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Press release: Reps. Waxman, Hold, and Inslee introduce a resolution of inquiry to require the Bush Administration to provide information about who revealed the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. Statement of Inquiry Resolution text (3 pages, PDF) Rep. Waxman Questions the Post-Leak Actions of the White House in the Rove Case Letter …
Processing Classified Information on Portable Computers in the Department of Justice, Audit Report 05-32, July 2005 (63 pages, PDF)
At issue is the HHS sponsored website, 4parents.gov, launched March 25, 2005, which is promoted as “part of a new national public education campaign to provide parents with the information, tools and skills they need to help their teens make the healthiest choices.” Following are links to documents posted today on the Minority Office website …
Information Security: Department of Homeland Security Needs to Fully Implement Its Security Program GAO-05-700, June 17, 2005. Highlights. “DHS has not fully implemented a comprehensive, departmentwide information security program to protect the information and information systems that support its operations and assets. It has developed and documented departmental policies and procedures that could provide a …
“Notify U.S. is a free, web-based e-mail subscription service that offers U.S. entities (citizens, industries, organizations) an opportunity to review and comment on proposed foreign technical regulations that can affect their businesses and their access to international markets. This service and its associated web site is managed and operated by the National Center for Standards …
New York Times editorial today, The Dangerous Comfort of Secrecy: “The Bush administration is classifying the documents to be kept from public scrutiny at the rate of 125 a minute. The move toward greater secrecy has nearly doubled the number of documents annually hidden from public view – to well more than 15 million last …
Wired reports today that the DOJ, FBI and DHS filed comments (23 pages, PDF) with the FCC seeking authority to require carriers to supply access to passenger in-flight communications “processed to and from broadband enabled communications devices onboard aircraft operating with United States airspace…,” that they further require to be recorded by the carriers, once …
The Memory Hole has made available an unredacted copy of a report previously recalled from federal depository libraries: 75 Years of IRS Criminal Investigation History, 102 pages, PDF. [thanks Suzanne]
From WSJ free content today, Cooper Email Identifies Rove As a Source Related references: from Editor and Publisher as follows: Press Batters McClellan on Rove/Plame Link and More Miller-Cooper Fallout: ‘L.A. Times’ Tells Reporters Not to Enter Unnamed Names in Computers and ‘Newsweek’ Says It Has First Word on What Karl Rove Told Matt Cooper …
Information Technology: Federal Agencies Face Challenges in Implementing Initiatives to Improve Public Health Infrastructure GAO-05-308, June 10, 2005. Highlights. “…CDC and DHS face challenges in addressing specific weaknesses in IT planning and management that may hinder progress in developing and deploying public health IT initiatives. Until all these challenges are addressed, progress toward building a …
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Final rule, issued June 21, 2005. [Link] SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is issuing this final rule amending its regulations for gaining access to critical energy infrastructure information (CEII). These changes are being made based on comments filed in response to the March 3, 2005, notice seeking public comment …
FCC press release: High-Speed Connections to the Internet Increased 34% During 2004 for a Total of 38 Million Lines in Service. The report (25 pages, PDF).
