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Monthly Archives: July 2006
New CRS Report on Campaign Finance
Campaign Finance: An Overview, July 31, 2006. Continue Reading
FDA Launches Food Defense Initiative
“The ALERT initiative is intended to raise the awareness of state and local government agency and industry representatives regarding food defense issues and preparedness. It is generic enough to apply to all aspects of the farm-to-table supply chain and is designed to spark thought and discussion with a variety of stakeholders. ALERT identifies five key… Continue Reading
Browsable Online Repository of GATT Documents
“On 15 May 2006 the General Council decided to make public all official documents issued under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Many of these documents did not exist electronically, and have been scanned to create a digital archive. This is a work in progress cataloguing is not completed, and refinements to… Continue Reading
Pew Reports on Online Newspaper Readership
Pew Research Center: Online Papers Modestly Boost Newspaper Readership Maturing Internet News Audience Broader Than Deep, Released: July 30, 2006. “A decade ago, just one-in-fifty Americans got the news with some regularity from what was then a brand new source the internet. Today, nearly one-in-three regularly get news online…The rise of the internet has also… Continue Reading
EPA OIG Audit Report on Superfund Payments
EPA Could Improve Its Redistribution of Superfund Payments to Specific Sites, [At a Glance] [Report – PDF 26 pages], July 31, 2006. Continue Reading
OIG Report on Changes in Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund Program Activities
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR): Changes in Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund Program Activities January through March 2006, (18 pages, PDF), July 28, 2006. Continue Reading
GAO Report on Gov't Transition to Internet Protocol Version 6
Internet Protocol Version 6: Federal Government in Early Stages of Transition and Key Challenges Remain, Full text GAO-06-675, and Highlights, June 30, 2006. “The Internet protocol (IP) provides the addressing mechanism that defines how and where information such as text, voice, music, and video move across interconnected networks…Federal agencies have taken steps in planning for… Continue Reading
OIG Report on Iraq's Anticorruption Program
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR): Joint Survey of the U.S. Embassy Iraq’s Anticorruption Program (33 pages, PDF), July 28, 2006. “Corruption in Iraq siphons resources from needed government services and reduces the willingness of international investors to invest in Iraq. It has been identified as a major barrier to… Continue Reading
Quarterly State Dept. Report on Use of Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds
The July 2006 Section 2207 report provides updates on Iraq Relief and Reconstruction. Continue Reading
IG Audit of Transition of Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund Projects to the Iraqi Government
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR): Transition of Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund Projects to the Iraqi Government, (30 pages, PDF), July 28, 2006. “This SIGIR review looked narrowly at IRRF-funded assets including their transfer and short-term sustainment. It also looked at the support provided to the Iraqi government to enhance… Continue Reading
Nixon White House Considered Nuclear Options Against North Vietnam
Nixon White House Considered Nuclear Options Against North Vietnam, Declassified Documents Reveal – Nuclear Weapons, the Vietnam War, and the “Nuclear Taboo”, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 195, Edited by William Burr and Jeffrey Kimball, Posted – July 31, 2006, The National Security Archive. Continue Reading
