Improved Administration Can Enhance Federal Emergency Management Agency Laptop Computer Security (Redacted) OIG-07-50 (PDF, 37 pages) June 2007
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Daily Archives: July 2, 2007
Commentary Marks 41st Anniversary of Enactment of Freedom of Information Act
Commentary – John Moss and the battle for freedom of information, 41 years later: “How one modest but stubborn congressman overcame the many entrenched obstacles to win the American people access to information about the activities of their government,” by Michael R. Lemov. Continue Reading
Court Orders OSHA To Release Toxic Exposure Database
Press release: “The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has wrongfully withheld data documenting years of toxic exposures to workers and its own inspectors, according to a federal court ruling posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). As a result, the worlds largest compendium of measurements of occupational exposures to toxic substances… Continue Reading
CBO Report on Evaluating Military Compensation
Evaluating Military Compensation, June 2007: “This CBO study – prepared at the request of the ranking members of the Senate Budget Committee – offers an overview of military compensation, particularly of active-duty enlisted personnel.” (44 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
DOT Withholds Documents on Greenhouse Gas Emmissions from Oversight Committee
Press release: “In response to Rep. Waxmans request, the Department of Transportation provided limited documents and e-mails related to its lobbying of Members of Congress to oppose efforts by California and other states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. In the correspondence providing the documents, DOT states that it intends to withhold 53… Continue Reading
EFSA and FDA Strengthen Cooperation in Food Safety Science
Press release: “The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today signed the first U.S./European agreement in the area of assessing food safety risk. This is the first formal international cooperation agreement EFSA has signed and the first formal step in cooperation between the two bodies.” “The European Food… Continue Reading
DOD OIG Report on Air Force Network-Centric Solutions Contract
D-2007-106 Air Force Network-Centric Solutions Contract (4MB) (Project D2006-D000AS-0211.000), PDF and Summary. Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Report on ATF Investigation of Gun Shows
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Investigative Operations at Gun Shows, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2007-007, June 2007 (56 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Court Denies Libby's Request to Delay Prison Sentence and President Grants Him Clemency
Follow up to previous postings on Plame CIA leak case, news today that the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has unanimously denied I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s request to delay his prison sentence. Grant of Executive Clemency, July 2, 2007 and Statement by the President On Executive Clemency for Lewis Libby Special Prosecutor… Continue Reading
GAO Releases Reports on Federal Housing Administration, Military Operations, South Florida Ecosystem
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports and correspondence: Reports Federal Housing Administration: Decline in the Agency’s Market Share Was Associated with Product and Process Developments of Other Mortgage Market Participants. GAO-07-645, June 29, 2007 Federal Housing Administration: Modernization Proposals Would Have Program and Budget Implications and Require Continued Improvements in Risk… Continue Reading
Social Security Number Protection Act of 2007
S. 1691: “To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the public display on the Internet of all or any portion of social security account numbers by State and local governments, and for other purposes. This Act may be cited as the Social Security Number Online Protection Act of 2007…(3) In most jurisdictions throughout… Continue Reading
