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Press release: “Imagine a library filled with a million books, each 270 pages long. That’s how many historic FBI pages we declassified on December 31, in line with an executive order that now applies to the Bureau. “It’s unprecedented,” says David Hardy, chief of the Record/Information Dissemination Section in our Records Management Division. “To historians …
Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Admnistrative and Commmercial Law, Print No. 10, Interim Report on the Administrative Law, Process and Procedure Project for the 21st Century, December 2006. [NOTE: this document is 1446 pages long].
Press release: “U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today reintroduced two bills [Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act and the Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act] aimed at protecting individuals from identity theft by requiring businesses to notify consumers in the event of a security breach and prohibiting the sale or display of an individuals …
Press release: “Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein and Footnote, Inc. CEO Russell Wilding today announced an agreement to digitize selected records from the vast holdings of the National Archives. The 4.5 million pages that have been digitized so far are now available at http://www.footnote.com/nara.php.” Press release from OpenTheGovernment.org: “On January 10, 2007, the …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series of joint public hearings designed to examine the implications of single-firm conduct under the antitrust laws will take place on January 30, 2007, in Berkeley, California, and on February 13, 2007, in Chicago, …
Independent Auditors’ Report On CBP’s FY 2006 Consolidated Financial Statements, OIG-07-19 (PDF, 82 pages), January 10, 2007.
The following documents were released by the White House on January 10, 2007: Highlights of the Iraq Strategy Review [comprising 11 summary briefing slides] Fact Sheet: The New Way Forward in Iraq Background Briefing by Senior Administration Officials Full Transcript of President’s Address to the Nation on Iraq, January 10, 2007
Press release: “The U.S. Postal Service® today presented its new vision to revolutionize business mail by using standardized intelligent barcodes, continuous mail tracking, and real-time feedback to business customers. These services, referred to as Intelligent Mail®, will be fully operational for all commercial mailers by 2009.”
The following press releases are dated January 9, 2006: Nominations Sent to the Senate – here and here.
David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States: Fiscal, Social Security, and Health Care Challenges, GAO-07-345CG PDF, January 7, 2007.
Energy Information Administration Short-Term Energy Outlook: “This edition of the Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) includes forecasts through 2008.”
Press release, January 4, 2007: “Cisco today announced a definitive agreement to acquire the privately held company, IronPort Systems, Inc. of San Bruno, Calif. IronPort is a leading provider of messaging security appliances, focusing on enterprise spam and spyware protection.” Related news: News.com – “Cisco Systems’ purchase of e-mail security specialist IronPort Systems is another …