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GAO’s Performance Plan for Fiscal Year 2008, GAO-07-421SP, March 1, 2007. “This report presents the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Performance Plans for Fiscal Year 2008. In the spirit of the Government Performance and Results Act, this annual plan informs the Congress and the American people about what we expect to accomplish on their behalf in …
ICE’s Compliance With Detention Limits for Aliens With a Final Order of Removal From the United States, OIG-07-28 (PDF, 63 pages), February 2007.
Hearing on: The Inspector General’s Independent Report on the F.B.I.’s Use of National Security Letters, March 20, 2007. OIG Testimony – Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the House Judiciary Committee concerning The FBI’s Use of National Security Letters and Section 215 Requests for Business Records, March 20, 2007. …
AP: “The federal judiciary approved a pilot program this week to make free audio recordings of court proceedings available online. Although a court’s participation in the program is voluntary, U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan, the executive committee chairman of the policy-making Judicial Conference, said he expects the system ultimately will be widely used.”
New site on the Library’s leadership in preserving digital assets: “The Library of Congress has taken a collaborative approach to the collection and preservation of digital information in order to remain relevant and useful to Congress and its constituents in the digital age. No single institution can do the job of collecting, preserving and making …
This evening the Department of Justice released 3,000 pages of documents on the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, an issue that has been the recent focus of House Judiciary Committee investigation. The House Judiciary Committee has been posting the documents, in PDF, on their homepage, with links located in the lower right hand side. At …
Report from NYUs Brennan Center Finds Ohio Campaign Finance Laws among the Worst in the Midwest, March 19, 2007: “Today, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law joined with Ohio Citizen Action to release a new report finding that Ohios campaign finance system is broken and badly in need of reform. The …
DOT OIG Review of Staffing at FAA’s Combined Radar Approach Control and Tower With Radar Facilities, March 16, 2007.
Criminal Justice Resources: Criminal Justice Library Internships, by Ken Strutin CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com: The Capitol of Newspapers, by Paul Jenks The Goverment Domain: GovTrack and OpenCongress Go Beyond THOMAS, by Peggy Garvin E-Discovery Update: Separating E-Discovery Myths from Realities, by Conrad J. Jacoby Deal or No Deal Licensing and Acquiring Digital Resources – Deal …
“A Governor’s Guide to Homeland Security contains practical advice for governors on how to organize their states to prepare for and respond to hazards of all kinds effectively. It shares information and guidance on how to approach issues such as mutual aid, information sharing, obtaining assistance from the military and protecting critical infrastructure. Last published …
“This is the online participation website for the meeting [Lisbon meeting for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number (ICANN) is being held between 26-30 March 2007]. Available here will be: a rundown of each meeting complete with full details, including panellists; topics for discussions; links to resources and presentations; and links to webcasts …
“The Waseda University Institute of e-Government has recently released its 2007 World E-Government Ranking. The Institute ranked the development of e-Government in 32 countries from all over the world. The top five countries in the list were: United States, Singapore, Canada, Japan and Korea.”