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Monthly Archives: February 2007
Hearing Questions Waste, Fraud, and Abuse In Iraq Reconstruction
Committee on Government and Oversight Reform: “Ambassador L. Paul Bremer and Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, testified on management of U.S. funds in Iraq. Questions were raised about an audit report issued in 2005 by Mr. Bowen that concluded that more than $8.8 billion in cash was disbursed without adequate financial… Continue Reading
TRAC Expands Data Available on convictions for Six Secialized Subjects
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse announcement: “For several months, TRAC has offered on its public website very timely month-by-month reports and data tracking changes in the government’s enforcement activities against white collar criminals, illegal drug peddlers, immigration violators and unlawful gun users and dealers…TRAC has greatly expanded the offerings [Link]. For the latest available month, there… Continue Reading
Hearing on Oversight of Recent EPA Decisions
“This morning, February 6, 2007, ALA President Leslie Burger testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), concerning the recent closure of several libraries in the Environmental and Protection Agency (EPA). Link to Burgers full testimony. “As one recently retired EPA librarian described it,” Burger said in… Continue Reading
FCC Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Estimates
Press release: “The President has submitted a budget to Congress that proposes fiscal year 2008 funding for the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) of $313,000,000…The request would also provide funding to conduct an outreach campaign to educate consumers about the impact and benefits of the transition to Digital Television (DTV). In addition, the request would allow… Continue Reading
Short-Term Energy Energy Outlook February 2007
Energy Information Agency: Short-Term Energy Energy Outlook February 2007 (02/06/2007) – “Quarterly short-term energy projections for supply, demand, and price for the major fuels through 2008 for the U.S. International oil forecasts are included.” Continue Reading
Debate Escalates Over Bush Presidential Library at Southern Methodist Univ.
Inside Higher Ed – Broadening the Bush Library Debate: “As professors at Southern Methodist University have mobilized against the plans to build President Bushs library there, their focus has not been the library, but a policy institute to be affiliated with it that would have as its mission promoting the Bush philosophy.” Continue Reading
Commission Submits FY 2008 Budget Request and GPRA Performance Plans to Congress
“The Commission has approved the following documents: 1) the FTCs FY 2008 Budget Overview Statement; 2) the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Performance Plans for FY 2007 and FY 2008; and 3) the Presidents Management Agenda exhibit. These documents are part of the FTCs formal budget request that was submitted to Congress on February… Continue Reading
CDT Faults Guidelines for Terror Information Sharing
“A CDT analysis finds that privacy guidelines issued by the Bush Administration for the Information Sharing Environment are inadequate. The ISE is a potentially revolutionary system for exchanging personally identifiable information that was mandated by the intelligence reform act of 2004. Adoption of detailed guidelines to protect privacy was supposed to be a pre-condition for… Continue Reading
New York State CIO Issues IT Trust Model Best Practice Guidelines
New York State Office of the CIO: “Identity and Access Management (IAM) provides an effective way to protect computer-based services and data for all state and local agencies from unauthorized access. Organizational business requirements often result in the need to grant external users access to services and data or to achieve multi-organizational system interoperability. Demand… Continue Reading
Web Search Queries Used to Drive E-Commerce
WSJ free feature, The New Benefits of Web-Search Queries – Companies Use Research To Develop Products, Trail Consumer Interests: “…companies…are figuring that what users type into search boxes offers insight into what people are actually interested in buying.” Continue Reading
Judge Walton Allows Release of Libby Grand Jury Testimony
AP: “U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said he would make the eight-hour recordings public even though he was worried that jurors could be influenced by outside media buzz.” Related postings on Libby investigation and trial Continue Reading
