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Press release: “The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Energy (DOE) today announced the first phase of the Secure Freight Initiative, an unprecedented effort to build upon existing port security measures by enhancing the federal governments ability to scan containers for nuclear and radiological materials overseas and to better assess the risk of inbound containers. …
Press release: “Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced Hewlett-Packard (HP) will finance a new law enforcement fund to fight violations of privacy and intellectual property rights, and adopt corporate governance reforms, under a $14.5 million settlement that resolves allegations the firm used false pretenses or pretexting to unlawfully access phone records during its …
Press release: “The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated five individuals for providing financial support to al Qaida and other terrorist organizations, as well as facilitating terrorist activity. The individuals were designated pursuant to Executive Order 13224 and added to the Treasury’s list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.”
Press release: “The Council of State Governments (CSG) announced Monday the creation of its Justice Center — a national resource center on criminal justice policy. Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, CSG president, joined the organization’s Governing Board in voting to transform the Eastern Regional Conference’s Criminal Justice Program into a new center that will continue to …
“Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930, is a web-based collection of selected historical materials from Harvard’s libraries, archives, and museums that documents voluntary immigration to the US from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression…Concentrating heavily on the 19th century, Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930, includes approximately 1,800 books …
U.S. Courts press release: “Nationwide implementation of the federal judiciary’s Case Management and Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system is nearly completed in thedistrict and bankruptcy courts. CM/ECF not only replaces the courts’ old electronic docketing and case management systems, but also provides courts the option to have case file documents in electronic format, and to …
Review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Detainee Tracking Process, OIG-07-08 (PDF, 17 pages) December 6, 2006.
EPA Has Improved Five-Year Review Process for Superfund Remedies, But Further Steps Needed, Report No. 2007-P-00006 [PDF – 50 pages] [At a Glance PDF], December 5, 2006.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief: Continued Findings of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, Full text GAO-07-252T, and Highlights, December 6, 2006. “FEMA continued to lose tens of millions of dollars through potentially improper and/or fraudulent payments from both hurricanes Katrina and Rita…As of November 2006, FEMA identified about $290 million in improper payments and collected …
Press release: “Today, the Federal Trade Commission mailed claims forms for reimbursement to more than 1,400 identity theft victims who experienced out-of-pocket expenses due to alleged security lapses at data broker ChoicePoint Inc. These victims, who were identified with the assistance of law enforcement, should receive the claims form with instructions on how to file …
Armed Services Committee Defense Review Report, December 2006 (127 pages, PDF): “The…Committee is engaging in a comprehensive dialogue with security experts from the intelligence, academic, and think-tank communities to examine which U.S. military tools can best protect our interests at home and abroad. The goal of this process is to produce a focused, well-researched report …
2005 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (PDF, 124 pages): “The Yearbook is a compendium of tables that provides data on foreign nationals who, during fiscal year 2005, were granted lawful permanent residence, were admitted into the United States on a temporary basis, applied for asylum or refugee status, or were naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data …