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Executive Branch Management Scorecard, current status as of September 30, 2006. “The 4th quarter e-government scorecard raised the Department of Transportation and the Small Business Administration from red, the lowest rating, to green, the highest.”
Combating Terrorism – How Prepared Are State and Local Response Organizations? “This book presents the results of the third and final wave of a national survey to elicit assessments of state and local response agencies of the activities they have undertaken after 9/11 to respond to terrorist-related incidents and of federal programs intended to improve …
The following are all in PDF: Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions Assessing the Value of U.S. Army International Activities Revisiting US-VISIT: U.S. Immigration Processes, Concerns, and Consequences
“The Federal Technology Source includes contact information for more than 3,000 of the most influential people in the federal information technology arena, including chief information officers, knowledge managers, and security and privacy officers. The directory also includes information on key political officials and their IT staffs, as well as trade associations, research firms and vendors. …
Basel Conference Addresses Electronic Wastes Challenge: “Some 20 to 50 million metric tonnes of e-waste are generated worldwide every year, comprising more than 5% of all municipal solid waste. When the millions of computers purchased around the world every year (183 million in 2004) become obsolete they leave behind lead, cadmium, mercury and other hazardous …
The Third Branch: “…cases involving claims arising out of, resulting from, or relating to the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, are being filed in federal court. The plaintiffsalleging wrongful death, personal or respiratory injury, or property damagemay have lived near or worked on the site, and include city governments, the Port Authority of …
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS and eC3 Joint Report on Digital Archiving) and National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council (eC3) Statement on Joint Report that Provides Recommendations for Improving Digital Archiving. Digital Archiving: From Fragmentation to Collaboration
American Council for the Blind v. Henry M. Pauson, Secretary of the Treasury, November 28, 2006, District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge James Robertson rules, “Treasury Department’s failure to design, produce and issue paper currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired” people violates federal law, since paper money effectively precludes …
Press release: “The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) succeeded in having two key provisions of a Bush administration anti-terrorism initiative ruled unconstitutional. Los Angeles U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins ruled in Humanitarian Law Project v. Department of Treasury that the law, an Executive Order issued shortly after 9/11 and used to blacklist hundreds of …
Federal Trade Commission Performance and Accountability Report – Fiscal Year 2006 (106 pages, PDF).
“The N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics is very pleased to announce the publication of the 1st edition of its Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citation (GFILC – 296 pages, PDF).”
Status Report on OIG Data Security via the Data Security Portal: “Our November 21, 2006, status report notes several important developments, including the fact that as a result of our investigation in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Miami-Dade County Police Department, two individuals have been arrested for their alleged roles in …