USAToday.com: “Members of the House and Senate intelligence committees confirm that the National Security Agency has compiled a massive database of domestic phone call records. But some lawmakers also say that cooperation by the nation’s telecommunication companies was not as extensive as first reported by USA TODAY on May 11.”
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Daily Archives: June 30, 2006
Final Report on Tribal Lobbying Matters
Committee on Indian Affairs, ‘Gimme Five’ Investigation of Tribal Lobbying Matters (373 pages, PDF), June 22, 2006. Continue Reading
OSHA Launches New Safety and Health Topics Page
Press release: “The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently launched a new topics page on its Web site aimed at assisting employers and employees with information on OSHA workplace standards for steel product manufacturing. Basic Steel Products, a new Safety and Health topic, is a product of Alliances with The Steel Group and the… Continue Reading
Ninth Circuit Capital Punishment Handbook
“This 2006 electronic edition of the Capital Punishment Handbook has been revised and updated. It is current through March 10, 2006. Although the handbook is intended to be a comprehensive annotation of helpful and applicable capital habeas law, the handbook does not contain all opinions issued in habeas corpus cases. The handbook is a reference… Continue Reading
DOJ Teleconference on Supreme Court Ruling In Hamden Case
Transcript of Teleconference with Senior Officials Regarding Supreme Court’s Ruling in the Hamdan Case, June 30, 2006. Continue Reading
Report On Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities
Treasury: “The final results from the annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at end-June 2005 are released today and posted on the U.S. Treasury web site. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.”… Continue Reading
Variables of Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq, June 2006
Follow-up to March 31, 2006 posting, see Iraq Index: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction and Security in Post-Saddam Iraq, Brookings Institution, June 29, 2006 (57 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Senate Report on DHS Appropriations Bill
Senate Report 109-273 – Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (127 pages, PDF), June 29. 2006 Continue Reading
Senate Committee Approves FY 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
Press release: “Today the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The bill recommends $31,730,000,000 in discretionary spending for the Department of Homeland Security. This is $715,000,000 more than the Presidents fiscal year 2007 discretionary spending request and $1,472,299,000 more than the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, excluding emergency supplemental appropriations.” Continue Reading
DOJ IT Strategic Plan – Fiscal Years 2006 – 2011
DOJ IT Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2006 – 2011 Continue Reading
Review of the Senate's FY2007 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill
Review of the Senate’s FY2007 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill, June 29, 2006. Continue Reading
New DHS National Infrastructure Protection Plan
“The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) provides a coordinated approach to critical infrastructure and key resource protection roles and responsibilities for federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector security partners. The NIPP sets national priorities, goals, and requirements for effective distribution of funding and resources which will help ensure that our government, economy, and public… Continue Reading
