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Daily Archives: March 5, 2007
Judiciary Committee Hearing on Prosecutorial Independence
Follow-up to February 22, 2007 posting, New Report Shows No Precedent for Mass U.S. Attorney Firings, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on Part IIPreserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? for Tuesday, March 6, 2007. Related news: Joint Statement of Former… Continue Reading
DOJ FOIA Post on Assessing Agency Efforts to Meet FOIA Requirements
House Subcommittee Hearing: “The State of the [Freedom of Information Act]: Assessing Agency Efforts to Meet FOIA Requirements” – On February 14, 2007, the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in the House of Representatives held a hearing entitled “The State of the FOIA: Assessing Agency Efforts… Continue Reading
Judiciary's FY '07 Budget Authorized by Congress
Judiciary’s FY ’07 Budget Authorized by Congress: “A continuing resolution has provided the Judiciary with $5.980 billion in enacted appropriations for the remaining months of fiscal year 2007, a 4.9 percent increase over FY 2006.” Judiciary Budget Facts and Impact Continue Reading
GAO Annual Assessment of the Safety, Performance, and Reliability of the Nation's Nuclear Stockpile
Nuclear Weapons: Annual Assessment of the Safety, Performance, and Reliability of the Nation’s Stockpile, GAO-07-243R, February 2, 2007. ” Congress asked us to describe the processes that DOE and DOD have established for fulfilling the requirements of the annual assessment. To determine this process, we reviewed the major reports and briefings generated during the annual… Continue Reading
Could Baby Boomers Be Approaching Retirement in Worse Shape Than Their Predecessors?
National Institute on Aging: “Americans in their early to mid-50s today report poorer health, more pain and more trouble doing everyday physical tasks than their older peers reported at the same age in years past, a recent analysis has shown. The research, published in print and online this week by the nonprofit National Bureau of… Continue Reading
GAO Report on Combatting Terrorism
Combating Terrorism: Improved Training and Guidance Needed to More Effectively Address Host Nation Support and Enhance DOD’s Force Protection Efforts GAO-07-200NI, January 31, 2007. Note: “GAO products with the suffix NI following the report number are not posted on GAO’s Web site and are not available over the Internet. Order a printed copy of GAO-07-200NI… Continue Reading
Justice Department to Monitor Elections in California
DOJ press release: “The Justice Department today announced that on March 6, 2007, it will monitor municipal elections in Azusa, Gardena, Paramount, and Rosemead, Calif., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act. Under the Voting Rights Act, the Justice Department is authorized to ask the Office of Personnel Management to send federal observers to… Continue Reading
Federal Tax Filing Deadline Is April 17
“Taxpayers have until Tuesday, April 17, 2007 to file their federal returns with the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Federal tax returns are typically due on April 15, but in 2007, April 15 falls on a Sunday and April 16 is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia. Some printed IRS… Continue Reading
USPTO Report Finds Inadvertent Filesharing Threatens Personal, Government and Corporate Data
Press release: “…the Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a report that concludes that the distributors of five popular filesharing programs repeatedly deployed features that they knew or should have known could cause users to share files inadvertently. The report, Filesharing Programs and “Technological Features to Induce Users to Share,… Continue Reading
Article Details Largest Library Closures in the U.S.
SFGate.com reports that on April 7, Jackson County Oregon will closed “its entire public library system…as the 15 libraries serving this rural forest community lost $7 million in federal funding this year — nearly 80 percent of the system’s budget.” See the Jackson County Library Information blog for postings, inclusive of this information: “The final… Continue Reading
2007 Trade Policy Agenda and 2006 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program
March 1, 2007 press release: “The Bush Administration today delivered to Congress the 2007 Trade Policy Agenda and the 2006 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program. The report details the many benefits of trade for U.S. manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, service providers, workers, and consumers; reviews the Administrations… Continue Reading
