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A Review of the September 2005 Shooting Incident Involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, August 2006, (PDF, Full Report) (Executive Summary) (OIG Press Release)
The Law Library of Congress announces the release of the June/July issue of the Global Legal Monitor. [Luis M. Acosta, Legal Information Analyst, Law Library of Congress]
Five Years Post 9/11 and One Year Post Hurricane Katrina: The State of America’s Readiness – The U.S. Conference of Mayors Homeland Security Monitoring Center: 2006 Survey on Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, July 26, 2006.
Foundation Center’s press release: “In response to last summer’s Gulf Coast hurricanes, U.S. foundations have already committed more than $577 million for relief, recovery, and rebuilding, according to a report released today by the Foundation Center. Giving in the Aftermath of the Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Report on the Foundation and Corporate Response [32 pages, PDF] …
Press release: “More than half of the pop-up ads served by nuisance “adware” programs are placed knowingly by advertisers, according to a study released today by the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT).” Following the Money II: The Role of Intermediaries in Adware Advertising (28 pages, PDF)
Press release: “The World Privacy Forum announced [August 8, 2006] that it would be filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about the posting by AOL of a portion of its users’ search data on the Internet. While the data was not expressly identified by name, the search queries themselves included in some cases …
Environmental Integrity Project – Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants, by Ilan Levin. “New EIP report ranking worst plants on CO2, SO2, NOx and mercury emissions…Mixed Picture: CO2 Pollution Up, Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide Easing, Mercury Holding Steady; States With Most Problem Facilities Are AL, IA, IL, IN, KY, ND, NE, NJ, OH, …
LC Country Profile of China, August 8, 2006 (43 pages, PDF)
Press release: The University of California libraries today (August 9, 2006) announced their partnership with Google to digitize books from the libraries’ collections. UC becomes the latest partner in the Google Books Library Project, which was launched in December 2004 to digitize books drawn from the libraries of the University of Michigan, Harvard University, Stanford …
Joint Economic Committee, Democrats: The Bush Economic Record in Pocket Card Format, Updated August 4, 2006. From the same committee, see also August 8, 2006 – Losing Ground: The Middle Class in the Bush Economy
Israel: Background and Relations with the United States, Updated July 26, 2006 Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy, Updated July 25, 2006 Lebanon, Updated July 24, 2006 Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues, Updated July 27, 2006
Information Technology Management Letter for the FY 2005 DHS Financial Statement Audit (Redacted), OIG-06-49 (PDF, 77 pages), 08/07/2006.