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DHS Privacy Policy Guidance- Safeguarding Policies and Procedures for Personnel-Related Data

DHS Action Memorandum Review of Safeguarding Policies and Procedures for Personnel-Related Data, June 13, 2007 with attachments. (PDF, 10 pages) Attachment 1: Review of Personnel-Related Data Policies and Procedures and Self-Assessment (PDF, 13 pages) Attachment 2: Protecting & Handling Personnel-Related Data Quick Reference Guide (PDF, 2 pages) Attachment 3: Verification and Confirmation Memorandum Templates …

Subjects: E-Government, Legal Research, Privacy

New Study Shows How Often Juries Get It Wrong

Press release: “Juries across the country make decisions every day on the fate of defendants, ideally leading to prison sentences that fit the crime for the guilty and release for the innocent. Yet a new Northwestern University study shows that juries in criminal cases many times are getting it wrong. In a set of 271 …

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research

IRS OIG Report – Additional Action Is Needed to Expand the Use and Improve the Administration of the Free File Program

Treasury Inspector for Tax Administration: Additional Action Is Needed to Expand the Use and Improve the Administration of the Free File Program, June 28, 2007: “The IRS can do more to evaluate and promote the use of the Free File Program. While it has taken steps to evaluate the experience of Program users, it has …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EPA Website Helps Consumers Calculate How Individual Energy Use Contributes to Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Air Pollution

Press release: “With just a few clicks of the mouse and a ZIP code, consumers can see how their individual energy use is affecting the Earth. EPA’s Power Profiler calculates how much air pollution results from individual electricity use, the fuels used to produce that electricity and how to reduce the impact…All you need is …

Subjects: E-Government

White House Counsel Informs Judiciary Committee President Will Assert Executive Privilege

Follow up to June 13 posting, Judiciary Chairmen Leahy, Conyers Issue Subpoenas For White House Officials, Documents see these related government documents and Congressional statements issued today: Press release from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT): “As the Committee opens its Executive Business meeting today, I note that the deadline has passed for the White House and …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

GAO Analysis of the Special Operations Command's Management of Weapon System Programs

Defense Acquisitions: An Analysis of the Special Operations Command’s Management of Weapon System Programs, GAO-07-620, June 28, 2007. “Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) duties have greatly increased since the attacks of September 11, 2001. Today, Special Operations Forces are at work in Afghanistan and Iraq, and SOCOM has been assigned to lead U.S. efforts in the …

Subjects: Government Documents

DOJ FOIA Post – Guidance on Submitting Updated Status Reports to the

“As part of the June 1, 2007 report to the President on agency progress under Executive Order 13,392, “Improving Agency Disclosure of Information,” the Attorney General recommended that agencies submit to the President’s Management Council an Updated Status Report concerning any deficiency reported by the agency in its Fiscal Year 2006 annual FOIA report. This …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

FDA Detains Imports of Farm-Raised Chinese Seafood

Press release: “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a broader import control of all farm-raised catfish, basa, shrimp, dace (related to carp), and eel from China. FDA will start to detain these products at the border until the shipments are proven to be free of residues from drugs that are not approved in …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DHS OIG Reports Review FEMA Contracts

Congressional Inquiry Regarding Southwest Charter Lines, Inc., OIG-07-47 (PDF, 4 pages) released June 28, 2007. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Volunteers Service Program Following Hurricane Katrina, OIG-07-51 (PDF, 6 pages) released June 28, 2007

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

GAO Report on Terminated Defined Benefit Pensions and Enforcement Challenges

Defined Benefit Pensions: Conflicts of Interest Involving High Risk or Terminated Plans Pose Enforcement Challenges, GAO-07-703, June 28, 2007. “To protect workers’ retirement security, the requesters asked GAO to assess: 1) What is known about conflicts of interest affecting private sector defined benefit (DB) plans? 2) What procedures does the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Baltimore Sun Launches Mapping Tool to Track City's Homicide Rate

Via Editor and Publisher, from the Baltimore Sun, an interactive map of Baltimore Homicides 2007, displays points for each homicide in the city specified by the reader, including: time frame, zip code, age, gender, race, cause of death and any related articles.

Subjects: Internet

FTC Issues Administrative Complaint Seeking to Block Whole Foods Markets Acquisition of Wild Oats Markets

Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint challenging Whole Foods Market Inc.s approximately $670 million acquisition of Wild Oats Markets Inc. The administrative complaint preserves the Commissions legal option to pursue an administrative remedy following the federal district court proceeding. According to the complaint, the transaction would violate federal antitrust laws …

Subjects: Government Documents

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