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DOJ OIG Report on Top Management and Performance Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2006

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DOJ OIG – Top Management Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2006 Challenges [Full Report]
Section by section:

  • Counterterrorism
  • Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information
  • Information Technology Systems Planning, Implementation, and Security
  • Violent Crime
  • Financial Management and Systems
  • Detention and Incarceration
  • Supply and Demand for Drugs
  • Grant Management
  • Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  • Cybercrime

    • President's Management Agenda: Review of OMB's Improved Financial Performance Scorecard Process

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    President’s Management Agenda: Review of OMB’s Improved Financial Performance Scorecard Process, Full text GAO-07-95, and Highlights, November 16, 2006. “GAO found OMB’s staff were actively engaged in the scoring process and met regularly with agency officials to discuss progress in meeting scoring criteria and to provide input into agencies’ efforts to expand the use of… Continue Reading

    Leahy Seeks Newly Disclosed Documents On Administration’s Interrogation And Detention Policies

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    Follow-up to this November 14, 2006 posting, CIA Provides Documentation of Presidential Order on Detention Facilities Abroad, see this press release: “Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales seeking the release of previously unknown documents, relating to the Bush Administration’s interrogation and detention policies, that came to light as… Continue Reading

    Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries for U.S. Government Web Sites

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    Spanish Language Style Guide and Glossaries for U.S. Government Web Sites: “This new Spanish Style Guide is a resource for government employees, translators, and communications professionals who work with the government to improve the way we communicate with the public in Spanish. The guide contains information on grammar and style issues as well as glossaries… Continue Reading

    Statehealthfacts.org Updates Data on Medicare Prescription Drug Plans

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    11/15/2006: Updated AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Policies Related to Medicare Part D, as of May 2006 11/15/2006: Updated Medicare Drug Benefit Low-Income Subsidy Applications, as of 10/27/06 11/15/2006: New Number of Companies Offering Medicare Advantage Drug Plans (MA-PDs), 2007 11/15/2006: Updated – Number of Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs), 2007 – “Data have also… Continue Reading

    Lautenberg Introduces Legislation to Require Medical Accuracy in Government Programs

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    Follow-up to GAO Review HHS Abstinence-Until-Marriage Education Programs, Sen. Frank Lautenberg “introduced legislation [on November 16, 2006, titled the Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act] to require that federally-funded sex education/abstinence programs teach medically accurate and factual information.” [press release] Continue Reading