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Estimative Products On Vietnam, 1948-1975 “This collection of declassified estimative products is the first such release by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of documents exclusively on the Vietnam war and is one of the largest such releases to date. Of the 174 documents that comprise the collection, 38 appear at least in part on this …
9/11 panel flags failure to focus on key threats Related references on 9/11 Commission and subsequent 9/11 Public Discourse Project
From the National Counterterrorism Center (via FAS), A Chronology of Significant International Terrorism for 2004, April 29, 2005 (92 pages, PDF)
Librarians worry important information is being lost/ Related reference: Depository Librarians Face Escalating Challenges
CIA – The World Factbook, 2005– “Country information has been updated as of 21 April, 2005”
From the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, April 28, 2005: 2004 Wiretap Report (For the Period January 1 Through December 31, 2004) Press release: “A total of 1,710 applications for wiretaps of wire, oral or electronic communications were authorized by federal and state judges in 2004, an increase of 19 percent over 2003.”
“The Public Papers of the Presidents contain most of the President’s public messages, statements, speeches, and news conference remarks. Documents such as Proclamations, Executive Orders, and similar documents that are published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, as required by law, are usually not included for the presidencies of Herbert Hoover …
DHS Press Release: Fact Sheet: Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure–Chemical Security “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate is focused on securing the nations seventeen critical infrastructure and key resource sectors. Chemical facilities are one specific sector that is of significant focus for the Department.”
Press Release, April 26, 2005, National Archivist Testified Before Congress on ’06 Budget Request: “In his testimony, the Archivist focused on four areas in particular that are of major importance to the National Archives and Records Administration: The Electronic Records Archives (ERA), the Nixon Library, the National Archives Experience, and the issue of document security.
From Federal Computer Week, this article reviews the challenges faced by federal depository librarians as they seek to ensure continued public access to a range of government documents in the face of budget cuts, the increasing migration of print publications to electronic format, and administrative directives which have resulted in mixed signals about future directions …
4/25 — Comprehensive Revised Report with Addendums [addendas] on Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (Duelfer Report) “The Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) has released a revised edition of his September 2004 Comprehensive Report on Iraq’s WMD, as well as six previously unpublished addendums. The report, …
Press release, Committee on Government Reform, Minority Office – Withheld Data Shows ‘Dramatic Up-tick’ in Terrorist Attacks “Tuesday, April 26, 2005 — At a congressional briefing yesterday, Administration officials revealed that the data that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has withheld from this year’s Patterns of Global Terrorism report shows a “dramatic up-tick” in terrorist …
