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Press release, May 4, 2007: “Yesterday the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) became aware of a potential data security incident involving approximately 100,000 archived employment records of individuals employed by the agency from January 2002 until August 2005. An external hard drive containing personnel data (including name, social security number, date of birth, payroll information, bank …
HHS Audit: States’ Use of New Drug Pricing Data in the Medicaid Program, April 2007 (22 pages, PDF)
Information Technology: Numerous Federal Networks Used to Support Homeland Security Need to Be Better Coordinated with Key State and Local Information-Sharing Initiatives GAO-07-455, April 16, 2007. “The Departments of Homeland Security and Justice have 17 major networks that support their homeland security missions, including sharing information with state and local governments. Examples include DHS’s Homeland …
D-2007-091 Memorandum Report on Assessment of Defense Accounts Payable Compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (May 4, 2007)(Project D2006-D000FD-0100.000)
Press release: “The fourth Mental Health Advisory Team survey, MHAT IV as this survey was called, was conducted in August and September [2006]. For the first time, the survey included Marines in the study group. The MHAT was composed of behavioral health professionals who deployed to Iraq and surveyed soldiers, Marines, health care providers, and …
Press release: “Today Chairman Waxman sent a letter to Secretary of State Rice (1) informing the Secretary that the legislative affairs officials in the Department should not hinder the Committees inquiry into why Secretary Rice and President Bush cited forged evidence to build a case for war against Iraq; (2) advising the Secretary that the …
DHS’ Progress In Addressing Coordination Challenges Between Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, OIG-07-38 (PDF, 57 pages), May 4, 2007.
CBO Testimony, Statement of Peter R. Orszag, Director – The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market, before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, May 3, 2007.
From the Center for Media and the Public Agenda at University of Maryland, College Park: International News and Problems with the News Media’s RSS Feeds: “This study was constructed to determine which news outlets use RSS wellwhich outlets give users the range of information that most closely approximates what can be found on the outlets’ …
Press release: “As the world pauses to remember the 62nd anniversary of the Allies’ victory in Europe during World War II (May 8, 1945), the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is joining with Southern Methodist University (SMU) Central University Libraries to provide the public with a digital collection of more than 300 U.S. Government publications …
Hearing on The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy, House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, May 3, 2007. Trancript: House Hearing on Firings of U.S. Attorneys (House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law) via Washington Post Former Deputy AG Comey Offers Praise to Fired U.S. Attorneys, Jason McLure, Legal …
Closed Appeal & FOIA/PA Cases by Subject – FY 2007, (Monthly Update – 04/02/07). Chart is arranged by Subject, FOI/PA Number, Date Rec’d., Date Closed, Response, and indicates whether Publicly Available [if appropriate, includes a link to the documents package].