“The European Audiovisual Observatory has made available the videos of the conference it organised jointly with the Media Center at New York Law School last September which focused on The Future of Broadband Video – A US- European Comparative Analysis. This was the first time that the Observatory, the Council of Europe’s audiovisual information collection… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
DOT IG Will Conduct Assessment of National Bridge Inspection
Follow up to August 2 posting on national bridge safety assessments: Inspector General’s Response to Secretary Peters’ Request for an Assessment of the National Bridge Inspection Program, August 3, 2007 Press release, August 2, 2007: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Calls on States to Immediately Inspect All Steel Arch Truss Bridges ABC News… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Reports: Buffer Zone Protection Program and NJ's Management of DHS Security Grants
Review of the Buffer Zone Protection Program, OIG-07-59 (PDF, 55 pages), New 08/03/2007 The State of New Jersey’s Management of State Homeland Security Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2002 through 2004, OIG-07-58 (PDF, 36 pages) New 08/02/2007 Continue Reading
Senate Passes FOIA Reform Bill
Press release, Sen. Patrick Leahy: “…As the first major reform to FOIA in more than a decade, the OPEN Government Act would help to reverse these troubling trends and help to begin to restore the publics trust in their government. This bill [S. 849] also improves transparency in the Federal Governments FOIA process by: Restoring… Continue Reading
Latest GAO Reports: Border Security, Elections, Information Security, IT, National Animal ID System
Border Security: Long-term Strategy Needed to Keep Pace with Increasing Demand for Visas, GAO-07-847, July 13, 2007 DOD is Making Progress in Adopting Best Practices for the Transformational Satellite Communications System and Space Radar but Still Faces Challenges, GAO-07-1029R, August 2, 2007 Elections: Status of GAO’s Review of Voting Equipment Used in Florida’s 13th Congressional… Continue Reading
110th Congress Accomplishments of the House Armed Services Committee
Prepared by the majority staff of the House Armed Services Committee: 110th Congress Accomplishments of the House Armed Services Committee, August 3, 2007 (20 pages, PDF) Chairman Skelton’s Statement Continue Reading
President's 2008 Appropriation Veto Threats
House Budget Committee: The President’s 2008 Appropriation Veto Threats – Whats at Stake? – A State-by-State Analysis, August 3, 2007 — “The President has pledged to veto 2008 appropriation bills that are above the levels in his budget. Although the overall funding difference between the President and Congress is a modest percentage of the federal… Continue Reading
New Texas Digital Library's Blog
“I would like to announce the launch of the Texas Digital Library’s (TDL) blog, The Scholar’s Space, featuring a team of four contributors (including me), with more to come over the next few months. The Scholar’s Space joins scholarly communications blogs sponsored by friends at other colleges and universities, and national and international organizations. We’ll… Continue Reading
CBO Reports Selected Funding, 2001-2007
Congressional Budget Office – Funding, 2001-2007 – (Billions of dollars) Military Operations – 533 Indigenous Security Forces – 30 Diplomatic Operations – 39 Veterans’ Benefits – 3 Total – $604 billion Continue Reading
CBO Report – Federal Reinsurance for Terrorism Risks: Issues in Reauthorization
CBO Report: Federal Reinsurance for Terrorism Risks: Issues in Reauthorization, August 2007 (40 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
CRS Summary of the Farm Bill
CRS Report for Congress: The House Passed 2007 Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) At A Alance, July 31, 2007. (22 pages, PDF) [George Krumbhaar] Continue Reading
White House Again Asserts Executive Privilege as Judiciary Cmte. Continues Investigating U.S. Attorney Firings
Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., received a letter from White House Counsel Fred Fielding [August 1, 2007] asserting executive privilege in response to the Committees subpoenas issued to Karl Rove and J. Scott Jennings for documents and testimony relating to congressional investigations into the firings of U.S. Attorneys and politicization within… Continue Reading
