State Department Media Events Announcements 09/06/07 Department of Defense September 11th Events 09/06/07 Update on World Trade Center Tower Designs, Plans for the WTC Memorial and Construction Activity at the Site 08/30/07 Credentialing, Pool and Program Information for New York City’s September 11 Commemoration Ceremony 08/30/07 9/11 Family Organizations Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2007
Today's GAO Reports
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following reports, correspondence and testimony: Reports Department of Homeland Security: Progress Report on Implementation of Mission and Management Functions. GAO-07-454, August 17, 2007 Employer-Sponsored Benefits: Many Factors Affect the Treatment of Pension and Health Benefits in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. GAO-07-1101, September 6, 2007 Climate Change: Agencies Should… Continue Reading
Seek and Ye Shall Find? State CIOs Must Prepare Now for E-Discovery
NASCIO – Seek and Ye Shall Find? State CIOs Must Prepare Now for E-Discovery, September 2007: “In increasingly consolidated state technology environments, State CIOs may have heightened responsibility for the storage, preservation and retrieval of electronic information in response to e-discovery requests. Since government information is a knowledge asset, State CIOs must ensure the proper… Continue Reading
National Institute of Standards and Technology Guidelines on Active Content and Mobile Code
August 31, 2007: Draft Special Publication 800-28 Revision 2 Guidelines on Active Content and Mobile Code (60 pages, PDF) “SP 800-28 version 2 is now available for public comment. It provides an overview of active content and mobile code technologies in use today and offers insights for making informed IT security decisions on their application… Continue Reading
Backgrounder on H.R. 1908, the "Patent Reform Act of 2007"
Background materials on the “Patent Reform Act of 2007”, Committee on the Judiciary Bill Text Dear Colleague Letters Letters of Support Reasons for Reform Summary of Hearings on Patent Reform University Response Committee Report Witness Testimony Continue Reading
DOT OIG Analysis of Loss of Control Over Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information
Analysis of Loss of Control Over Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information and Follow-up Actions to Strengthen its Protection, August 28, 2007. Correspondence (23 pages, PDF) Summary: “On August, 28, 2007 we issued a memorandum on our analysis of the circumstances surrounding the July 27, 2006 theft of an OIG laptop from a government vehicle in Doral,… Continue Reading
Free Federal Court Opinions Website Now Searchable From 2004 to Present
Tim Stanley: US Federal District Court Opinions with Full Text Search: “We have put online the Federal District Court case opinions and orders that are available using the opinion report in the Federal Courts’ ECF. These are updated daily. We have categorized the opinions by state, court, type of lawsuit and judge and combinations of… Continue Reading
National Security Archive Announces Decisions in Two FOIA Cases
Court Permits CIA to Withhold Historic President’s Daily Briefs, But Denies Categorical Exemption for PDBs: “The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week held that the disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of two Presidential Daily Briefs written for President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s could reveal protected intelligence sources and methods. The… Continue Reading
Federal Highway Administration's Oversight of Structurally Deficient Bridges
“The Inspector General testified on September 5, 2007, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The Inspector General’s statement highlighted bridge safety and funding as Federal Highway Administration’s Oversight of Structurally Deficient Bridges. Date: September 5, 2007. Project ID: CC-2007-095. Summary: “The Inspector General testified on September 5, 2007, before the House Committee on… Continue Reading
Archive Sues to Recover 5 Million Missing White House E-mails
Follow up to previous postings on missing White House e-mails and violations of the Presidential Records Act, this press release: “The National Security Archive today sued the White House seeking the recovery and preservation of more than 5 million White House e-mail messages that were apparently deleted from White House computers between March 2003 and… Continue Reading
FTC Approves Issuance of Federal Register Notice Announcing Review of Mail Order Rule
Press release: “The Commission has approved the issuance of a Federal Register notice announcing the start of its decennial review of the FTCs Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule, 16 CFR Part 435 (Mail Order Rule). As detailed in the notice, the Commission is seeking comment on whether to retain the Rule. To guide discussion… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Audit of Exchanging Contract Information with Army Corps of Engineers
Exchanging Contract Information with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, OIG-07-65 (PDF, 4 pages). Continue Reading
