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The Library of Congress Global Legal Monitor, May 2006 (1 G.L.M. 2006), 50 pages, PDF. “The Global Legal Monitor is a new electronic publication of the Law Library of Congress intended for those who have an interest in legal developments around the world. It draws upon information selected from official national legal publications and reliable …
“SmartLinks provides ‘pre-queried’ searches on health policy topics (Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Electronic Medical Records, Children’s Health Coverage, Public Health Preparedness, Drug Safety and Regulation, Stem Cell Policy, Drug Reimportation, VA Health System) in several different internet search engines. You’ll get results from: PubMed, Kaisernetwork Daily Headlines, HighBeam Research, Google Uncle Sam, Google Scholar, and …
Fromt he Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured: “Observations On The Initial Implementation Of The Medicare Prescription Drug Program, a new report based on a focus-group discussion with state Medicaid directors assesses continuing issues related to the interaction between Medicaid and the Medicare prescription drug benefit for both dual enrollees and states.” From the …
Disaster Preparedness: Preliminary Observations on the Evacuation of Vulnerable Populations due to Hurricanes and Other Diasasters, Full-text report GAO-06-790T, and Highlights, May 18, 2006.
Privacy: Key Challenges Facing Federal Agencies, Full text report GAO-06-777T, adn Highlights, May 17, 2006. “Advances in information technology make it easier than ever for the federal government to obtain and process personal information about citizens and residents in many ways and for many purposes. To ensure that the privacy rights of individuals are respected, …
Social Security Numbers: Internet Resellers Provide Few Full SSNs, but Congress Should Consider Enacting Standards for Truncating SSNs, Full-text report GAO-06-495, and Highlights, May 17, 2006. “According to experts we spoke to, there are few federal laws and no specific industry standards on whether to display the first five or last four digits of the …
Information Sharing: DHS Should Take Steps to Encourage More Widespread Use of Its Program to Protect and Share Critical Infrastructure Information, Full-text report GAO-06-383, and Highlights, April 17, 2006. “Key challenges include defining specific government needs for critical infrastructure information, determining how the information will be used, assuring the private sector that the information will …
Monitoring Needed to Assess Impact of EPA’s Clean Air Mercury Rule on Potential Hotspots, Report No. 2006-P-00025 [Report – PDF, 33 pages] [At a Glance – PDF], May 15, 2006.
State Department Fact Sheet: Rescission of Libya’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, May 15, 2006. U.S. Diplomatic Relations With Libya, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Washington, DC, May 15, 2006 State Department Fact Sheet: Libya’s Decision to Eliminate WMD and MTCR-Class Missile Programs: An International Model, May 15, 2006
Statistical Portrayal of the Criminal Investigation Function’s Enforcement Activities From Fiscal Year 2000 Through Fiscal Year 2005 Report Date: 05/12/2006, (48 pages, PDF) “The CI function performance measures and business results showed improvements from Fiscal Year (FY) 2003. Specifically, the total number of subject investigations completed and prosecution referrals increased; the number of indictments, convictions, …
Hurricane Katrina: Better Plans and Exercises Needed to Guide the Military’s Response to Catastrophic Natural Disasters, Full-text of GAO-06-643, and Highlights, May 15, 2006.
Press release: “Early Saturday morning, the United States government filed a motion (32 pages, PDF) to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) class-action lawsuit against AT&T for illegally handing over its customers’ telephone and Internet records and communications to the National Security Agency. The government claims that its legal brief and two affidavits from senior …
