The United States Marshals Service Judicial Security Process, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2007-010, September 2007 (124 pages, PDF)
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Daily Archives: October 3, 2007
New CRS Reports: Journalists' Privilege, Campaign Finance, PEPFAR, Military Commissions Act of 2006
Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses, September 28, 2007 Campaign Finance: Developments in the 110th Congress, September 28, 2007 PEPFAR [President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief]: From Emergency to Sustainability, September 28, 2007 The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Previous… Continue Reading
The Impact of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, Eighteenth Report, 2005-2006
Press release: “The value of U.S. imports receiving benefits under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) fell from $12.3 million in 2005 to $9.9 million in 2006, mainly because four Central American countries El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua left the CBERA when the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) entered into… Continue Reading
Climate Change Legislation Design White Paper: Scope of a Cap-and-Trade Program
Boucher and Dingell Release First Climate Change Legislation Design White Paper, prepared by the Committee on Energy and Commerce committee staff, October 3, 2007 (22 pages, PDF): “This paper addresses the scope and coverage of the climate change program. It discusses what sectors and activities are directly emitting greenhouse gases, and how those emissions could… Continue Reading
UC Berkeley Releases Entire Course Lectures Free on YouTube
Press release “Further expanding public access to its intellectual riches through the most popular Web destinations, the University of California, Berkeley, announced today (Wednesday, Oct. 3) that it is making entire course lectures and special events available, free of charge, on YouTube. UC Berkeley is the first university to make videos of full courses… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: FCC and Access to Rulemaking, E-Voting Reliability, Agricultural Quarantine, Nuclear Energy Oversight
Telecommunications: FCC Should Take Steps to Ensure Equal Access to Rulemaking Information, GAO-07-1046, September 6, 2007 Elections: Further Testing Could Provide Increased but Not Absolute Assurance That Voting Systems Did Not Cause Undervotes in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, GAO-08-97T, October 2, 2007 Premium Class Travel: Internal Control Weaknesses Governmentwide Led to Improper and Abusive Use… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Report Audit of Drug Control Funds
DHS OIG Independent Review of The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s reporting of FY 2006 Drug Control Funds, OIG-07-71 (PDF, 9 pages), Released October 3, 2007. Continue Reading
Completed Questionnaire of Attorney General Nominee Michael Mukasey Submitted to Judiciary Committee
Press release, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee: “I am glad that Judge Mukasey has now returned the Judiciary Committees questionnaire (85 pages) providing important information necessary to begin a complete review of his record. The Committee will conduct the thorough review necessary for this crucial nomination, which comes at such a key juncture… Continue Reading
