Consumer Efforts to Ward Off Span and Spyware Still Fall Short
WSJ free feature: Seeking a Safer Internet – New Tools Flag Sites With Spyware, Spam – But the Technology Is Far From Perfect
Debate Escalates on Current and Future State of Affairs in Iraq
In anticipation of the scheduled 10 hour debate on Iraq tomorrow, authored by Rep. Rahm Emanuel (and posted by Rep. Jack Kingston), this one page fact sheet of 15 bullet points on the current state of affairs in Iraq, for the citizens and the U.S. military. Related documents: Center for American Progress: “Congress this week …
DHS OIG Audit of TSA Aviation Security Fees
Review of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Collection of Aviation Security Service Fees, OIG-06-35 (PDF, 60 pages), June 13, 2006.
GAO Reports on Massive Payment Fraud in Katrina Aftermath
Follow-up to Committee to Review Post Katrina Waste, Fraud, and Abuse, today GAO released the aforementioned report, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Disaster Relief: Improper and Potentially Fraudulent Individual Assistance Payments Estimated to Be Between $600 Million and $1.4 Billion, full-text GAO-06-844T, and Highlights, June 14, 2006. “We estimate that through February 2006, FEMA made about …
DHA OIG Audit on Detention and Removal of Illegal Aliens
Detention and Removal of Illegal Aliens, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), OIG-06-33 (PDF, 52 pages)
Americans Say Public Libraries Are Essential to 21st Century Communities
Press release: “Americans prize public library service in the Internet Age, a new research report released today by the nonpartisan public opinion research organization Public Agenda concludes. As local communities and states contend with tight budget constraints for public services, the public sees libraries as potential solutions to many communities’ most pressing problems, from universal …
New Competitive Intelligence Survey Available
“The Competitive Intelligence Foundation’s State of the Art: Competitive Intelligence Research Report ($) helps chart the progress of the competitive intelligence (CI) field. This report provides CI practitioners significant information on how competitive intelligence can support their organizational environment information that can be used by all practitioners to improve their effectiveness.” Free executive summary …
Managing Information and Resource Sharing in a Newsroom
The programmer as journalist: a Q&A with Adrian Holovaty – Washingtonpost.com’s Web tech guru answers questions about programming’s role in news reporting and presentation.
Amendments to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Regs Favor Industry
LA Times reported (reg req’d): EPA Rule Loosened After Oil Chief’s Letter to Rove – The White House says the executive’s appeal had no role in changing a measure to protect groundwater. Critics call it a political payoff. Related government document: Federal Register: June 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 112, Rules and Regulations,Page 33628-33640: “SUMMARY: …
Committee to Review Post Katrina Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
“Tomorrow, the Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Michael McCaul (TX) will hold a hearing to examine waste, fraud and abuse of federal funds in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of victims of the disaster were given debit cards and other types of tax payer funds to help them pay for food and shelter. The hearing …
CRS Report, Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, CRS Report, June 2, 2006 (47 pages, PDF)
Treasury IG Audit of the Microsoft Consulting Services Contract
Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Inspector General on Tax Administration Report: Invoice Audit of the Microsoft Consulting Services Contract – TIRNO-03-K-00191, June 2006 (30 pages, PDF).