Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002

Daily Archives: February 7, 2007

DHS OIG Audit of BioWatch Program

DHS’ Management of BioWatch Program, OIG-07-22 (PDF, 30 pages), January 7, 2007.
Related government documents:

  • Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-18, January 31, 2007 – Released on January 7, 2007 – Subject: Medical Countermeasures against Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • The BioWatch Program: Detection of Bioterrorism, Congressional Research Service Report No. RL32152, November 19, 2003
  • See also the following guide to Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) and National Security Presidential Directives [NSPD], maintained and updated by FAS:

  • National Security Presidential Directives [NSPD]George W. Bush Administration: “In the George W. Bush Administration, the directives that are used to promulgate Presidential decisions on national security matters are designated National Security Presidential Directives (NSPDs).”
  • On October 29, 2001, President Bush issued the first of a new series of Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) governing homeland security policy.
  • FTC Issues Annual List of Top Consumer Complaints

    Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today issued its annual report, “Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data” on complaints consumers have filed with the agency. For the seventh year in a row, identity theft tops the list, accounting for 36 percent of the 674,354 complaints received between January 1 and December 31, 2006. Other… Continue Reading

    Hearing on The Hazards of Electronic Voting: Focus on the Machinery of Democracy

    House Rules Committee Hearing on The Hazards of Electronic Voting: Focus on the Machinery of Democracy, February 7, 2007. Opening Statement – The Honorable Dianne Feinstein – Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration: “Just last week, Florida Governor Charlie Christ announced plans to abandon the electronic touch-screen voting systems used in many of Florida’s… Continue Reading

    GAO Reports on DHS Address Risk Management and Agency Challenges

    Homeland Security: Applying Risk Management Principles to Guide Federal Investments GAO-07-386T, February 7, 2007: “Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the federal government has provided DHS with more than $130 billion in budget authority to make investments in homeland security. However, as… Continue Reading

    DHS Office of Immigration Statistics Report on Naturalization Rate Estimates and Border Apprehensions

    Naturalization Rate Estimates: Stock vs. Flow (PDF, 2 pages): “This report compares stock and flow measures of naturalization and discusses why immigrant naturalization rates differ depending on the data source used.” Border Apprehensions: 2005 (PDF, 2 pages): “This report provides information on recent trends in apprehensions and the gender, age, and geographic location of persons… Continue Reading