Press release: “The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) today released a consensus framework that paves the way for federal legislation establishing a national program for recycling household TVs and information technology (IT) products such as computers and computer monitors. The board of EIA’s Environmental Issues Council, which includes companies such as HP, Lenovo, Panasonic and Sharp,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate, Covering the Period, January 4, 2005 to December 8, 2006
S.Rpt. 110-57: Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate, Covering the Period, January 4, 2005 to December 8, 2006 (42 pages, PDF), April 26, 2007 ordered to be printed, released May 24, 2007. Continue Reading
GAO Reports Address FBI Info Security and DoD Critical Infrastructure
Information Security: FBI Needs to Address Weaknesses in Critical Network GAO-07-368, April 30, 2007: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) relies on a critical network to electronically communicate, capture, exchange, and access law enforcement and investigative information. Misuse or interruption of this critical network, or disclosure of the information traversing it, would impair FBI’s ability… Continue Reading
Berkeley Lab, EPA Studies Confirm Large Public Health And Economic Impact of Dampness and Mold
Press release: “A pair of studies to be published in the journal Indoor Air have quantified the considerable public health risks and economic consequences in the United States from building dampness and mold. William J. Fisk, Acting Division Director of Berkeley Labs Environmental Energy Technologies Division, was head of EETDs Indoor Environment Department when this… Continue Reading
Hearing on Mental Health Problems Confronting Soldiers Returning from Iraq, Afghanistan
“Numerous reports indicate that a large percentage of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder. In a hearing on Thursday, May 24, the Committee heard from afflicted soldiers and their families, examined the ability of the DOD and the VA to screen, treat, and track… Continue Reading
Senate Intelligence Committee
Officials familiar with the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation also say analysts warned against U.S. domination in the region, which could increase extremist recruiting. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the report’s declassification is not finished. It could be made public as soon as this week. Continue Reading
Google Translate Adds New Feature to Convert Search Results Into 12 different Languages
Press release, May 23, 2007: “We are happy to announce the arrival of a new cross-language search feature that allows users across the world to find and view search results on foreign language web pages in their own native language. Now, more content on the web is accessible to more users, regardless of what languages… Continue Reading
New EPA OIG Audits Released
2007-P-00025 EPA Can Improve Its Oversight of Audit Followup [Report PDF – 28 pages] [At a Glance PDF] May 24, 2007 2007-P-00024 Number of and Cost to Award and Manage EPA Earmark Grants, and the Grants Impact on the Agencys Mission [Report PDF – 21 pages] [At a Glance PDF] May 22, 2007 Continue Reading
Veterans in State and Federal Prisons, 2004
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Veterans Older, Better Educated Than Other State and Federal Prisoners, May 20, 2007: “There were an estimated 140,000 veterans held in state and federal prisons in 2004, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced [on April 29, 2007.] State prisons held 127,500 of these veterans, and federal prisons held… Continue Reading
Federal Agencies Release Annual Report to Congress on Scholarship Fraud
Press release: “Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams that guarantee money for college in exchange for a fee. In 2000, Congress passed the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act to help federal agencies crack down on those scams. The Federal… Continue Reading
International Biodefense Handbook 2007
International Biodefense Handbook 2007, by Sergio Bonin, published by the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, May 1, 2007. “The handbook compares different political, strategic, and structural approaches to biosecurity in seven countries and five international and supra-national organizations. It provides an overview of national and multilateral biodefense efforts by examining important policies in this… Continue Reading
Pew Research Survey on Spam 2007
Press release: “The volume of spam is growing in Americans’ personal and workplace emailaccounts, but email users are less bothered by it. Spam continues to plague the internet as more Americans than ever say they are getting more spam than in the past. But while American internet users report increasing volumes of spam, they also… Continue Reading
