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Hearings were held June 27 and June 28, 2006 by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, on Making the Internet Safe for Kids: The Role of ISP’s and Social Networking Sites. Related government news and documents: Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today called on social networking sites …
Presidential Signing Statements, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, June 27, 2006 Testimony and Member Statements Related postings: ABA To Investigate Whether Presidential Authority Has Been Exceeded Expansion of Presidential Powers Concerns Scholars and Congress Commentary on Presidential Powers Pre and Post 9/11 Gore Speech Targets Executive Powers and Domestic Surveillance
The DotGov Buzz, June 27, 2006 E-Gov Initatives: “The Office of Management and Budget has released updated draft guidance for agencies moving to the financial management Line of Business. The guidance offers competitive framework, template for migration project plan, change management best practices and a menu of services that financial-management shared-service providers can deliver. The …
Homeland Security Information Network Could Support Information Sharing More Effectively, OIG-06-38 (PDF, 47 pages), June 27, 2006.
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: Start of Hurricane Season Finds Courts Learning from Past Agencies make [Continuity of Operations] COOP, disaster recovery even higher priorities
Press release, The Third Branch: “A long-term study of what impact the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) is having on the federal courts has produced its first interim progress report, one that shows that the number of class action cases dramatically increased in three busy district courts since the early 1990s.” “This interim …
Challenges and FDIC Efforts Related to Predatory Lending (Audit Report Number 06-011), June 2006 (41 pages, PDF)
In connection with a hearing scheduled by the House Committee on Ways and Means for June 28, 2006, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Present Law And Analysis Relating To The Tax Treatment Of Health Savings Accounts And Other Health Expenses (JCX-27-06).
Review of Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR-06-003T), House Committee on International Relations. On June 8, 2006, SIGIR provided testimony before the House Committee on International Relations as part of the Committee’s review of U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Full Statement of Stuart W. Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction(6 pages, PDF)
FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that access to the Whois databases is “critical to the agencys consumer protection laws, to other law enforcement agencies around the world, and to consumers.” Whois databases are online information directories that contain contact information …
Committee on Government Reform Minority Office: “A new report by Rep. Henry A. Waxman examines how the Bush Administration has carried out FDA’s historic enforcement responsibilities. The report is the result of a 15-month investigation that included a review of thousands of pages of internal agency enforcement records. It finds that there has been a …
M-06-16, Protection of Sensitive Agency Information, June 23, 2006 (10 pages, PDF) AP: Recent Government Security Breaches Postings on ID Theft
