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Follow-up to a November 7, 2006 posting, Court Grants Appeal in AT&T Spying Case, today, via Wired, “A federal judge in San Francisco declined to decide today whether to unseal documents at the heart of a lawsuit against AT&T for its alleged participation in a warrantless government wiretapping program aimed at Americans’ overseas emails and …
Forbes Special Report – America’s Best Big Companies
Press release: “The National Center for State Courts has published Future Trends in State Courts 2006 [113 pages, PDF], the latest in its long-running Report on Trends in State Courts series. This book, which is produced annually by NCSCs Knowledge and Information Service, helps to make courts more aware of important societal trends that could …
Final Report: Report on the External Quality Control Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General Audit Organization [Report PDF – 19 pages], December, 2006.
Audit of DHS’ Corrective Action Plan Process for Financial Reporting – Report No. 3, OIG-07-13 (PDF, 26 pages) December 20 2006. Major Management Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security, OIG-07-12 (PDF, 46 pages) December 20 2006 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Progress in Modernizing Information Technology, OIG-07-11 (PDF, 36 pages) December 20 2006 Independent …
Press release: “Consumer Reports’ environmental website has launched an online Electronics Reuse and Recycling Center. The Center features thoroughly researched, unbiased, expert advice to help de-clutter your home and solve the huge and growing problem of electronics waste. It also features the results of a March 2006 nationwide, online survey including information about why people …
Press release: DNI Releases Four Decades of U.S. Intelligence on Yugoslavia “This collection of 34 declassified National Intelligence Estimates and memoranda represents the United States Intelligence Community’s most authoritative analysis of Yugoslavia, spanning four decades from the 1948 break with the Soviet Union until 1990 and the eve of the nation’s collapse. Over the years, …
Via Ruth Bird, Bodleian Law Librarian, the UK Statute Law Database was released to the public on December 20. The content of SLD is available for viewing and private use free of charge. “The UK Statute Law Database (SLD) is the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online.”
DHS OIG Organizational Statement: Federal Register Notice, December 21, 2006.
Press release, December 21, 2006: “Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice established the Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT) on February 14, 2006 as an internal State Department coordination group to address challenges to freedom of expression and the free flow of information on the Internet. The core aims of the GIFT are to maximize freedom …
“The Department of State released today Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, volume II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 19691972. The volume examines the efforts undertaken by the administration of President Richard Nixon to thoroughly reorganize the foreign policy decision-making process during Nixons first term. Particular attention is paid to the structure, …