Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Report of the Security Clearance Oversight Group Consistent With Title III of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, February 2007 (38 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2007
CDC Report Provides First State-Specific Data on Persons Living with Heart Disease
Press release: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a report that finds a wide range of variation in the prevalence of coronary heart disease (a narrowing of the arteries that feed the heart), heart attack and angina (chest pain that occurs when the heart does not get enough blood). The report… Continue Reading
PBS NOW Reports on Alleged Domestic E-Mail Surveillance Program
Via PBS: Airing on Friday, February 16, 2007 (check for time in your area), “NOW reports on new evidence suggesting the existence of a secret government program that intercepts millions of private e-mails each day in the name of terrorist surveillance. News about the alleged program came to light when a former AT&T employee, Mark… Continue Reading
EPAs Science Policy Council Issues Nanotechnology White Paper
“EPAs Science Policy Council has issued the Nanotechnology White Paper (EPA/100/B-07/001, February 2007). The purpose of the White Paper is to inform EPA management of the science issues and needs associated with nanotechnology, to support related EPA program office needs, and to communicate these nanotechnology science issues to stakeholders and the public. Nanotechnology is the… Continue Reading
Executive Order: Trial of Alien Unlawful Enemy Combatants by Military Commission
White House: Executive Order – Trial of Alien Unlawful Enemy Combatants by Military Commission By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-336), the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40), and… Continue Reading
ABA Approves Four Uniform Acts
Press release: “Four uniform acts, dealing with issues ranging from the revision of established rules governing anatomical gifts to a new law that should help prevent the abduction of children during custody proceedings, were approved today by the American Bar Associations House of Delegates at its Midyear Meeting in Miami, Florida, Feb. 7-13. Each uniform… Continue Reading
Merck Agrees to Pay IRS $2.3 Billion
IRS press release: “The IRS announced today that it had entered into an agreement that resolves several disputed tax issues with Merck & Co., Inc. and its subsidiaries. The agreement will result in a payment to the government of approximately $2.3 billion in federal tax, net interest and penalties, and resolves all issues that had… Continue Reading
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judicial Security and Independence
Senate Judiciary Committee, Full Committee, “Judicial Security and Independence“, February 14, 2007 Testimony from Supreme Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy : “Judicial independence is not conferred so judges can do as they please. Judicial independence is conferred so judges can do as they must. A judiciary with permanent tenure, with a sufficient degree of separation… Continue Reading
Gov Docs Obtained Via FOIA Request Indicate Iraq War Plan Assumed Only 5,000 U.S. Troops Still There by December 2006
CentCom PowerPoint Slides Briefed to White House and Rumsfeld in 2002, Obtained by National Security Archive through Freedom of Information Act – PowerPoints Reflect Internal Debates Over Size and Timing of Invasion Force – National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 214 – Edited by Joyce Battle and Thomas Blanton “The U.S. Central Command’s war… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Report on Maritime Patrol Boat Modernization Project
110’/123′ Maritime Patrol Boat Modernization Project, United States Coast Guard, OIG-07-27 (PDF, 32 pages), February 14, 2007. Continue Reading
How the President's Budget Request Compares to the Joint Funding Resolution
House Appropriations Committee, How the President’s Budget Request Compares to the Joint Funding Resolution, February 14, 2007 (6 pages, PDF) Related postings on the FY08 budget Continue Reading
FAA's FY 2008 Budget Request: – Key Issues Facing the Agency
FAA’s FY 2008 Budget Request: Key Issues Facing the Agency –February 14, 2007, Testimony by the Inspector General, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Aviation, Project ID: CC-2007-019. “FAA is requesting $14.1 billion for FY 2008, an increase of $328 million from its FY 2007 budget request. However,… Continue Reading
