“The Japanese launch of the Asian Legal Information Institute (AsianLII) will take place at Meiji University on 4 August, and you are cordially invited to attend. Details are in the invitation here. AsianLII in Japan will be launched jointly by Mr Allan McKinnon, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission of the Australian Embassy in Japan,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Defense Acquisition Transformation Report to Congress
DOD Report to Congress: Defense Acquisition Transformation – Report provided as required by Section 804 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (P.L. 109-364) – July 2007 (71 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the New U.S. Embassy in Iraq
Press release: “On Thursday, the Committee held a hearing to examine the performance of the State Department and its contractors in the construction of the new $600 million U.S. embassy in Baghdad. The Committee asked questions regarding the embassy compound construction as well as allegations of labor abuse through improper contracting practices.” Documents and Links… Continue Reading
Public Comments On National Disaster Medical System and Privacy Issues
“The World Privacy Forum has filed public comments with the Department of Health and Human Services requesting that its new National Disaster Medical System protect all patient information to at least the baseline protections that HIPAA affords, including the HIPAA security and privacy protections. Currently, the new system does not do this, even though the… Continue Reading
NIH Freedom of Information Act Presentation
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): An Overview – Ms. Susan Cornell, Freedom of Information Officer and Chief FOIA Liaison, NIH Continue Reading
New GAO Reports on Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking: Monitoring and Evaluation of International Projects Are Limited, but Experts Suggest Improvements. GAO-07-1034, July 26, 2007: “Human trafficking–a worldwide crime involving the exploitation of men, women, and children for others’ financial gain–is a violation of human rights. Victims are often lured or abducted and forced to work in involuntary servitude. Since 2001, the… Continue Reading
New Agreement With EU For Passenger Name Record Data Sharing
Press release: “Secretary Michael Chertoff made the following statement: “I am pleased to have signed an important agreement with the European Union today that will allow the Department of Homeland Security to continue using Passenger Name Record (PNR) data as an essential screening tool for detecting potentially dangerous transatlantic travelers.” 2007 PNR Agreement – U.S.… Continue Reading
Website Tracks Top-Tier Donors to 2008 Presidential Candidates
Press release: “Public Citizen today unveiled a Web site that provides an up-to-date listing of the 2008 presidential hopefuls bundlers, the super-fundraisers who are powering the billion-dollar race for the White House. The revitalized site, an expansion of Public Citizens similar effort during the 2004 campaign and the only such clearinghouse for the 2008 campaign,… Continue Reading
Senate Judiciary Chairman Issues Subpoenas To White House Officials
Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), in consultation with Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), issued subpoenas Thursday compelling White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and Deputy Director White House Political Affairs J. Scott Jennings to provide testimony and related information as part of ongoing congressional investigations into the mass firings… Continue Reading
Eighth U.S. e-Government Study
Eighth U.S. e-Government Study: “Delaware and Michigan are the best states for e-government in the United States, according to the eighth annual e-government analysis conducted by researchers at Brown University. The federal portal USA.gov and the Department of Agriculture are the most highly rated federal sites. Darrell M. West, director of the Taubman Center for… Continue Reading
CTC Report. An Assessment of 516 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) Unclassified Summaries
Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point Report: An Assessment of 516 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) Unclassified Summaries, July 25, 2007 New York Times: Study Paints a Threatening Portrait of Detainees Related documents: A Response to the Seton Hall Study, July 25, 2007 Report on Guantanamo Detainees – A Profile of 517 Detainees through… Continue Reading
Report on Trade Deficit in Food Safety
Press release: “Remedying serious problems with imported food safety will require significant reforms to trade policy as well as improvements in domestic laws, according to a report released today by Public Citizens Global Trade Watch division. The report, Trade Deficit in Food Safety; Proposed NAFTA Expansions Replicate Limits on U.S. Food Safety Policy That Are… Continue Reading
