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Daily Archives: September 20, 2006
Working Group Report Baggage Screening Investments Survey
Working Group Report Baggage Screening Investments Survey, prepared for the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, August 9, 2006 (220 pages, PDF). Press release, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA): “The report was developed by experts from air carriers, airport operators, the federal government and contractors it is a non-partisan report that was authorized by the 9/11 Intelligence… Continue Reading
FTC Calls for Openness, Accessibility in Whois Database System
FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. Senate that access to Whois databases the directories that contain information about Web site operators are “critical to the agencys consumer protection mission, to other law enforcement agencies around the world, and to consumers.” In Commission testimony before the Subcommittee on Trade,… Continue Reading
Pew Internet & American Life Project Survey Charts Increased Use of Web for Political Info
“On a typical day in August, 26 million Americans were using the internet for news or information about politics and the upcoming mid-term elections. That corresponds to 19% of adult internet users, or 13% of all Americans over the age of 18.” [Link] Continue Reading
House Intel Report on Al Qaeda and Terrorism
House Intelligence Committee Releases Report on al-Qaeda: “The report addresses how five years after 9-11 al-Qaeda and other radical Islamist organizations remain determined to carry out attacks against the United States, our allies and U.S. interests abroad.” Al Qaeda: The Many Faces of an Islamist Extremist Threat (40 pages, PDF) Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), Ranking… Continue Reading
Sen. Finance Chair Grassley Outlines Problems at FDA
Grassley outlines problems at FDA, urges reforms, September 20, 2006. “I have reviewed and questioned how the FDA handles the pre-market review and postmarket surveillance of drugs, biologics, devices and veterinary medicines to assess whether or not the agency is fulfilling its mission to protect the public health. Additionally, I have worked to give voice… Continue Reading
DOE IG Audit Report: The Department's Unclassified Cyber Security Program-2006
Audit Report – “The Department’s Unclassified Cyber Security Program-2006,” September 2006 (23 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Waxman Releases Commerce E-Mail on Global Warming Doc. Request Denial
Rep. Waxman Releases Internal Commerce Department E-Mails on Climate Change, Tuesday, September 19, 2006 — “Rep. Waxman requests Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez explain emails that appear to show that his office denied a media request to interview a NOAA scientist who had concluded that global warming may lead to more dangerous hurricanes.” Commerce Department E-mails… Continue Reading
Senators Ask for Review of Classified Information, Say Documents Were Overclassified
Press release: Wyden, Bond, Senators Ask for Review of Classified Information in Senate Intelligence Report, Say Documents Were Overclassified – Request Marks First Time New Board Asked to Review Classification, September 19, 2006: “A bipartisan group of Senators who serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee…asked an independent board that oversees classification of information to review… Continue Reading
Hearing on Climate Change Technology Research
Government Reform Committee Legislative Hearing, Climate Change Technology Research: Do We Need a Manhattan Project for the Environment?, September 21, 2006. Links to testimony and opening statement. Press release: “The Committee on Government Reform will hold an oversight hearing to explore whether a need exists for a program to manage research in transformational technologies in… Continue Reading
