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
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Monthly Archives: October 2006
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
Committee Report Finds Data Breaches Throughout Federal Government
Press release: “In a report released today, Reps. Davis and Waxman summarize information provided to the Committee by 19 federal departments and agencies regarding the loss or compromise of personal information since January 2003. The report finds that every agency has experienced at least one such breach and that the agencies do not always know… Continue Reading
NRC Issues Orders on Safeguarding WMD Info
Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Safeguards Information access; fingerprinting and criminal history check requirements [Federal Register: October 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 198][Notices][Page 60587-60590] Order Imposing Fingerprinting and Criminal History Records Check Requirements for Access to Safeguards Information (Effective Immediately) Continue Reading
Study Examines Midwest Election Coverage
Joyce Foundation News press release, Midwest Local TV Newscasts Average 36 Seconds of Election Coverage: “In the month following the traditional Labor Day kickoff of the 2006 election campaign season, television stations in nine Midwest markets devoted an average of 36 seconds to election coverage during the typical 30-minute local news broadcast, a new analysis… Continue Reading
BJS Report on Role of Law Enforcement in Public Health Emergencies
“This Bureau of Justice Assistance report describes the role of law enforcement during public health emergencies, mass vaccinations, voluntary restrictions, and quarantines; securing the perimeter of contaminated areas and securing health care facilities; controlling crowds; investigating scenes of suspected biological terrorism; and protecting national stockpiles of vaccines or other medicines.” Role of Law Enforcement in… Continue Reading
PEER Reports EPA Scientists Losing Access to Research Sources
Follow up to previous postings on closures of EPA libraries around the country, this October 9, 2006 press release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is sharply reducing the number of technical journals and environmental publications to which its employees will have online access, according to agency e-mails released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility… Continue Reading
Committee on Homeland Security Releases Report on Post-9/11 Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Press release, October 12, 2006: “U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, announced the release of the Committee’s report on post-9/11 funding to New York City. The report cites instances of waste, fraud, and abuse from the $20 billion in federal assistance sent to New York following September 11,… Continue Reading
Draft Paper, Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation
Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation, Public DRAFT September 21, 2006, R. David Lankes, Joanne Silverstein. Produced for the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy. Information Institute of Syracuse. Syracuse Universitys school of Information Studies. There are three ways to provide comments on the public draft: Read and E-Mail; Read and Join the… Continue Reading
Federal Prosecution of Human Trafficking, 2001-2005
Federal Prosecution of Human Trafficking, 2001-2005, 10/06. “Presents Federal criminal case processing statistics on peonage and slavery statutes in the U.S. criminal code with a focus on human trafficking offenses created by Congress in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. NCJ 215248” Acrobat file | ASCII file| Spreadsheets (zip format 3K) Continue Reading
