Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses — Updated September 11, 2006 Iraq: Elections, Government, and Constitution — Updated September 11, 2006 Iran’s Nuclear Program: Recent Developments — Updated September 6, 2006 Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2006
CRS Report on Coast Guard Operations
Homeland Security: Coast Guard Operations – Background and Issues for Congress, updated September 12, 2006. Continue Reading
2006 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
Department of State’s Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, September 15, 2006 “The 2006 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom covers 197 countries and territories. The pages of each country report distill the experience of the past year into a whole that we hope will spur debate in other countries, hold governments accountable to their… Continue Reading
DOD IG Review of Inaccurate 9/11 Related Testimony by FAA and DOD
Report on Review of Testimony to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Report No. 06-INTEL-12), September 12, 2006. “Both DoD and the FAA provided the Commission and the public with inaccurate information about their responses to the events of September 11, 2001. However, we found no indication that these statements were… Continue Reading
Proposal to Restore Honesty and Accountability in Washington
Press release: “Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Democratic Members of the Committee on Government Reform have developed six proposals to restore honesty and accountability in government…Ban secret meetings with lobbyists and close the revolving door; Restore open government; Clean up federal contracting; Block the appointment of cronies; Take politics out of science; Protect federal whistleblowers.”… Continue Reading
Survey of Consumer and Professional Medical/Health Reference Tools
From Diane Kovacs: Results of Core Consumer Medical/Health Reference Tools Survey, includes Print, Free Web-Sites, Govdocs Sites, and Fee-Based Websites. Results of Professional Professional/Research Medical/Health Core Reference Survey, includes Print, Free Web-Sites, Govdocs Sites, and Fee-Based Websites. Continue Reading
Undisclosed U.S. Detention Sites Overseas: Background and Legal Issues
CRS Report, Undisclosed U.S. Detention Sites Overseas: Background and Legal Issues (24 pages, PDF), September 12, 2006. Continue Reading
EPA OIG Report on Agency's Response to Hurricane Katrina
2006-P-00033 Lessons Learned: EPA’s Response to Hurricane Katrina [Report PDF – 29 pages] [At a Glance PDF], September 14, 2006. Related links on Katrina Continue Reading
Challenge to CIA Policy on "Newsworthiness" of FOIA Docs, Results in Changes
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “The CIA has promised to stop judging the individual newsworthiness of the FOIA requests of the National Security Archive, a private research organization, in a move that could affect groups that have been charged higher fees under a recent change in CIA policy. In the CIA’s ongoing legal… Continue Reading
Senate Passes National Security Surveillance Act of 2006
September 13, 2006 By Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 2453: A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs. By Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, without amendment: S. 2455. A bill to provide in statute for… Continue Reading
Democratic Report on Army Military Readiness
House Democratic Leader Report: United States Army Military Readiness, September 2006 (12 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
Constitution Day Celebrates Freedoms
U.S. Courts: “Constitution Day officially is September 18 this year. To help teachers prepare for the observance, the federal courts and a number of other national institutions offer Constitution-related educational resources.” Related: Core Documents of U.S. Democracy – “To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic… Continue Reading
