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National Archives Announces Advisory Committee for Electronic Records Archives NARA press release, September 8, 2005: “Today, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein announced the award of a $308 million, six year contract to Lockheed Martin to build the Electronic Records Archives (ERA) system for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The ERA system …
FEMA chief relieved of Katrina duties – Move follows controversy over Brown’s qualifications, agencys response Related links: Discrepancies Found on FEMA Head’s History Casualty of Firestorm: Outrage, Bush and FEMA Chief (NY Times)
From the Hill.com: “Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) yesterday announced that they are setting up a bipartisan, bicameral committee to review the governments response to Hurricane Katrina, despite the strong reservations or outright opposition from several GOP lawmakers.” From Sen. Harry Reid’s floor statement today: “An investigation of …
A new website was launched by the Congressional information services company Gallerywatch.com, called USCongress.com. The site, whose content and sources will expand in upcoming weeks and months, is already a significant resource for government documents on a wide range of issues associated with Katrina, both before the disaster and its aftermath. The site is focused …
Reid Letter to Chairman Collins on Oversight Hearing, Wednesday, September 7, 2005: “Nearly four years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 sent a clear signal that we needed to be better prepared for major catastrophes on U.S. soil, the American people have a right to expect their government to perform better.” Senator Reid’s letter includes …
GalleryWatch.com HotDoc, September 7, 2005: President Bush will send Congress a $51.8 billion emergency supplemental request for Hurricane Katrina response efforts later today. Roughly $50 billion will go to FEMA and $1.4 billion to the Defense Department. About $400 million will be appropriated to the Corps of Engineers for levee and other repairs. White House …
Press release: “Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent three Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Department of State, asking for records and communications regarding the federal government’s preparedness and response to hurricane Katrina.” Related Link: CREW …
First Responders Urged Not To Respond To Hurricane Impact Areas Unless Dispatched By State, Local Authorities, Release Date: August 29, 2005, Release Number: HQ-05-174.
From the Congressional Budget Office, Macroeconomic and Budgetary Effects of Hurricane Katrina, September 6, 2005 (9 pages, PDF)
The members of the Depository Library Council (DLC) are pleased to announce that our vision discussion paper entitled The Federal Government Information Environment of the 21st Century: Towards a Vision Statement and Plan of Action for Federal Depository Libraries. See also the DLC Vision Outline Blog
White House press release this morning: President Nominates Judge Roberts to be Supreme Court Chief Justice New York Times, Bush Nominates Roberts to Replace Chief Justice Rehnquist “The Chief Justice is the most important judge in the country, with even more responsibility for the protection of the rights and freedoms of all Americans. Thus John …
During this week of unfathomable loss, a remembrance of American service personnel who have died in the Iraq war, whose number is now over 2000.
