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AP: “A little-known spy agency that analyzes imagery taken from the skies has been spending significantly more time watching U.S. soil.” National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Related postings on domestic surveillance program
Follow-up to May 11, 2006 posting, Domestic Call Records Mined for Expansive Pentagon Database Program, see the following related news and commentary: USAToday.com: NSA secret database report triggers fierce debate in Washington USAToday.com: Gathering data may not violate privacy rights, but it could be illegal Press release: Over Fifty Members of Congress Call for Special …
Follow-up to May 10, 2006 posting, EPA Reports Almost Half of the Nation’s Streams Are Polluted, see the Committee on Appropriations, Minority report, May 11, 2006: Love that Dirty Water: The Republican Record on Clean Water.
FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee that in the effort to reconcile the beneficial uses of Social Security Numbers with the threats to consumer privacy, “The challenge is to find the proper balance between the …
Fact Sheet: The President’s Identity Theft Task Force: “This task force will marshal the resources of the Federal government to crack down on the criminals who traffic in stolen identities and protect American families from this devastating crime.” Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Efforts to Protect Against Identity Theft, May 10, 2006.
“The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has released its official investigations into the 7 July 2005 terrorist attacks. The Government has also released their response to the ISC report.” Intelligence and Security Committee Report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005 [PDF, 52 pages] Government Response to the Intelligence and Security Committee Report …
Press release, May 8, 2006: New EPA Collaborative Partnership with Farmers in Growing Economy, Cleaning Up the Environment April 25, 2006 – EPA’s National Strategy for Agriculture
World Bank: State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2006: “In the past year the carbon market has grown faster and broader than nearly any other emerging market, said Andrew Ertel, President of Evolution Markets LLC. The increase in volume and considerable price volatility are a sign of a healthy market. They indicate emissions reductions …
World Bank: “The Little Green Data Book (240 pages, PDF) represents a succinct collection of information from the World Development Indicators and its accompanying CD-ROM. It is a collaboration between the Development Economics Data Group and the Environment Department of the World Bank.”
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Performance Data for the Senior Medicare Patrol Projects: April 2006 Performance Report (OEI-02-04-00363), (92 pages, PDF).
“The draft Wadeable Streams Assessment: A Collaborative Survey of the Nation’s Streams (WSA) is a first-ever statistically-valid study of the biological condition of small streams throughout the U.S. It establishes a national baseline we can use to compare to results from future studies. This information will help us evaluate the successes of our national efforts …
