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Daily Archives: August 21, 2007

Committee Asks Agencies about White House "Asset Deployment" Meetings

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee “Chairman Waxman writes to federal agencies requesting documents about their involvement in White House “asset deployment” meetings held to discuss the use of federal resources to promote the reelection of President Bush and Republicans in Congress. Agencies receiving this request: Departments of Justice, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, Labor, State, Agriculture, Commerce, Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, Small Business Administration, General Services Administration, United States Agency for International Development, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.”

  • Letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
  • Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity Preliminary 2006 Statistics

    Energy Information Administration (EIA), Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity Preliminary 2006 Statistics (08/21/2007): “Preliminary report showing renewable energy provided 7 percent of total U.S. energy consumption in 2006. Total renewable energy market consumption was comprised of biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal, wind and solar.” Continue Reading

    Release of the 9/11 CIA IG Report Executive Summary

    Statement to Employees by Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Michael V. Hayden on the Release of the 9/11 IG Report Executive Summary, August 21, 2007: “Earlier this month, Congress passed a bill implementing some of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. The legislation, lengthy and complex, includes a provision dealing with the report… Continue Reading

    Congressional Requests for White House Documents on Domestic Surveillance Rebuffed

    Follow up to August 20, 2007 posting, White House Fails to Comply With Subpoenas on Domestic Surveillance Program – additional related government documents and news: Letter from Fred Fielding, Counsel to the President, to Chairman Leahy, August 20, 2007 Letter from Shannen W. Coffin, Counsel to the Vice President, to Chairman Leahy, August 20, 2007… Continue Reading

    DOT OIG Audit Initiated of FAA's Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Program

    Audit Initiated of FAA’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Program: Automatic Dependent Surveillance – “Broadcast (ADS-B) is a cornerstone technology planned for FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). This satellite-based technology has significant potential to improve safety and enhance capacity of the National Airspace System by, among other things, providing greater situational awareness to… Continue Reading

    Google Book Search in Google Earth

    Google Lat Long Blog: “…the Google Book Search and Google Earth teams are excited to announce the next step: a new layer in Earth that allows you to explore locations through the lens of the world’s books. Now when you turn on the “Google Book Search” layer in Google Earth (found in the “Featured Content”… Continue Reading