ACLU press release: “The U.S. security establishment is rapidly increasing its ability to monitor average Americans by hiring or compelling private-sector corporations to provide billions of customer records. The explosive growth in surveillance by government and business is creating a Surveillance-Industrial Complex (PDF) that threatens all of our privacy.”
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Daily Archives: August 9, 2007
New GAO Reports on Defense Contract Management, NASA and Hurricane Relief Efforts
NASA: Progress Made on Strategic Human Capital Management, but Future Program Challenges Remain, GAO-07-1004, August 8, 2007 Response to a post hearing question related to GAO’s December 6, 2006 testimony on continued findings of fraud, waste, and abuse associated with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita relief efforts, GAO-07-363R, January 12, 2007 Defense Contract Management: DOD’s Lack… Continue Reading
Internet News Audience Highly Critical of News Organizations
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press: Views of Press Values and Performance: 1985-2007 “The American public continues to fault news organizations for a number of perceived failures, with solid majorities criticizing them for political bias, inaccuracy and failing to acknowledge mistakes. But some of the harshest indictments of the press now come… Continue Reading
Report Highlights Surge in Net Traffic Driven By Demand for Video Content
Press release: “New Millennium Research Council Analysis report finds growing Internet traffic, driven by online video, requires ongoing investment in new capacity and intelligent networks.” The Never Ending Rush Hour – Internet Traffic Growth Requires Continual Investment in Capacity and Innovation in Network Management, August 9, 2007 (21 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
DHS Announces Predeparture Screening of International Passengers
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today steps that will strengthen aviation security through uniform and consistent passenger prescreening against government watch lists. DHS is publishing two regulations [137 pages, PDF] which will initiate these changes: (1) Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) Predeparture Final Rule, which enables DHS to collect manifest… Continue Reading
New Analysis of Freedom of Information Act Performance by Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
“Still Waiting After All These Years, a new analysis of Freedom of Information Act performance by the Coalition of Journalists for Open Government, shows that service continues to frustrate requesters, despite a presidential directive ordering agencies to improve agency response. Over the past nine years that agencies have been reporting performance data, the number of… Continue Reading
Latest Bureau of Labor Statistics News Releases
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 08/09/2007 Extended Mass Layoffs (Quarterly) 08/09/2007 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey 08/08/2007 Productivity and Costs 08/07/2007 Job openings by industry, June 2007 08/09/2007 Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Audit of Information Technology Studies, Plans, and Evaluations
Audit of the Department of Justice Information Technology Studies, Plans, and Evaluations, Audit Report 07-39, August 2007 (185 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
U.S. Census Population Statistics Indicate More Than 300 Counties Now "Majority-Minority"
Press release: “Nearly one in every 10 of the nations 3,141 counties has a population that is more than 50 percent minority. In 2006, eight counties that had not previously been majority-minority pushed the national total to 303, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.” Continue Reading
International Atomic Energy Agency Issues 2006 Annual Report
IAEA Annual Report for 2006 >> Table of Contents with section by section access in PDF >>> Full version of the report (103 pages) Continue Reading
National Assessment of Educational Progress – The Nation's Report Card: Economics 2006
“The Nation’s Report Card informs the public about the academic achievement of elementary and secondary students in the United States. Report cards communicate the findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a continuing and nationally representative measure of achievement in various subjects over time. The Nation’s Report Card compares performance among states, urban… Continue Reading
