CIA FOIA Backlog Reduction Goals for Fiscal Years 2008, 2009, and 2010
CIA FOIA Backlog Reduction Goals for Fiscal Years 2008, 2009, and 2010
Space-Based Early Warning Archives Posted to the Web
Press release: “In anticipation of the planned launch of the final Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite tomorrow evening, which was originally scheduled to be orbited in October 2005, the National Security Archive has posted on the Web a collection of declassified documents tracing the history of the program from its roots as Subsystem G of …
New GAO Reports on Defense Acquisitions and Financial Audit of IRS
Defense Acquisitions: Department of Defense Actions on Program Manager Empowerment and Accountability, GAO-08-62R, November 9, 2007 Financial Audit: IRS’s Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006 Financial Statement Audits, GAO-08-166, November 9, 2007
Access to Conference Reports Enhanced Via GPO Access
Conference Reports: Main Page – “A conference report is an agreement on legislation that is negotiated between the House and Senate via conference committees. It is printed and submitted to each chamber for its consideration, such as approval or disapproval. An amendment to Rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate states: “9. (a)(1) …
FOIA Logs for Federal Aviation Administration Posted Online
GovernmentAttic.org has posted the FOIA Case Logs for the Federal Aviation Administration for the years 2006 and 2007. FOIA Logs for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for FY 2006 (537 pages, PDF) FOIA Logs for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for FY 2007 (354 pages, PDF)
New Report: Decreasing Reimbursements for Outpatient Emergency Department Visits Across Payer Groups From 1996-2004
Kaisernetwork.org: Decreasing Reimbursements for Outpatient Emergency Department Visits Across Payer Groups From 1996-2004, Annals of Emergency Medicine, November 2007: “The study finds that the share of emergency department charges paid was consistently lowest for Medicaid beneficiaries and the uninsured and was consistently the highest for visits by privately insured patients. The study also finds that …
Leaked US Military Equipment in Iraq (2007) Posted on WikiLeaks
“This spectacular 2,000 page US military leak consists of the names, group structure and equipment registers of all units in Iraq with US army equipment. It exposes secretive document exploitation centers, detainee operations, elements of the State Department, Air Force, Navy and Marines units, the Iraqi police and coalition forces from Poland, Denmark, Ukraine, Latvia, …
New GAO Reports on Military Personnel and Terrorist Watch List Screening
Military Personnel: Federal Agencies Have Taken Actions to Address Servicemembers’ Employment Rights, but a Single Entity Needs to Maintain Visibility to Improve Focus on Overall Program Results, GAO-08-254T, November 08, 2007 Terrorist Watch List Screening: Recommendations to Promote a Comprehensive and Coordinated Approach to Terrorist-Related Screening, GAO-08-253T, November 08, 2007. Related posting: Complaints Mount as …
DHS: Independent Auditor's Report on TSA's FY 2006 Balance Sheet
OIG-08-05 – Independent Auditor’s Report on TSA’s FY 2006 Balance Sheet (PDF, 61 pages) – New 11/08/2007
Judiciary Committee Chairman Renews Request For White House Legal Documents On Torture
Press release: “In a letter sent Wednesday to White House Counsel Fred Fielding, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) again requested legal memoranda outlining the White Houses justifications and policies on torture and interrogation. Such documents have long been requested but not provided. The New York Times recently reported on two secret 2005 memoranda …
New CRS Reports: Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Journalists' Privilege
Via FAS: Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power, November 1, 2007 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background, Status, and Issues,” updated October 25, 2007 Navy DDG-1000 Destroyer Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress, updated October 25, 2007 Operation Iraqi Freedom and Detainee Issues: Major …
Renewed Support for Digital Archive of Department of State Websites
“GPO is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with the Richard J. Daley Library of the University of Illinois at Chicago through 2012. Originally signed in 1997, the partnership provides permanent public access to content in the Department of State Foreign Affairs (DOSFAN) Electronic Research Collection, a digital library of electronically archived information …