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Citizens Against Public Waste Release Annual Report

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  • Commentary: “Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) document “a record-breaking $22.9 billion spent on 10,656 pork-barrel projects.” And from the press release: “The 630 projects profiled in the Pig Book Summary will cost taxpayers more than $3.1 billion this year.”
  • 2004 Report Introduction and Overview, arranged by federal agencies [Link]. This page provides links to reports from 1996 to current year.
  • Pork per Capita by State
  • Oinker Awards for 2004
  • Search the Pig Book

    • New Zealand E-Gov Program Using RSS

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    From the Overview portion of a report issued by the E-government Unit, State Services Commission (New Zealand), A standard for the publication of government news summaries. “This document proposes a technical standard for the publication of government agency news on the web. “News” in this context means media releases and other event-related content authored by… Continue Reading

    News Sites That Rank Highest

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    From NewsKnife, an organization that rates news sites, their current survey, December 2003 through March 2004, lists the most relevant news sites based on Google searches, as follows: The New York Times, Reuters, The Washington Post, ABC News, Voice of America and the San Francisco Chronicle. The complete alphabetical list of the top 81 sites… Continue Reading

    House and Senate Legislation on VoIP

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    H. R. 4129 – “Law Enforcement Access – (1) Requirements regarding assistance capabilities- Effective as provided in paragraph (3)(D), each provider of a connected VoIP application shall ensure that its equipment, facilities, or services are capable of — (A) enabling the government to intercept communications transmitted using such application and to access call-identifying information regarding… Continue Reading

    Legislation to Create Federal Director of National Intelligence

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    H.R. 4104, the text in pdf, of the Intelligence Transformation Act of 2004, “To establish the Director of National Intelligence as head of the intelligence community, to modify and enhance authorities and responsibilities relating to the administration of intelligence and the intelligence community, and for other purposes.” From the text of the press release by… Continue Reading

    International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology

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    “The UNHCR Library and Forced Migration Online (FMO) are pleased to announce that the International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology (ITRT) is now available as an interactive and searchable tool online. Users can quickly locate terminology in English, French or Spanish by: 1) browsing alphabetically, 2) browsing by a newly-defined subject class hierarchy, or 3) conducting… Continue Reading

    New CRS Report on FBI Intelligence Reform

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    RL32336 — FBI Intelligence Reform Since September 11, 2001: Issues and Options for Congress: From the report’s conclusion – “Should the Congress choose to influence the direction and/or outcome of the FBI’s intelligence reform, numerous options, from support of the status quo to the establishment of an autonomous domestic security intelligence service, are available for… Continue Reading