Category «Government Documents»

Summaries of Competitive Food Defense Research Reports, 2005

Summaries of Competitive Food Defense Research Reports, 2005 – released June 2006. “Following the conduct of vulnerability assessments with industry on a variety of foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration a number of research questions were generated. The commodities evaluated were dairy products, fruit juices, bottled water, water used for food processing, and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

All 50 States Linked to DOJ National Sex Offender Public Registry Site

DOJ press release, July 3, 2006: “All 50 states are now participating in the National Sex Offender Public Registry (NSOPR) Web site, the Justice Department announced today. South Dakota and Oregon have now been added to the Web site, which provides real-time access to public sex offender data nationwide with a single Internet search. The …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Air Force Funds Blog Study

“The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has begun funding a new research area that includes a study of blogs. Blog research may provide information analysts and warfighters with invaluable help in fighting the war on terrorism. Drs. Brian Ulicny, senior scientist, and Mieczyslaw Kokar, president, Versatile Information Systems Inc., Framingham, Mass., will receive approximately …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Freedom of Information at 40

National Security Archive: LBJ Refused Ceremony, Undercut Bill with Signing Statement, Censored Moyers’ Openness Language on July 4, 1966. Complete Legislative History of the FOIA CDT: “Agencies Are Not Living Up to FOIA Obligations – Report On the 40th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) many federal agencies are still lagging in their …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Businesses Account for More Than 60% of FOIA Users

Coalition of Journalists for Open Government: “By far the heaviest use of the Freedom of Information Act comes from the nation’s businesses, seeking government records on contracts or for a host of other commercial uses, a new study (8 pages, PDF) by the Coalition of Journalists for Open Government shows. Often they work through information …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Article Contends President Directed VP to Clarify Case for War

Bush Directed Cheney To Counter War Critic, by Murray Waas, National Journal, July 3, 2006: “President Bush told the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case that he directed Vice President Dick Cheney to personally lead an effort to counter allegations made by former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV that his administration had misrepresented intelligence …

Subjects: Government Documents

GAO Reports Address Government Document Classification

Managing Sensitive Information: Actions Needed to Ensure Recent Changes in DOE Oversight Do Not Weaken an Effective Classification System, Full-text GAO-06-785, and Highlights, June 30, 2006: “DOE’s Office of Classification’s systematic training, comprehensive guidance, and rigorous oversight programs had a largely successful history of ensuring that information was classified and declassified according to established criteria. …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure Website

“You can search for an investment adviser firm on this website and view that firm’s Form ADV. Investment advisers file Form ADV to register with the SEC and/or the states. Form ADV contains information about an investment adviser and its business operations. Form ADV also contains disclosure about certain disciplinary events involving the adviser and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

CA Gov. To Release Reports on DHS Collection of Protestor Data

LA Times (reg. req’d): “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office said Saturday he was ordering the release of dozens of intelligence reports prepared for the state Office of Homeland Security — a step that comes as lawmakers from both parties are denouncing a practice in which state intelligence agents compiled information about political and antiwar protests and …

Subjects: Government Documents

Database of Domestic Calls Compiled by NSA Without Complete Telecom Cooperation

USAToday.com: “Members of the House and Senate intelligence committees confirm that the National Security Agency has compiled a massive database of domestic phone call records. But some lawmakers also say that cooperation by the nation’s telecommunication companies was not as extensive as first reported by USA TODAY on May 11.” BellSouth Statement on Governmental Data …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy