Press release: “Today the National Security Archive publishes a collection of documents concerning the use of U.S. reconnaissance satellites to collect data on targets within the United States over the last four decades. This new publication follows the August 15, 2007, revelation in the Wall Street Journal that the United States is planning to expand the use of reconnaissance satellites over the United States in support of civil agencies (those outside of the Defense Department and Intelligence Community) in response to recommendations by an independent study group. Obtained primarily through the Freedom of Information Act and archival research, the declassified documents published today describe a number of uses for which U.S. reconnaissance satellites have been employed, including evaluation of satellite performance, mapping, disaster relief, and assistance to Environmental Protection Agency investigations.”
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Daily Archives: September 14, 2007
New GAO Reports on Motor Carrier Safety, Quadrennial Defense Review
Motor Carrier Safety: Federal Safety Agency Identifies Many High-Risk Carriers but Does Not Assess Maximum Fines as Often as Required by Law, GAO-07-584, August 28, 2007, Full Report (PDF, 67 pages) Quadrennial Defense Review: Future Reviews Could Benefit from Improved Department of Defense Analyses and Changes to Legislative Requirements, GAO-07-709, September 14, 2007, Full Report… Continue Reading
Google Calls for Global Online Privacy Standard
Google Calls for Global Online Privacy Standard: “Google envisions the policy to be a product of self-regulation by companies, improved laws and possible new ones.” Related, from EPIC: “As Google faces opposition to the proposed acquisition of Doubleclick, Google’s privacy counsel called for less restrictive global privacy standards. The company’s current privacy practices are under… Continue Reading
NRC Publishes Annual Security Inspection Report to Congress
“The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made available to the public an unclassified version of an annual report to Congress outlining the previous years security inspection program. The report is required under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The report covers the security inspection program, including force-on-force exercises, for commercial power reactors and certain fuel… Continue Reading
Corporate Responsibility and Health Care Quality A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors
Press release: HHS OIG OIG’s New Resource Guide on Corporate Responsibility and Healthcare Quality Corporate Responsibility and Health Care Quality A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors, September 13, 2007 (11 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Integrated Database on Trade Disputes for Latin American and the Caribbean
“The Division of International Trade and Integration of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is making the Integrated Database on Trade Disputes for Latin American and the Caribbean (IDATD) available to governments, the academic community, experts on trade policy and interested persons in general in both Spanish. This database pools information… Continue Reading
White House Releases Iraq Benchmark Assessment Report
Benchmark Assessment Report (28 pages, PDF) “This report is submitted consistent with Section 1314 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110-28) (the Act). It includes an assessment of how the sovereign Government of Iraq is performing in its efforts to achieve a series of… Continue Reading
