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FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. Senate that access to Whois databases the directories that contain information about Web site operators are “critical to the agencys consumer protection mission, to other law enforcement agencies around the world, and to consumers.” In Commission testimony before the Subcommittee on Trade, …
“On a typical day in August, 26 million Americans were using the internet for news or information about politics and the upcoming mid-term elections. That corresponds to 19% of adult internet users, or 13% of all Americans over the age of 18.” [Link]
House Intelligence Committee Releases Report on al-Qaeda: “The report addresses how five years after 9-11 al-Qaeda and other radical Islamist organizations remain determined to carry out attacks against the United States, our allies and U.S. interests abroad.” Al Qaeda: The Many Faces of an Islamist Extremist Threat (40 pages, PDF) Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), Ranking …
Grassley outlines problems at FDA, urges reforms, September 20, 2006. “I have reviewed and questioned how the FDA handles the pre-market review and postmarket surveillance of drugs, biologics, devices and veterinary medicines to assess whether or not the agency is fulfilling its mission to protect the public health. Additionally, I have worked to give voice …
Audit Report – “The Department’s Unclassified Cyber Security Program-2006,” September 2006 (23 pages, PDF)
Rep. Waxman Releases Internal Commerce Department E-Mails on Climate Change, Tuesday, September 19, 2006 — “Rep. Waxman requests Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez explain emails that appear to show that his office denied a media request to interview a NOAA scientist who had concluded that global warming may lead to more dangerous hurricanes.” Commerce Department E-mails …
Press release: Wyden, Bond, Senators Ask for Review of Classified Information in Senate Intelligence Report, Say Documents Were Overclassified – Request Marks First Time New Board Asked to Review Classification, September 19, 2006: “A bipartisan group of Senators who serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee…asked an independent board that oversees classification of information to review …
Government Reform Committee Legislative Hearing, Climate Change Technology Research: Do We Need a Manhattan Project for the Environment?, September 21, 2006. Links to testimony and opening statement. Press release: “The Committee on Government Reform will hold an oversight hearing to explore whether a need exists for a program to manage research in transformational technologies in …
DEA-Controlled Substances Act (CSA) Registration Database (now available as a weekly subscription – fee-based) “The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) Registration Database consists of records of more than one million individuals registered under the Act, including registrants doing business under their individual names rather than a business name. Registration under the Act enables physicians, related practitioners, …
Judicial Conduct and Disability Study Committee Report, A Report to the Chief Justice, September 2006 (188 pages, PDF). Press release: “The Committee and staff studied a sample consisting of approximately 700 complaint files drawn for the most part from about 2200 complaints terminated over a three year period (2001-2003). The members of the Committee established …
Press release, September 19, 2006: “The Judicial Conference of the United States today approved two policies aimed at aiding and enhancing judges’ compliance with established ethical obligations. The Conference voted to require all federal courts to use conflict-checking computer software to identify cases in which judges may have a financial conflict of interest and should …
GovTrack.us the site “Independently Tracking the United States Congress, has added a new feature: committee assignments are now listed for all Members of Congress.”