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GAO Reports Assess U.S. Strategy for Iraq

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  • Rebuilding Iraq: More Comprehensive National Strategy Needed to Help Achieve U.S. Goals, Full-text GAO-06-788, and Highlights, July 11, 2006: “…it is unclear how the United States will achieve its desired end-state in Iraq given the significant changes in the assumptions underlying the U.S. strategy.”
  • Rebuilding Iraq: More Comprehensive National Strategy Needed to Help Achieve U.S. Goals and Overcome Challenges, Full-text GAO-06-953T, and Highlights, July 11, 2006: “…increases in attacks against the coalition and its Iraqi partners and the growing influence of militias will adversely affect U.S. and Iraqi efforts.”
  • Rep. Waxman Statement on Administration’s Strategy in Iraq, July 11, 2006

    • 2006 White House Salary List

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    Who’s Making What In The White House, by Alexis Simendinger, for NationalJournal.com (sub. req’d) “President Bush’s most senior aides — the ones who hold the coveted title of “assistant to the president” — recently received a $4,200 cost-of-living bump-up in compensation and now earn a top pay rate of $165,200, according to an internal White… Continue Reading

    Oversight Hearing onTerror Finance Tracking Program

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    Follow-up to postings on terrorist financing programs, the House Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled “The Terror Finance Tracking Program,” Tuesday, July 11, 2006. Opening Statement of Full Committee Chairman Michael G. Oxley Prepared Testimony: Stuart Levey, Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury: “…SWIFT is predominantly used for overseas transfers. It… Continue Reading

    Treasury IG Audit on Identifying Businesses by Their Principal Business Activity

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    Although Improvements Have Been Made, More Can Be Done to Identify Businesses by Their Principal Business Activity, July 2006, Reference Number: 2006-30-097 (21 pages, PDF). “This report presents the results of our review of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) efforts to identify businesses by their principal business activity. The overall objective of this review was… Continue Reading

    Model State, Regional, and Federal Enterprise Retrieval System

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    Why Reinvent the Wheel? Model State, Regional, and Federal Enterprise Retrieval System, by Katie Mugg, Project Manager, State, Regional, and Federal Enterprise Retrieval System, San Diego Association of Governments, San Diego, California National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan “The Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) is a complex criminal justice enterprise network utilized by 50 local,… Continue Reading

    DHS IG Audit of National Asset Database

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    Progress in Developing the National Asset Database, OIG-06-40 (PDF, PDF), July 11, 2006: “The report assesses the actions DHS has taken to identify and organize the nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources in the National Asset Database.” Related news and government documents: Inspector: Homeland Security database flawed – Petting zoo, kangaroo center on list of… Continue Reading

    U.S. Sentencing Commission Releases Annual Report and Statistics Sourcebook

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    U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2005 Annual Report – The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2005 Annual Report presents an overview of major Commission activities and accomplishments. The 2005 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics has national sentencing data and more. See also Federal Sentencing Statistics by State, District, and Circuit Continue Reading

    New York Courts to Make "Virtual" Case Files Available on the Internet

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    Press release: “In Manhattan, the public will have free remote access to a virtual file of civil cases in Supreme Court, including pleadings, preliminary conference and other case-management orders, requests for judicial intervention, notes of issue, orders to show cause and notices of motion. (Due to volume, affidavits, exhibits and other supporting motion papers will… Continue Reading