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FOI Requests Made By Media Outpaced By Non Partisan Research Archive

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According to a log [Word document: Listing of media requests] detailing FOI requests made by media organizations to the Pentagon for the period covering 2000 through February 2005, the National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute, far outpaced the number of requests made by news agencies, including AP, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington… Continue Reading

DHS Lists FEMA Response to Katrina As a Success Story

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“DHS Today will highlight FY05 Accomplishments in this column over the next several weeks. This week’s focus is on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The top FY05 FEMA accomplishments included: Hurricane Katrina: The response to Hurricane Katrina was FEMA’s largest response in its history. The aid given within six weeks of landfall included almost… Continue Reading

EU Advocate General Recommends Annulling Agreement to Share Passenger Name Records

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Nº 98/2005: 22 November 2005, Opinion of the Advocate General in cases C-317/04, C-318/04, Parliament/Council, Principles of Community law – press release – Advocate General Léger Proposed Annulment of the Commission and Council Decisions on Transfer to the American Authorities of Personal Information Concerning Air Passengers. Full-text opinion (in French) May 31, 2004, Passenger Data… Continue Reading

GSA Website Redesigned

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Press release: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) [November 2, 2005] launched a redesign of its external agency Web site. The refreshed site will make it easier for federal customer agencies, businesses, and citizens to get the information they need on GSA’s products and services. Improvement include: “A newly redesigned homepage that will make it… Continue Reading

DOJ IG Report on Agency’s Top Management and Performance Challenges

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November 18, DOJ/OIG Top Management and Performance Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2005: Counterterrorism; Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information; Department and FBI Intelligence-Related Reorganizations; Information Technology Systems Planning and Implementation; Information Technology Security; Financial Management and Systems; Grant Management; Detention and Incarceration; Judicial Security; and Supply and Demand for Drugs. Continue Reading

Report on Gov ‘t Docs That Verify Facts on Pre-War Intel

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Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel, by Murray Waas, special to National Journal. “Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam… Continue Reading

Library of Congress Launches World Digital Library Initiative

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Library of Congress press release: “Google Is First Private-Sector Partner with Funding of $3 Million. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin announced today that Google is the first private-sector company to contribute to the Library’s initiative to develop a plan to begin building a World Digital Library (WDL) for use… Continue Reading

Democratic Policy Committee Issues Reports on Pre and Post Iraq War Intel

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From the Democratic Policy Committee: Bush Administration’s Iraq Claims at Odds with Pre-War Intelligence, Post-War Evidence, November 18, 2005 (13 pages, PDF) – “This document compares each of the Bush Administration’s major claims to both the intelligence available before the war began and the post-war findings of the Iraq Survey Group and others.” Myth vs.… Continue Reading