EAC Releases NVRA Report – 172.8 Million Registered Voters in 2006: “The United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today delivered to Congress its report on the Impact of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993. The NVRA report, which covers registration information from after the 2004 general election through the 2006 general election, and the corresponding data tables are available here.”
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Monthly Archives: June 2007
New National Study of GOP Voters Highlights Changes Over Past Decade
Pollingreport.com, June 28, 2007: “A decade ago, Fabrizio, McLaughlin and Associates (FMA) released its groundbreaking study entitled “The Elephant Looks in the Mirror.” The study took a critical look at the core beliefs of the GOP and broke the party down into issue and principle based segments. That study became a roadmap for many in… Continue Reading
Survey of New State Laws Effective July 1
New state laws bring changes July 1, by Pauline Vu: “Come Sunday, it will be a felony in Iowa to dismember a body to conceal a crime. New York City will have to stop sending undercover investigators to Virginia to buy guns in sting operations. And even Rip Van Winkle will have to show some… Continue Reading
June 2007 Report From The Global HIV Prevention Working Group
Press release, June 28, 2007: “In a new report released today, a panel of leading AIDS experts calls for a major scale-up of global HIV prevention programs, citing new data projecting that expanded access to prevention could avert approximately 30 million of the 60 million HIV infections expected to occur by 2015. The report, released… Continue Reading
Nixon Library to Become Part of National Archives Presidential Library System
Press Release, June 28, 2007: Nixon Library to Become Part of the National Archives Presidential Library System and to Release Formerly Withheld Nixon Special Political Documents and Tapes “The legal transfer on July 11, 2007, of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace from the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation to the National Archives. The… Continue Reading
New Reports from Energy Information Administration
World Crude Oil Distillation Capacity, January 1, 1970 – January 1, 2007 (06/29/2007): “This table has been updated with estimates for January 1, 2007 for the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands from EIA’s just-released report, Refinery Capacity 2007.” July 2007 Petroleum Marketing Monthly (06/29/2007): “Monthly price and volume statistics on crude… Continue Reading
Washington Post Database of Detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Names of the Detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: “Until March 3rd, the Pentagon had declined to identify the detainees at Guantanamo Bay Military Prison, most of whom were captured in Afghanistan during and after the 2001 war there. As a result of an Associated Press Freedom of Information Act request and lawsuit, the Department of… Continue Reading
New Oversight Committee Report on Government Contracting Under Bush Administration
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement: “Last year, Rep. Henry A. Waxman released the first comprehensive assessment of government contracting under the Bush Administration. The report, entitled Dollars, Not Sense: Government Contracting Under the Bush Administration, found that between 2000 and 2005, federal procurement spending rose by over… Continue Reading
DOD IG Memo on Threat and Local Observation Notice (TALON) Report Program
Report Number 07-INTEL-09 The Threat and Local Observation Notice (TALON) Report Program (U) (56 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
DHS Privacy Policy Guidance- Safeguarding Policies and Procedures for Personnel-Related Data
DHS Action Memorandum Review of Safeguarding Policies and Procedures for Personnel-Related Data, June 13, 2007 with attachments. (PDF, 10 pages) Attachment 1: Review of Personnel-Related Data Policies and Procedures and Self-Assessment (PDF, 13 pages) Attachment 2: Protecting & Handling Personnel-Related Data Quick Reference Guide (PDF, 2 pages) Attachment 3: Verification and Confirmation Memorandum Templates… Continue Reading
New Study Shows How Often Juries Get It Wrong
Press release: “Juries across the country make decisions every day on the fate of defendants, ideally leading to prison sentences that fit the crime for the guilty and release for the innocent. Yet a new Northwestern University study shows that juries in criminal cases many times are getting it wrong. In a set of 271… Continue Reading
IRS OIG Report – Additional Action Is Needed to Expand the Use and Improve the Administration of the Free File Program
Treasury Inspector for Tax Administration: Additional Action Is Needed to Expand the Use and Improve the Administration of the Free File Program, June 28, 2007: “The IRS can do more to evaluate and promote the use of the Free File Program. While it has taken steps to evaluate the experience of Program users, it has… Continue Reading
