CRS Report on Protection of Security-Related Information
Protection of Security-Related Information, September 27, 2006 (via FAS, 29 pages, PDF) Related postings on use of various designations for government documents to restrict public access
CRS Report on Presidential Signing Statements
Presidential Signing Statements: Constitutional and Institutional Implications,” September 22, 2006 (via FAS, 30 pages, PDF). Related postings on signing statements
Staff Report on Recognizing North Korea as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for U.S.
House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, Recognizing North Korea as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States, September 28, 2006 (26 pages, PDF).
Draft Bipartisan Report Documents Extensive Abramoff Contact With White House
Roll Call reports tonight on their homepage: “Hundreds of contacts between top White House officials and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates “raise serious questions about the legality and actions” of those officials, according to a draft bipartisan report prepared by the House Government Reform Committee.” The article states the White House has reviewed …
LC Publishes New Country Profiles on Cuba, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia
Country Profile: Cuba, September 2006 Country Profile: Malaysia, September 2006 Country Profile, Saudi Arabia, September 2006
IG for Iraq Reconstruction Reports on Protecting Energy Infrastructure
06-038 – Unclassified Summary of SIGIR’s Review of Efforts to Increase Iraq’s Capability to Protect Its Energy Infrastructure (12 pages, PDF) September 27, 2006.
Special Interest Groups Drive Up Spending On Supreme Court Television Advertising
Press release: “A new analysis from the Brennan Center for Justice and Justice at Stake reveals that special interest groups have spent $1,797,449 on television advertising to influence the outcomes of 2006 state Supreme Court campaigns through the end of September, a startling 69 percent jump over the same point in the 2004 election cycle. …
Report Recommends Essential Steps to Enable Law Enforcement Information Sharing
Press release: “Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, issued a report that analyzes institutional failures and a lack of initiative by this Administration to enable law enforcement officers as first preventers in the War on Terror. The report, entitled LEAP: A Law Enforcement Assistance and Partnership Strategy, …
2006 Report on Coordination of Intellectual Property Enforcement and Protection
2006 Report to the President and Congress on Coordination of Intellectual Property Enforcement and Protection (168 pages, PDF): “The report sets forth the actions and initiatives that the U.S. government has taken over the past year to combat the rising tide of global counterfeiting and piracy, and notes the importance of these efforts because of …
DOJ Fact Sheet: Structure of the National Security Division
Department of Justice Fact Sheet: Structure of the National Security Division Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kenneth Wainstein and the Launch of the Department of Justice National Security Division : “Establishment of the NSD was recommended by the WMD commission and made a reality by the USA …
FCC Announces Launch of Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
Press release: “The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is designed to provide an efficient, effective and responsive organizational structure to address matters related to public safety, homeland security, and emergency management and preparedness. The bureau is responsible for the combined public safety-related functions that were previously dispersed among the other bureaus and offices.” [via …
SEC to Rebuild Public Disclosure System to Make It 'Interactive'
SEC press release: “Sept. 25, 2006 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox announced today that the SEC has awarded three separate contracts totaling $54 million to transform the agencys 1980s-vintage public company disclosure system from a form-based electronic filing cabinet to a dynamic real-time search tool with interactive capabilities.”