, Regional, and Federal Enterprise Retrieval System, San Diego Association of Governments, San Diego, California National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan “The Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) is a complex criminal justice enterprise network utilized by 50 local, …
Progress in Developing the National Asset Database, OIG-06-40 (PDF, PDF), July 11, 2006: “The report assesses the actions DHS has taken to identify and organize the nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources in the National Asset Database.” Related news and government documents: Inspector: Homeland Security database flawed – Petting zoo, kangaroo center on list of …
U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2005 Annual Report – The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2005 Annual Report presents an overview of major Commission activities and accomplishments. The 2005 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics has national sentencing data and more. See also Federal Sentencing Statistics by State, District, and Circuit
Press release: “Americans are very satisfied with their neighborhoods, according to 2005 American Housing Survey microdata released today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The survey also reveals that the median value of a new home (built in the last four years) was $236,864; monthly housing costs were …
ACLU press release today: “The documents, which include the report of Vice Admiral Albert T. Church, who was tapped to conduct a comprehensive review of Defense Department interrogation operations, reveal new details in how several systemic failures in the chain of command manifested themselves.” The full Church Report, along with other documents released to the …
In a follow-up to this July 25, 2004 posting – Depository Libraries Directed to destroy DOJ Pamphlets – this update, via Mike Ravnitzky, from the Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation (FEAR): “In response to our FOIA requests, this week the DOJ released three manuals to us voluntarily — the 2006 versions of: Selected Asset Forfeiture …
Medicare Part D: Prescription Drug Plan Sponsor Call Center Responses Were Prompt, but Not Always Accurate, Full text GAO-06-710, and Highlights, June 30, 2006. [released July 10, 2006] “…customer service representatives (CSR)at 10 of the largest PDP sponsor call centers did not consistently provide accurate and complete responses to GAO’s five questions, which GAO developed …
According to the Institute of Food Technologists, the Codex Alimentarius Commission has set the following new standards: “…cadmium levels should not exceed two milligrams per kilo of marine bivalve molluscs, excluding oysters and scallops, and the same amount in cephalopods such as squids and octopus. The maximum level of lead in fish was set at …
Declan McCullagh reported: “The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping.” Related postings on CALEA , and this FCC final rule published in the July 5, 2006 Federal Register: “This document addresses …
Press release, July 7, 2006: “The Department of State has released the second Presidential report to the United States Congress on “U.S. Policy on Iraq” as mandated by the FY 2006 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 1227 (c). The “1227 Report” covers current military, diplomatic, political, and economic measures that have been undertaken to successfully …
