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Working Group Report Baggage Screening Investments Survey

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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

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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 agency’s consumer protection mission, to other law enforcement agencies around the world, and to consumers.” In Commission testimony before the Subcommittee on Trade,… Continue Reading

House Intel Report on Al Qaeda and Terrorism

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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

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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

Waxman Releases Commerce E-Mail on Global Warming Doc. Request Denial

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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

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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

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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

DEA-Controlled Substances Act (CSA) Registration Database

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DEA-Controlled Substances Act (CSA) Registration Database (now available as a weekly subscription – fee-based) “The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) Registration Database consists of records of more than one million individuals registered under the Act, including registrants doing business under their individual names rather than a business name. Registration under the Act enables physicians, related practitioners,… Continue Reading