Report to Congress Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, December 18, 2006 (53 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
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Department of State OIG Report on Afghanistan Police Training and Readiness
Interagency Assessment of Afghanistan Police Training and Readiness (Text of Report Dated November 2006) Continue Reading
U.S. Frequency Allocation Chart
From the Office of Spectrum Management (OSM), “responsible for managing the Federal Government’s use of the radio frequency spectrum,” this U.S. Frequency Allocation Chart as of October 2003 (PDF), the Text equivalent version, and a Background Paper on Radio Frequency Spectrum Allocations. [thanks Mike] Continue Reading
Library of Congress Launches RSS Feeds
List of Library of Congress RSS Feeds News – A bulletin service of the latest news from the world’s preeminent reservoir of knowledge, providing resources to Congress and the American people Upcoming Events – Listing of the dozens of free concerts, lectures, exhibitions, symposia, films and other special programs offered at the Library on Capitol… Continue Reading
Time magazine's "Person of the Year" is …..All Those Who Participated in Social Networking
“…for seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game, TIME’s Person of the Year for 2006 is you.” [Link] Continue Reading
NRO annual reports for 1996-2006
http://www.nro.gov/foia/foia_reports.html Right now they post the NRO annual reports for 1998-2004 The FOIA Chief sent me a letter indicating they plan to post 1996, 1997, 2005 and 2006 at this location by next week. Continue Reading
New LC Country Profile on Kyrgyzstan
The Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Country Profile: Kyrgyzstan, December 14, 2006. Continue Reading
GAO Assesses FinCEN and IRS Effectiveness At Ensuring Bank Secrecy Act Compliance
Bank Secrecy Act: FinCEN and IRS Need to Improve and Better Coordinate Compliance and Data Management Efforts, Full text GAO-07-212, and Highlights, December 15, 2006: “…FinCEN and IRS lack a documented and coordinated strategy with time frames, priorities, and resource needs for improving NBFI compliance with BSA requirements.” Continue Reading
GAO Recommends More Oversight for National Flood Insurance Program
National Flood Insurance Program [NFIP]: New Processes Aided Hurricane Katrina Claims Handling, but FEMA’s Oversight Should Be Improved, Full-text, GAO-07-169, and Highlights, December 15, 2006. NFIP paid an unprecedented dollar amount for a record number of claims from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Congress increased NFIP’s borrowing authority with the U.S. Treasury from a pre-Katrina level… Continue Reading
AP Reports White House Tightens Publishing Rules for USGS Scientists
AP: “The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, who study everything from caribou mating to global warming, subjecting them to controls on research that might go against official policy. New rules require screening of all facts and interpretations by agency scientists. The rules apply to all scientific papers and… Continue Reading
GAO Reports on Rebuilding Iraq–Status of DOD's Reconstruction Program
Rebuilding Iraq–Status of DOD’s Reconstruction Program GAO-07-30R, December 15, 2006 “While financial data show that DOD has obligated most (97 percent) of its $13.5 billion in fiscal year 2004 reconstruction funds, work-in-place data show that about 29 percent, or $2.3 billion, of DOD’s construction program is incomplete, as of October 8, 2006. Continued congressional oversight… Continue Reading
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States
“Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Surveys, this series of AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheets examines the American distribution of: Median household income, whether it increased or decreased, and how various age groups fared during the year; Poverty, its presence in various age groups, and whether the poverty rate went up… Continue Reading
