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Daily Archives: March 9, 2007
GAO Reviews DOD and VA Health Care
DOD and VA Health Care: Challenges Encountered by Injured Servicemembers during Their Recovery Process GAO-07-606T, and Highlights, March 8, 2007: “As of March 1, 2007, over 24,000 servicemembers have been wounded in action since the onset of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), according to the Department of Defense (DOD). GAO work… Continue Reading
Federal Appeals Court Rules D.C.'s Gun Ban is Unconstitutional
PARKER V. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 04-7041a, March 9, 2007 (75 pages, PDF) FindLaw: “A challenge was brought against District of Columbia gun control laws which bar the registration of handguns, the carrying of pistols without a license, and also require all lawfully owned firearms be kept unloaded… Continue Reading
ACLU Refutes FBIs Claims of Unintentional Patriot Act Abuses
Follow-up to March 8, 2007 posting, DOJ OIG Report Documents FBI Underreporting Use of National Security Letter, this from the ACLU: “Claims that the FBIs reported Patriot Act abuses were the “unintentional” result of outmoded computer systems and human error are not credible, the American Civil Liberties Union said today, citing evidence that agents contracted… Continue Reading
House Judiciary Committee Calls for White House to Provide Additional Info on Fired U.S. Attorneys
Follow-up to March 5, 2007 posting, Judiciary Committee Hearing on Prosecutorial Independence, the following related government documents: 3/9/2007 – House Judiciary Committee Calls for White House, Miers to Provide Information on Fired U.S. Attorneys: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez expanded their investigation into the U.S. Attorney scandal… Continue Reading
SEC Report Concerning Examinations of Options Order Routing and Execution
Press release: “…The Commissions Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, with the staff from the Division of Market Regulation, conducted a series of examinations of the options order routing practices of eight broker-dealers that have a significant amount of retail options order flow. In addition, the Office of Economic Analysis conducted an analysis of quote… Continue Reading
House Hearing on Combating Pretexting
Combating Pretexting: H.R. 936, Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Friday, March 9, 2007 Witness List and Prepared Testimony EPIC: “In testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg expressed support for H.R. 936, the Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act.… Continue Reading
National Computer Forensic Institute Unveiled
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Alabama state officials unveiled today the National Computer Forensic Institute in Hoover, Ala., that will assist in the field of computer forensics and digital evidence analysis. The institute will be developed by the U.S Secret Service and is partially funded by the departments National Cyber Security… Continue Reading
White House Fact Sheet on Job Creation
Fact Sheet: Job Creation Continues – More Than 7.5 Million Jobs Created Since August 2003, March 9, 2007. See also President’s State of the Economy Overview Continue Reading
DOE OIG Audit of Department's Wildland Fire Planning and Preparation Efforts
Department of Energy Office of Inspector General Audit Report, The Department’s Wildland Fire Planning and Preparation Efforts, March 2007. Continue Reading
National Association of Secretarties of State 2007 Winter Conference Resources
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) 2007 Winter Conference Resources. Continue Reading
HHMI and Elsevier Announce Public Access Agreement
Press release: “The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and Elsevier have established an agreement to make author manuscripts of articles published in Elsevier and Cell Press journals publicly available six months following final publication. It takes effect for articles published after September 1, 2007…Elsevier will deposit author manuscripts of original research articles, along with an… Continue Reading
