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According to a press release today by by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Center for Biological Diversity, the draft regulations for the Endangered Species Act would: “Remove recovery of a species or population as a protection standard Allow projects to proceed that have been determined to threaten species with extinction Permit destruction …
Press release: “The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has identified the Integrated Airspace Alternative as the preferred alternative for the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign Project. This alternative, among the four that have been studied for the last nine years, best meets the purpose and need of the project, which is …
Reports Encompassing More Than One DOJ Component – Oversight of Intergovernmental Agreements by the United States Marshals Service and the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee, Audit Report 07-26, March 2007.
Hao Chen, Assistant Professor, UC Davis in collaboration with In collaboration with Microsoft Researchers Yi-Min Wang and Ming Ma, pub lished Spam Double-Funnel: Connecting Web Spammers with Advertisers. [Darlene Fichter] Overview: “Web spamming is a prevalent problem on the Web. Publishing and contributing to the web is increasingly easy. Spammers, motivated by money, want to …
Press release: “A significant portion of the U.S. missile defense capability was wiped out during the summer of 2006 because torrential rains caused ground-based interceptor silos to be damaged by flood waters, the Project On Government Oversight has learned.” The press release includes a Fact Sheet with further data on this issue. It mentions a …
2007-P-00010 U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Should Track Adherence to Closed Recommendations, [Report PDF – 21 pages] [At a Glance PDF] March 26, 2007.
Press release: “Former 9/11 Commission counsel Janice Kephart announces the launch of an online Identity Document Security Library, consisting of legal, technical and policy pieces regarding identity document security. Kephart, a nationally recognized border security expert, created the library to serve as a ‘one-stop-shop’ information portal for those seeking objective, credible information on the issue …
Iraqi Volunteers; Iraqi Refugees: What Is America’s Obligation? Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration – Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, Washington, DC, March 26, 2007.
Progress Report on Development of the Integrated Wireless Network in the Department of Justice, Audit Report 07-25, March 2007: “Just to replace DOJs antiquated legacy wireless communications equipment would cost DOJ approximately $900 million. However, the DOJ will require more than twice that amount to fund its share of IWN. Consequently, for the DOJ, DHS, …
“Citing evidence that senior White House officials are using RNC and other political email accounts to avoid leaving a record of official communications, Chairman Waxman directs the Republican National Committee and the Bush-Cheney 04 Campaign to preserve the emails of White House officials and to meet with Committee staff to explain how the accounts are …
“Citing concerns that a Senate Intelligence Committee report may be inaccurate, Chairman Waxman asks the CIA for Agency memos related to Ambassador Wilson’s February 2002 trip to Niger and the subsequent disclosure of Ms.Wilsons covert status. Ms. Wilson recently testified before the Oversight Committee that the Senate report incorrectly claims that she was responsible for …
In connection with a markup scheduled by the Committee on Ways and Means for March 28, 2007, the Joint Committee on Taxation has issued Description Of The “Taxpayer Protection Act Of 2007” (JCX-18-07) and the estimated revenue effects (JCX-19-07) See also CBO An Analysis of the President’s Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2008, March 2007