Follow up to Report to June 13, 2007 posting, Report to the President on the Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy, this press release and related documents today from Virginia Tech: “On May 9, 2007, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger directed three internal reviews in the wake of the April 16 tragedy on the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
DHS OIG Releases New Audits: Terrorist Financing, Hurricane Katrina, National Bio-Surveillance Integration
Coordination Between FBI and ICE on Investigations of Terrorist Financing, OIG-07-55 (PDF, 58 pages) Interim Report, Hurricane Katrina: A Review of Wind Versus Flood Issues, OIG-07-62, July 2007 (PDF, 25 pages) Better Management Needed for the National Bio-Surveillance Integration System Program, OIG-07-61, July 2007 (PDF, 38 pages) Improvements to Information Sharing are Needed to Facilitate… Continue Reading
Google Announces Launches Tool to Enable Viewing of Sky From Earth
Press release: “Google today announced the launch of Sky, a new feature that enables users of Google Earth to view the sky as seen from planet Earth. With Sky, users can now float through the skies via Google Earth. This easy-to-use tool enables all Earth users to view and navigate through 100 million individual stars… Continue Reading
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2007
Proclamation by the President: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week, 2007 – “On Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and during Constitution Week, we celebrate the anniversary of our Nation’s Constitution and honor the Framers who created the landmark document that continues to guide our Nation. In the summer of 1787, delegates convened in Philadelphia… Continue Reading
Pew Research – Two Decades of American News Preferences
Two Decades of American News Preferences – Part 2: News Interest across Decades and “News Eras” by Michael J. Robinson, special to the Pew Research Center, August 22, 2007 Download part 1 of the commentary Download part 2 of the commentary Trends Across Decades “Public interest in news has changed slightly over the last two… Continue Reading
DoD to Implement Interim Threat Reporting Procedures
Press release: “DoDs Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA) will close the TALON Reporting System effective Sept. 17, 2007, and maintain a record copy of the collected data in accordance with intelligence oversight requirements. To ensure there is a mechanism in place to document and assess potential threats to DoD resources, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for… Continue Reading
AP/Ipsos Poll: One In Four Adults Read No Books Last Year
The Associated Press Poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affaird Project, Interview dates August 6-8, 2007: AP article, One in Four Read No Books Last Year Poll: 1 in 4 Adults Read No Books Last Year; Biggest Readers Were Women, Older People Continue Reading
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,… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Memo: How Gender Influences Health Searches
“Four data sets from the Pew Internet Project’s health research were the basis for a poster presented at the American Psychological Association convention on Sunday [August 19, 2007]. Phyllis Schumacher and Janet Morahan-Martin took the 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004 health surveys and ran the numbers to prove four hypotheses: Women are more likely than… Continue Reading
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
EPA OIG Audits on Exchange Network and Superfund Accounts
2007-P-00030 Improved Management Practices Needed to Increase Use of Exchange Network [Report PDF, 34 pages] [At a Glance PDF] August 20, 2007 2007-S-00002 Making Better Use of Superfund Special Account Funds for Thermo Chem [Report PDF – 6 pages] [At a Glance PDF] August 20, 2007 Continue Reading
