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Press release, August 21, 2004: 9/11 Commission Releases Two Staff Monographs: “The Commission has released the following staff reports to the Commission, available in PDF format.” Monograph on Terrorist Financing (155 pages) Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel (241 pages) See also these relates articles from AP and Reuters respectively: Sept. 11 Commission Formally Disbands …
Medicaid Program Integrity: State and Federal Efforts to Prevent and Detect Improper Payments GAO-04-707, July 16, 2004, Highlights. “States also reported using information technology to integrate databases containing provider, beneficiary, and claims information and conduct more efficient utilization reviews.”
From the Washington Post (re’g req’d), U.S. Uses Secret Evidence In Secrecy Fight With ACLU, and the related ACLU press release. See also Record Number of FOIA Requests Received by Federal Gov’t in 2003.
Google Inc · S-1/A · On 8/13/4. See also this press release, dated August 18: Google Inc. Requests Effectiveness of IPO Registration Statement, which includes a link to the updated prospectus. Related reference: from kottke.org, a link of the recent interview with Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and from the Financial Times, Comment: …
9/11 Commission Recommendations on Transportation Security, Monday, August 16 2004 – The Testimony of Thomas Kean, Chairman, 9/11 Commission: “Use of these lists [“no fly” and “automatic selectee”] should not be delayed while the argument about a successor to the CAPPS prescreening system continues. This screening function should be performed by the TSA, not the …
HHS’s Efforts to Promote Health Information Technology and Legal Barriers to Its Adoption, GAO-04-991R, (PDF, 64 pages) August 13, 2004: “Technologies such as electronic health records (EHR) and bar coding of certain human drug and biological product labels have been shown to save money and reduce medical errors. However, only a small number of U.S. …
Testimony of Acting Director of Central Intelligence John E. McLaughlin before the Senate Armed Services Committee on 9-11 Commission Findings, 17 August 2004. (Unclassified, PDF, 13 pages)
This is the third and last installment in a Washington Post series (reg. req’d) detailing how changes to specific agency regulations by this administration has significantly impacted large numbers of Americans and resulted in substantial environmental consequences. See this link for the first two installments in the series.
Part two of a three part series from the Washington Post:‘Data Quality’ Law Is Nemesis Of Regulation: “A Policy Puts Science on Trial – A last-minute addition to an unrelated piece of legislation has created a tool for attacking the science used by federal agencies as a basis for new regulations.” (part one of the …
Appellant John Gilmore’s Opening Brief, John Gilmore v. John Ashcroft (PDF, 61 pages), filed August 16, 2004, United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. See also Flight ID Fight Revived and EFF friend-of-the-court brief (PDF, 30 pages).
The website of the Commission on Presidential Debates includes links to sites and dates of the debates currently scheduled, the respective moderators as well as a link to a page that will host the 2004 debate transcripts.
Hearing, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, 9/11 Commission Recommendations on Transportation Security, Monday, August 16 2004. Links to opening remarks and Panel 1 statements. Related article from CNN. The 9/11 Commission Report, July 22, 2004
