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Via PBS: Airing on Friday, February 16, 2007 (check for time in your area), “NOW reports on new evidence suggesting the existence of a secret government program that intercepts millions of private e-mails each day in the name of terrorist surveillance. News about the alleged program came to light when a former AT&T employee, Mark …
“EPAs Science Policy Council has issued the Nanotechnology White Paper (EPA/100/B-07/001, February 2007). The purpose of the White Paper is to inform EPA management of the science issues and needs associated with nanotechnology, to support related EPA program office needs, and to communicate these nanotechnology science issues to stakeholders and the public. Nanotechnology is the …
White House: Executive Order – Trial of Alien Unlawful Enemy Combatants by Military Commission By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-336), the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40), and …
Press release: “Four uniform acts, dealing with issues ranging from the revision of established rules governing anatomical gifts to a new law that should help prevent the abduction of children during custody proceedings, were approved today by the American Bar Associations House of Delegates at its Midyear Meeting in Miami, Florida, Feb. 7-13. Each uniform …
IRS press release: “The IRS announced today that it had entered into an agreement that resolves several disputed tax issues with Merck & Co., Inc. and its subsidiaries. The agreement will result in a payment to the government of approximately $2.3 billion in federal tax, net interest and penalties, and resolves all issues that had …
Senate Judiciary Committee, Full Committee, “Judicial Security and Independence“, February 14, 2007 Testimony from Supreme Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy : “Judicial independence is not conferred so judges can do as they please. Judicial independence is conferred so judges can do as they must. A judiciary with permanent tenure, with a sufficient degree of separation …
CentCom PowerPoint Slides Briefed to White House and Rumsfeld in 2002, Obtained by National Security Archive through Freedom of Information Act – PowerPoints Reflect Internal Debates Over Size and Timing of Invasion Force – National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 214 – Edited by Joyce Battle and Thomas Blanton “The U.S. Central Command’s war …
110’/123′ Maritime Patrol Boat Modernization Project, United States Coast Guard, OIG-07-27 (PDF, 32 pages), February 14, 2007.
House Appropriations Committee, How the President’s Budget Request Compares to the Joint Funding Resolution, February 14, 2007 (6 pages, PDF) Related postings on the FY08 budget
FAA’s FY 2008 Budget Request: Key Issues Facing the Agency –February 14, 2007, Testimony by the Inspector General, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Aviation, Project ID: CC-2007-019. “FAA is requesting $14.1 billion for FY 2008, an increase of $328 million from its FY 2007 budget request. However, …
How Reliable Are the Early Presidential Polls? Released: February 14, 2007: “The flurry of candidate announcements in an open race has spurred media attention to the 2008 presidential contest even earlier in the electoral cycle than usual. But followers of early poll readings on the relative viability of declared candidates should bear in mind some …
WSJ free feature today: Candidates Find A New Stump In the Blogosphere: “Candidates of both parties are already buying space on search engines, blogs and other Internet sites popular with political junkies and potential donors. With 18 candidates vying for the most open race for the White House in 80 years and front-runners on both …