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Press release: “The Department of Homeland Security has posted on its web site, and will publish on Aug. 6, 2007, in the Federal Register, four Privacy Act records involving the Automated Targeting System (ATS). The records are an updated System of Records Notice (SORN), the Discussion of Public Comments Received on the SORN, a Notice …
S. 1927 – A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes. AP: “The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government’s abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass …
Press release: “Nearly 40 years after man first walked on the Moon, the complete lunar photographic record from the Apollo project will be accessible to both researchers and the general public on the Internet. A new digital archive – created through a collaboration between Arizona State University and NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston – …
CRS, State E-Government Strategies: Identifying Best Practices and Applications – July 23, 2007: “Although electronic government (“e-government”) is currently one of the leading approaches to government reform, a lack of coordination or communication between various initiatives increases the risk of creating more so-called “islands of automation” and “stovepipes” within and between levels of government. To …
Hurricane Katrina – Two Years Later Special Report – Why New Orleans Still Isn’t Safe Graphic – How New Orleans has changed – Then and Now Photo Essay – Broken City Previous postings on Hurricane Katrina
“When researchers in Australia discovered that particulate matter levels were five times higher during the workday inside a nonsmoking office building than outside near a freeway, they looked for indoor culprits. After testing more than 50 printers throughout the building, they found that particle emissions varied depending on the type and age of the printer. …
Online Snooping Gets Creepy, By Anita Hamilton: “…An estimated 30% of all Web searches are aimed at finding people, according to industry statistics, and upstarts like PeekYou, Pipl, Spock, and Wink are vying for a piece of this potentially huge market. These free sites work by scouring the Web for any virtual footprints you might …
Text of the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of India concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy (123 Agreement), August 3, 2007.
“Secretary of State Debra Bowen began her top-to-bottom review of the voting machines certified for use in California in March 2007. The review was designed to restore the public’s confidence in the integrity of the electoral process and to ensure that California voters are being asked to cast their ballots on machines that are secure, …
“The European Audiovisual Observatory has made available the videos of the conference it organised jointly with the Media Center at New York Law School last September which focused on The Future of Broadband Video – A US- European Comparative Analysis. This was the first time that the Observatory, the Council of Europe’s audiovisual information collection …
Follow up to August 2 posting on national bridge safety assessments: Inspector General’s Response to Secretary Peters’ Request for an Assessment of the National Bridge Inspection Program, August 3, 2007 Press release, August 2, 2007: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Calls on States to Immediately Inspect All Steel Arch Truss Bridges ABC News …
Review of the Buffer Zone Protection Program, OIG-07-59 (PDF, 55 pages), New 08/03/2007 The State of New Jersey’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004, OIG-07-58 (PDF, 36 pages) New 08/02/2007