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DHS Privacy Office Annual Report to Congress Released After One Year Delay

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EPIC: “The Department of Homeland Security finally released the Privacy Office Annual Report, July 2004 – July 2006 (38 pages, PDF) to Congress. The Department is required by law to provide the report each year “on activities of the Department that affect privacy, including complaints of privacy violations, implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974,… Continue Reading

Pew Survey Identifies Public Use of Internet Newsgathering on Scientific Issues

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Press release: A “national survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the Exploratorium benchmarks how the internet fits into people’s habits for gathering news and information about science…Fully 40 million Americans use the internet as their primary source of news and information about science and 87% of online users… Continue Reading

Profiles of Progress: State Health IT Initiatives

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Profiles of Progress: State Health IT Initiatives, (November 2006) “A product of NASCIO’s Health IT Committee, this compendium provides a state-by-state “snapshot” of progress that each state has made in the health information technology (HIT) implementation process. Each individual state profile highlights the steps that states are taking in regards to HIT issues, from Executive… Continue Reading

Information Sharing Environment Implementation Plan Report Sent to Congress

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“The Director of National Intelligence, John D. Negroponte, has submitted to the U.S. Congress the Information Sharing Environment (ISE) Implementation Plan Report (186 pages, PDF). ISE is an approach that facilitates the sharing of terrorist-related information among local, state, federal, tribal, and private sector entities, as well as our foreign partners. The Implementation Plan Report… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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