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“Bright Ideas for Sunshine Week – This 72-page, full-color book features examples of some of the different ways Sunshine Week was observed in 2005. Sections include news and features, editorials and commentary, graphics and presentation, broadcast reports, online presentation, and ideas for 2006. The entire book is posted [online], broken out by section for easier …
Review of the Transportation Security Administation’s Use of Pat-Downs In Screening Procedures (Redacted) OIG-06-10, November 2005 (PDF, 14 pages), released February 1, 2006.
Statement by Comptroller General David M. Walker on GAO’s Preliminary Observations Regarding Preparedness and Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (9 pages, PDF), released February 1, 2006: “GAO has undertaken a body of work to address federal, state, and local preparations for, response to, and recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This correspondence contains GAO’s …
“The President’s State of the Union Address was printed in the Congressional Record dated Tuesday, January 31, 2006, on pages H15-19.” Copies of this address, as well as previous addresses given by President Clinton and by President George Herbert Walker Bush are available via GPO Access, in both HTML and PDF formats. C-SPAN has an …
Phone Records For Sale: Why Aren’t Phone Records Safe From Pretexting?, Full Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 1, 2006. Statement of Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee FCC Chairman Martin’s Statement (10 pages, PDF), is available on his agency website. Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On …
The complete text of President Bush’s State of the Union address, prepared for delivery Jan. 31, 2006, as released by the White House. Related documents: House Budget Committee Democrats, President Bush and the State of the Union: Budget Promises Made, Budget Promises Broken AP – Analysis: State of the Union Agitated Transcript, Democratic response to …
Press release: “CDT joined with a coalition of industry and public interest groups this week to urge the Federal Communications Commission to delay its controversial Internet wiretapping rules. In comments filed with the FCC [6 pages, PDF, filed January 30, 2006], the groups requested that the commission push back the effective date of the rule …
Press release: “For the first time, the National Archives website now includes a new Today’s Document feature, viewable online at www.archives.gov, highlighting a specific document, record or photo from the holdings of the National Archives relating to the current day, and/or current exhibitions and programs at the National Archives. This new feature – available on …
Press release: “President George W. Bush will deliver the annual State of the Union Address to a Joint Session of Congress, Tuesday, January 31, 2006. The Department of State will provide live audio streams of the State of the Union Address at 9:00 pm EST (0200 GMT) in the following languages: English, Arabic, Farsi, Bahasa …
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) January 30, 2006 Quarterly and Semiannual Report to Congress. “SIGIR audits are conducted to determine whether programs and operations funded by the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) are being managed efficiently, effectively and economically, and if they are achieving the desired outcomes.” Related government …
Press release: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today sued the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over its continued refusal to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on Katrina-related issues.” Related government documents: Witnesses Testimony, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Hurricane Katrina: Urban Search and …
SEC Proposed Rule on Executive Compensation and Related Party Disclosure, January 28, 2006 (370 pages, PDF) Related reference, New York Times, January 29, 2006: The Case for Cutting the Chief’s Paycheck: “Corporate America has made some progress in cleaning up its governance, but overly high compensation levels for chief executives show that much remains to …
