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September 13, 2006 By Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 2453: A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs. By Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, without amendment: S. 2455. A bill to provide in statute for …
House Democratic Leader Report: United States Army Military Readiness, September 2006 (12 pages, PDF).
U.S. Courts: “Constitution Day officially is September 18 this year. To help teachers prepare for the observance, the federal courts and a number of other national institutions offer Constitution-related educational resources.” Related: Core Documents of U.S. Democracy – “To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic …
“Nine Legislative Efforts that Must Be Stopped in 2006 – As Congress mounts its final push before the midterm elections, a number of bills that threaten the bedrock of Internet privacy and civil liberties could either come up for votes or worm their way into larger legislative packages that end up being rushed into law. …
Supreme Court press release: “Beginning with the October 2006 Term, the Court will make the transcripts of oral arguments available free to the public on its Web site on the same day an argument is heard by the Court…The Court’s current contract reporting service, Alderson Reporting Company, will now utilize the services of a court …
House Committee on Government Reform press release, September 13, 2006: “Testifying at an Energy and Resources Subcommittee hearing, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa(R-CA), Inspector General Earl E. Devaney of the Interior Department described a department where accountability was non-existent, policy routinely disregarded and responsibilities were dangerously stovepiped and said these factors contributed directly to the …
House Democrats Ways and Means Issue Brief: The Bush Social Security Privatization Benefit Cuts: State-by-State Impact – State-by-State analysis of benefit cuts Related government documents: Social Security Reform: Implications of Different Indexing Choices, Full text GAO-06-804, and Highlights, September 14, 2006: “The financing shortfall currently facing the Social Security program is significant. Without remedial action, …
Final Estimates of Business Ownership for All U.S. Firms (Released September 14, 2006) – Company Summary: 2002 [ Full PDF | Tables Only PDF | Charts | Industry Division Charts | Average Receipts Charts ] Summary of Findings SBO Survey Methodology
Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General — Audit Summary of Information Assurance Weaknesses Found in Audit Reports Issued from August 1, 2005, through July 31, 2006 – Report No. D-2006-110 (PDF) – Date: September 14, 2006. “This report summarizes information assurance weaknesses that the Government Accountability Office, the DoD Office of the Inspector …
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the release of the Cyber Storm Public Exercise Report. The report details key findings from Cyber Storm which was the largest and most complex multi-national, government-led cyber exercise to examine response, coordination, and recovery mechanisms to a simulated cyber event within international, federal, state, …
Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force press release Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force’s First Year Report to the Attorney General, September 2006.
“The Election Results Archive (ERA) is a collection of electronic files containing data on election results from around the world. While the growth of democracy around the world has led to increased demand for information on electoral results, accurate election-related data are not easily or widely available. This online database provides researchers, policy-makers, scholars, and …