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U.S. Treasury, Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN) Last Updated – March 28, 2007 What changed on the list when it was last updated? Text version of the SDN list SDN List Sorted by OFAC Sanctions Program Archive of changes to the SDN list Related report: Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – The OFAC List: How …
National Security Letters Hearing, March 28, 2007. Panel 1: Witnesses – The Honorable Glen A. Fine, Inspector General, Department of Justice – Mr. John Pistole, Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation – The Honorable Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Department of Justice Panel 2: Witnesses – Prof. Viet Dinh, Georgetown University …
New Skills, New Learning: Legal Education and the Promise of New Technology, by Gene Koo, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, March 26, 2007. “A large majority of lawyers perceive critical gaps between what they are taught in law schools and the skills they need in the workplace, and appropriate technologies …
CRS Memo – Meetings. Conferences as “Political Activities” in a Federal Office, and Hatch Act” Considerations, March 26, 2007 (11 pages, PDF). See also Hearing Investigates Allegations of Misconduct at GSA. March 28, 2007
Press release: “Environmental Defense today released the results of a landmark study that provides a clear roadmap for rebuilding fishing stocks and restoring fishing communities. Entitled “Sustaining Americas Fisheries and Fishing Communities,” this research details how Limited Access Privilege Programs (LAPPs), or “catch shares,” save fishing stocks and help restore fishing communities by offering clear …
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Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, March 28, 2007 Statement of Robert S. Mueller, III Director Federal Bureau of Investigation: “Last week, the Committee heard testimony from Glenn Fine, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice regarding a recent report issued by his office on the FBI’s use of …
“Redacting the Science of Climate Change [details] the findings of a year-long investigation into political interference at federal climate science agencies. The report demonstrates how policies and practices have increasingly restricted the flow of scientific information emerging from publicly-funded climate change research. This has negatively affected the medias ability to report objectively on scientific issues, …
New Member Pictorial Directory, 110th Congress: “Published biennially by the Joint Committee on Printing of the U.S. Congress. Provides a color photograph of each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate.”
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on Opening up of the Bad Arolsen Holocaust Archives in Germany, March 28, 2007. United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) Chairman Alcee L. Hastings (D-Florida), March 14, 2007 press release: “The Holocaust archives located in Bad Arolsen remain the largest closed …
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the award of $34.6 million in equipment and training to first responders across the nation as a part of the fiscal year 2006 Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP). DHS awarded more than 2,000 direct assistance grants to ensure that law enforcement and emergency …
The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, March 27, 2007. “The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States elaborates the fundamental responsibility for US intelligence to warn of and help prevent terrorist attacks the homeland, engage other asymmetric threats, and provide reliable intelligence on traditional and enduring strategic issues.”