Department of Justice Fact Sheet: Structure of the National Security Division Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kenneth Wainstein and the Launch of the Department of Justice National Security Division : “Establishment of the NSD was recommended by the WMD commission and made a reality by the USA… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2006
FCC Announces Launch of Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
Press release: “The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is designed to provide an efficient, effective and responsive organizational structure to address matters related to public safety, homeland security, and emergency management and preparedness. The bureau is responsible for the combined public safety-related functions that were previously dispersed among the other bureaus and offices.” [via… Continue Reading
SEC to Rebuild Public Disclosure System to Make It 'Interactive'
SEC press release: “Sept. 25, 2006 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox announced today that the SEC has awarded three separate contracts totaling $54 million to transform the agencys 1980s-vintage public company disclosure system from a form-based electronic filing cabinet to a dynamic real-time search tool with interactive capabilities.” Continue Reading
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European Union Law: An Integrated Guide to Electronic and Print Research, Revised and Updated, by Marylin J. Raisch The Government Domain – Information Checks and Balances, by Peggy Garvin Continue Reading
University Complutense of Madrid Joins Google Book Project
Press release: “Working together, Google and the University Complutense of Madrid will digitise the university’s hundreds of thousands of public domain works, so that anyone, at anytime will be able to view, browse, read, and even download the full texts from the library’s historic and special collections. The library of the Complutense University of Madrid… Continue Reading
Google Transit Trip Planner Expands to Include 5 More Cities
Google Transit Trip Planner allows “commuters to find the fastest and most effective way to get around the city using public transportation….we’ve added five more cities to our coverage: Eugene, Oregon; Honolulu, Hawaii; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Seattle, Washington and Tampa, Florida.” Continue Reading
EPA OIG Audit of Agency's Ability to Quickly Respond to Hurricane Katrina
2006-P-00038 Existing Contracts Enabled EPA to Quickly Respond to Hurricane Katrina; Future Improvement Opportunities Exist [Report PDF – 36 pages] [At a Glance PDF], September 27, 2006. Continue Reading
GPO's Digitization and Preservation Initiatives
“One of the strategic goals of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is to digitize a complete legacy collection of tangible U.S. Government publications to make sure that these materials are available, in the public domain, for permanent public access. The conversion of tangible materials will begin with printed publications, and will eventually include microfiche… Continue Reading
New Public Interest Guide for Reducing Waste, Fraud, Abuse in CA State Gov't
Press release: For the fourth year in a row, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation (HJTF) today released the California Piglet Book, the definitive guide for reducing waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the California state government. “The Congressional Pig Book is CAGW’s annual compilation of the pork-barrel projects in… Continue Reading
National Criminal History Improvement Program
DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics “today announced almost $11 million in awards to state agencies to improve the completeness, quality and accessibility of the nation’s criminal record systems. Of this amount, more than $2.4 million was awarded to 15 jurisdictions to improve coordination and enhance the accuracy of data entered into… Continue Reading
GAO Examines FEMA Programs' Vulnerability to Fraud and Abuse
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Unprecedented Challenges Exposed the Individuals and Households Program (IHP) to Fraud and Abuse; Actions Needed to Reduce Such Problems in Future, GAO-06-1013, September 27, 2006. “GAO identified the potential for significant fraud and abuse as a result of FEMA’s management of the IHP in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Flaws… Continue Reading
DOD IG Audit of Financial Management of Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
D-2006-118 – Financial Management of Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts at Selected DoD Components, September 27, 2006 (Project No. D2006-D000FE-0010.000) “We performed this audit to determine whether obligations and expenditures related to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts at selected DoD Components were executed efficiently, timely, and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.” Continue Reading
