“A new survey conducted jointly by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examines the publics views and opinions of the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and the pending legislation surrounding its reauthorization. The survey assesses the publics familiarity with the SCHIP debate, whether or not they support the renewal and expansion of the program, and who they believe should be eligible for health coverage through SCHIP.”
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Daily Archives: October 17, 2007
Court Indicates Order on Missing White House Email Forthcoming
Follow up to previous posting, Group Issues Report on Missing White House Emails and Violations of the Presidential Records Act, from AP today news that “U.S. Magistrate John M. Facciola indicated Wednesday [that he] may order the Bush administration to preserve copies of all White House e-mails, a move that a government lawyer argued strongly… Continue Reading
NOAA Releases Arctic Report Card 2007
“The Arctic Report Card 2007 is introduced as a means of presenting clear, reliable and concise information on recent observations of environmental conditions in the Arctic, relative to historical time series records. It provides a method of updating and expanding the content of the State of the Arctic Report, published in fall 2006, to reflect… Continue Reading
New DOJ OIG Audits: Office of Justice Programs and Combined DNA Index System Grants
DOJ OIG Audit, Office of Justice Programs Grants: “Office on Violence Against Women, West Virginia Division of Criminal Justice Services, Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement, Charleston, West Virginia, Audit Report GR-30-07-005, September 2007 (Executive Summary Only) DOJ OIG Audit, Combined DNA Index System Grants: Compliance with Standards Governing Combined DNA Index System Activities… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports Released Today: Defense Business Transformation, Medical Devices
Defense Business Transformation: A Full-time Chief Management Officer with a Term Appointment Is Needed at DOD to Maintain Continuity of Effort and Achieve Sustainable Success, GAO-08-132T, October 16, 2007 Medical Devices: FDA’s Approval of Four Temporomandibular Joint Implants, GAO-07-996, September 17, 2007 Project-Based Rental Assistance: HUD Should Streamline Its Processes to Ensure Timely Housing Assistance… Continue Reading
Senate Hearings on Nomination of Michael B. Mukasey to be Attorney General
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on “Executive Nomination” Wednesday, October 17, 2007. See the “Continuation of Executive Nomination” Senate Judiciary Committee, October 18, 2007, via Live Webcast. Glenn Greenwald Live-blogging the Mukasey confirmation hearing Member Statements: Sen. Patrick Leahy and Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin Testimony, Judge Michael B. Mukasey Continue Reading
Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 Passed by House
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “For the first time ever, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation that will protect journalists from being compelled to testify or reveal sources in court. The shield law grants a qualified privilege to reporters to prevent them, in most cases, from being compelled to testify or… Continue Reading
DOD Releases New Guidelines on Monitoring Employee Telephone Calls
FCW.com: “Defense Department officials have released new guidelines that govern the monitoring of employees phone calls and the mock penetration of military network defenses to identify potential security risks to DOD information. DOD Chief Information Officer John Grimes on Oct. 9 signed Instruction 8560.01, titled Communications Security Monitoring and Information Assurance Readiness Testing. The document… Continue Reading
