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Press release, August 9, 2006: “-Attorney General Tom Corbett…announced that the website for the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General has been honored for its innovative and effective design, earning “2006 Best Government Website” and “2006 All-Star” awards from a leading Internet software company.”
From the FDIC: Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual Updated, July 28, 2006.
Industry, Government Fret Over Tactics for Fighting Data Theft, by Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal, August 10, 2006.
“Rep. Waxman asks that guidance letters provided to state Medicaid programs be provided on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services website in a format generally accessible to standard computer users.” [Note: a redesign of the CMS site earlier this year rendered many documents inacessible, and resulted in countless broken links, which have not been …
PCIE Agency Data: Hurricane(s) Oversight June 30, 2006 (PDF, 2 pages)
“The Department of Defense (DoD) has released details on major defense acquisition program cost, schedule, and performance changes since the December 2005 reporting period. This information is based on the Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) submitted to the Congress for the June 2006 reporting period.” [Link]
From FAS: “The Department of Homeland Security released its citizen preparedness website, Ready.gov, in February 2003 and completed a large-scale update in July 2006. The Federation of American Scientists compared the new site to an archive of the previous version and carefully evaluated the content for accuracy, completeness, comprehensibility, and applicability. This analysis exposes numerous …
The Memory Hole: “This heavily redacted list shows the closed investigations conducted by the CIA Inspector General from the beginning of 1997 to October 2004. It was obtained by researcher Michael Ravnitzky via FOIA.”
As noted by Editor & Publisher, Richard Weiner’ recent book, The Skinny About Best Boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, and Other Media Lingo: The Language of the Media “is not only a media dictionary, but a history book as well, one that Weiner hopes will be as fascinating to lay readers as it is for …
Inappropriate Use of Email by Employees and System Configuration Management Weaknesses Are Creating Security Risks, July 31, 2006, Reference Number: 2006-20-110 (20 pages, PDF). “We found e-mail messages that violated the IRS’ personal use policy in the electronic mailboxes of 71 (74 percent) of 96 employees.”
CRS Report, International Terrorism: Threat, Policy, and Response, August 9, 2006
Annual Review of Mission Performance, United States Coast Guard (FY 2005) OIG-06-50 (PDF, 36 pages), August 10, 2006.