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New GAO Reports: SSA Disability Representatives, Export-Import Bank,

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  • SSA Disability Representatives: Fee Payment Changes Show Promise, but Eligibility Criteria and Representative Overpayments Require Further Monitoring, GAO-08-5, October 15, 2007
  • Export-Import Bank: Improvements Needed in Assessment of Economic Impact, GAO-07-1071, September 12, 2007
  • USDA: Information on Classical Plant and Animal Breeding Activities, GAO-07-1171R, September 13, 2007

    • New Website Simplifies Your Access to Your FBI Files

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    Michael Ravnitzky: “The new website, http://www.getmyfbifile.com provides a quick and easy way to request your FBI Files, if they exist, from FBI Headquarters as well as the various FBI Field Offices. Additional bonus features allow you to ask for files about you at other federal agencies including the CIA, DIA, NSA, the Secret Service, and… Continue Reading

    Telecommunications Companies Respond to Committee Inquiry into NSA Wiretapping Program Participation

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    Press release: “Three telecommunications companies have provided responses to inquiries by the Committee on Energy and Commerce about their involvement with the National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping program. On October 2, Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and Rep.… Continue Reading

    New Report Highlights Available Technologies Being Adapted for Homeland Security

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    Press release: “Innovations being developed for commercial use also have the potential to play a major role in protecting the country and improving our ability to respond to and quickly recover from a catastrophic event, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Reform Institute. From the Storefront to the Front Lines: The Private Sector… Continue Reading

    National Space Society Report on Space Based Solar Power

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    National Space Society: Space-Based Solar Power As an Opportunity for Strategic Security – National Security Space Office Interim Assessment Phase 0 Architecture Feasibility Study, October 10, 2007 Executive Summary Full Report (including Executive Summary), 75 pages, PDF Photos and report of October 10 press conference Still photos and video of SBSP concept Some news reports… Continue Reading

    CRS Reports on FY2008 Defense Authorization, Burma Sanctions, State Statutes and Hate Crimes

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    Defense: FY2008 Authorization and Appropriations, updated September 28, 2007 Spending by Employers on Health Insurance: A Data Brief, October 10, 2007 Burma Sanctions: Background and Options, October 10, 2007 Federal Indian Education Programs: Background and Issues State Statutes That Proscribe the Use of Symbols of Fear and Violence with the Intent to Threaten, October 5,… Continue Reading