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Daily Archives: October 16, 2006
Former FDA Chief Faces Snack Food Scandal Charges
U.S. v. Lester Crawford, October 16, 2006: “Former FDA Chief Lester Crawford is charged with lying about, and failing to disclose, his ownership of Pepsico and Sysco stock, and stock options in Embrex Inc. while working at the federal agency, and with a conflict of interest for holding the stocks while being involved with a… Continue Reading
Article Examines Trade Secrets in Our Public Infrastructure
Levine, David S., “Secrecy and Unaccountability: Trade Secrets in Our Public Infrastructure”. Florida Law Review, Forthcoming. [via SSRN] “Trade secrecy – the intellectual property doctrine that allows businesses to keep commercially valuable information secret for a potentially unlimited amount of time – is increasingly intruding in the operation of our public infrastructure, like voting machines,… Continue Reading
AG Issues Report to President Regarding the Administration of FOIA
Press release: “Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales submitted to President Bush today the Departments report regarding the government-wide administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Today’s report is the result of the first of three Justice Department reviews required under Executive Order 13392 titled, Improving Agency Disclosure of Information. The executive order, signed by… Continue Reading
Assessment of Reliability of Bulk Power Systems in North America
Press release, October 16, 2006: North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) Issues First Reliability Assessment Since Being Named the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) – “The adequacy of North’s America’s electricity system will decline soon,” according to the CEO of NERC/ERO. Report – 2006 Long-Term Reliability Assessment: the Reliability of Bulk Power Systems in North America,… Continue Reading
Energy OIG Inspection Report on Protective Force Property Management at Lawrence Livermore Labs
Inspection Report, “Protective Force Property Management at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory”, October 2006 (20 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
DHS OIG Evaluation of Information Security Program for FY 2006
Evaluation of DHS’ Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2006 (PDF, 42 pages), released October 16, 2006. Continue Reading
Minority Staff Report: Investigation of Jack Abramoffs Use of Tax-Exempt Organizations
Senate Committee on Finance, Minority Staff Report: Investigation of Jack Abramoff’s Use of Tax-Exempt Organizations, October 2006 (358 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
