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
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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Bankruptcy Fraud Hotline Launched
“As part of the Department of Justice’s efforts to combat bankruptcy fraud and abuse, the Executive Office of the U.S. Trustees has launched an Internet hotline, which allows the public to report suspected bankruptcy fraud. The hotline also will protect the bankruptcy system’s integrity. A link to it has been added to the U.S. Trustees… Continue Reading
House Judiciary Committee Oversight Plan 110th Congress
House Judiciary Committee Oversight Plan 110th Congress, February 7, 2007. 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 Report on Disaster Planning Post Katrina and Rita
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Federal Actions Could Enhance Preparedness of Certain State-Administered Federal Support Programs, GAO-07-219, and Highlights, February 7, 2007. 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
CIA FOIA Database Updated With Addition of 138 New Documents
“138 new documents were added to the site on February 5, 2007. Additional recent releases may be found here.” [Note: all but four of the documents date back to the 1990s.] Continue Reading
Law Library of Congress To Celebrate 175th Anniversary in 2007
“Founded in 1832, the Law Library of Congress is the de facto national law library. Its mission is to provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress, U.S. federal courts and executive branch agencies, and to provide reference service to the public. To accomplish this mission, the Law Library has amassed the world’s largest… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Survey Targets Political News Consumers
Election Newshounds Speak Up – Newspaper, TV and Internet Fans Tell How and Why They Differ, by Deborah Fallows, Senior Research Fellow: “If you ask political news consumers what they like most about their favorite platform for news, a vivid image of a typical TV, newspaper, and internet political news consumer will emerge from their… Continue Reading
U.S. Statutes at Large Vol. 118, 108th Congress, 2nd Session Now Online
Via GPO Access: U.S. Statutes at Large Volume 118, 108th Congress, 2nd Session Continue Reading
Recently Released CRS Reports on Topics Including Iraq, Iran and Energy Efficiency
Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated February 1, 2007 Iran’s Influence in Iraq, Updated February 2, 2007 Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, Updated January 23, 2007 Congressional Authority to Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq, January 29, 2007 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Legislation in the 110th Congress, January 25, 2007 Continue Reading
