“The Kaiser Family Foundation and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released an updated survey capturing the public’s views and knowledge of medical errors and their experiences with improving the quality of their care.” These toplines provide the complete survey questions and findings (11 pages, PDF) Summary and Chartpack: 2006 Update on Consumers… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2006
DOJ's Privacy Technology Focus Group Publish Privacy Technology Recommendations
Press release: “In 2005, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in partnership with DOJ’s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global), and the IJIS Institute (IJIS), chartered a group of public and private sector specialists to focus on privacy technology, charging the group to examine the… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Audit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Discipline Procedures
A Review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Discipline Procedures, OIG-06-57 (PDF, 49 pages), released on September 26, 2006. Continue Reading
President Signs Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
Press release: President Bush Signs Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act -“…Federal Funding Accountability Act — Accountability and Transparency Act will create a new website that will list government grants and contracts greater than $25,000. We’ll list all grants except for those above $25,000, except for those that must remain classified for national security reasons.… Continue Reading
EPA OIG Reports EPA Needs to Emphasize Management of Earmark Grants
EPA Needs to Emphasize Management of Earmark Grants [Report PDF – 19 pages] [At a Glance PDF] September 26, 2006, Report No. 2006-P-00037. Continue Reading
Annual List of Diseases Transmitted Through the Food Supply
[Federal Register: September 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 186)}[Notices] [Page 56152-56153] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Notice of annual update of list of infectious and communicable diseases that are transmitted through handling the food supply and the methods by which such diseases are transmitted. Continue Reading
More Than Half of EU E-Gov Users Satisfied According to Survey
Press release: “eUser, a Europe-wide survey of citizen needs for eGovernment and other public online services, funded by the EU, finds that 55% of those who have used eGovernment services are positive. Early efforts by Member States have led to a good start. Nevertheless, a considerable proportion (33%) of users experience at least one significant… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com
Identity Theft: A Bibliography of Federal, State, Consumer and News Resources – Revised and Updated, by Sabrina I. Pacifici & Catherine Guthrie Small Content, Long Tails, and Big Ideas in Law Libraries, by Jason Eisenman E-Discovery Update – by Fios Inc.: The Myth of Search, by Conrad J. Jacoby CongressLine, by GalleryWatch.com: Congressional Intent, by… Continue Reading
News of Classified April 2006 National Intelligence Estimate Generates Calls for Hearings and Document Release
In a September 25, 2006 letter to Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) requested the declassification of portions of the April 2006 National Intelligence Estimate, to the “fullest extent possible,” following reporting by the New York Times about its conclusions. Press release: “House Democratic Leader Pelosi, Rep. Waxman, and other senior… Continue Reading
Previously Unreleased Bibliographies and Indexes of NSA Publications
The Memory Hole: “This page contains indexes of four periodicals published by the National Security Agency, plus a listing of publications from the NSA’s Center for Cryptologic History. These indexes haven’t been publicly released until now, and many of the Cryptologic History publications weren’t previously known to the public. Researcher Michael Ravnitzky has discovered a… Continue Reading
DOD IG Audit: Budget Execution Reporting at Defense Finance and Accounting Service Indianapolis
D-2006-114 Budget Execution Reporting at Defense Finance and Accounting Service Indianapolis, September 25, 2006 (31 pages, PDF) – Project No. D2006-D000FI-0028.000) “The Army budget execution data reported to the Department of the Treasury for the Office of Management and Budget SF 133 did not agree with the data reported on the Army financial statements. The… Continue Reading
HHS OIG Report:: Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2007
Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2007 (PDF) Continue Reading
