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Press release from New York Senator Charles Schumer: “Today, Sen. Chuck Schumer sent the attached letter to President Bush asking him to detail his conversations with his top political adviser, Karl Rove, about the White House’s leak of the identity of covert CIA operative, Valerie Plame.” Related news, from the New York Times: No Final …
From the New York Times (reg. req’d), links to the following documents in PDF: Senate Judiciary Committee’s Questionnaire (57 pages, PDF) 1989 Questionnaire From Texans United for Life (2 pages, PDF) Financial Statement/Net Worth (2 pages, PDF) Financial Disclosure Report – Nomination Filing (6 pages, PDF) From AP: Disclosure forms of Supreme Court nominee Harriet …
House Report 109-226: A Citizen’s Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 To Request Government Records (85 pages, PDF), September 20. 2005.
“What level of budgetary resources might be needed in the long term to execute the Administration’s current plan for defense, and what effect on that level would alternative defense plans have? This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper addresses those questions.” (The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans and Alternatives: Summary Update for Fiscal Year 2006 …
From the National Security Archives press release today: “The National Security Archive today posted a series of declassified U.S. intelligence documents and other U.S. agency reports on Saddam Hussein’s human rights abuses, one of which is the subject of the first trial of Saddam which begins tomorrow in Iraq.” The documents span the period from …
Links from the Committee on Government Reform Minority Office: “A new report from the Department of Homeland Security IG finds significant deficiencies in FEMA’s program to upgrade flood maps, including insufficient funding, poor management, and contractor failures.” Released on October 18, 2005: Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General report, Challenges in FEMA’s Flood …
U.S. Agriculture After Hurricane Katrina: Status and Issues (23 pages, PDF) The Role of HUD Housing Programs in Response to Disasters (21 pages, PDF) Hurricane Katrina: Medicaid Issues (34 pages, PDF) Tax Policy Options After Hurricane Katrina (17 pages, PDF) Hurricane Katrina: DOD Disaster Response (21 pages, PDF) 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes: The Pubic Health …
October 11, 2005 – Text of Letter from Reps. Conyers, Harman, Lantos and Holt to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald Concerning a Final Report on the CIA Leak Investigation (PDF) “We write to seek your assurance that, upon completion of your long running investigation into the leak of a CIA operative’s name, you will submit a …
Understanding the Primary Components of the Annual Financial Report of the United States Government, GAO-05-958SP, October 1, 2005.
Press release, October 12, 2005: “The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today released updated guidance (14 pages, PDF) on the risks and risk management controls necessary to authenticate the identity of customers accessing Internet-based financial services. The guidance, Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment, was issued to reflect the many significant legal and technological …
From the Congressional Budget Office, this new report, Long-Term Economic Effects of Chronically Large Federal Deficits, October 13, 2005 (6 pages, PDF).
Follow-up to previous postings on Bush administration violations of the propaganda policy, this press release today from Sen. Lautenberg: “The Inspector General of the Department of Education has informed United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) that he has referred the investigation into the payments by the Bush Education Department to journalist Armstrong Williams to …
