DNI Authorities Hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 14 February 2008, J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence. “We in the Intelligence Community have a solemn mandate: The responsibility to provide relevant and objective analysis to customers across the governmentfrom law enforcement officials, to warfighters, to the President, and the Congress. Our job… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Chertoff Testimony to House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, "FY 2009 Budget Request"
Press release: “Six years after September 11, 2001, we are moving beyond operating as an organization in transition to a Department diligently working to protect our borders and critical infrastructure, prevent dangerous people and goods from entering our country, and recover from natural disasters effectively. The total FY 2009 budget request for DHS is $50.5… Continue Reading
NY AG Cuomo Announces Industry-wide Investigation Into Health Insurers' Fraudulent Reimbursement Scheme
Press release: “Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he is conducting an industry-wide investigation into a scheme by health insurers to defraud consumers by manipulating reimbursement rates. At the center of the scheme is Ingenix, Inc., the nations largest provider of healthcare billing information, which serves as a conduit for rigged data to… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG: Drug Enforcement Administrations Use of the Diversion Control Fee Account, FBI's Annual Financial Statement
Review of the Drug Enforcement Administrations Use of the Diversion Control Fee Account, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2008-002, February 2008 (59 pages, PDF) Federal Bureau of Investigation Annual Financial Statement, Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-07, February 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Continue Reading
SEC: Progress Report of Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting
Progress Report of Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting, February 14, 2008 (11 pages, PDF). “This executive overview highlights the key themes that tie together the chapters in this progress report, with a few examples to illustrate each theme. The main themes are: 1. Increasing emphasis on the investor perspective in the financial reporting… Continue Reading
Report of the Defense Science Task Force on DOD Energy Strategy: More Fight-Less Fuel
Report of the Defense Science Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy – More Fight-Less Fuel, February 2008, Unclassified (135 pages, PDF). “The final report concludes that the DoD faces two primary energy challenges: unnecessarily high, and growing, battlespace fuel demand compromises our operational capability and can jeopardize mission success; and critical missions at military installations… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Releases Online Shopping Report
Press release: “Most online Americans view online shopping as a way to save time and a convenient way to buy products. At the same time, most internet users express discomfort over a key step in online shopping sending personal or credit card information over the internet. According to the Pew Internet Projects September 2007… Continue Reading
CDC and FEMA Discuss Preliminary Test Results from Trailers and Mobile Homes in Louisiana and Mississippi
Press release: Statement by Dr. Julie Gerberding, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released today preliminary results from recent testing that found higher than typical indoor exposure levels of formaldehyde in travel trailers and mobile… Continue Reading
Acute coronary events decreased after public smoking ban in Italy
Press release: The number of acute coronary events such as heart attack in adults dropped significantly after a smoking ban in public places in Italy, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers in Rome compared acute coronary events in the city for five years preceding a public smoking ban with those… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: DOD Personnel Clearances, Runway Safety, Primary Care Professionals
DOD Personnel Clearances: DOD Faces Multiple Challenges in Its Efforts to Improve Clearance Processes for Industry Personnel, GAO-08-470T, February 13, 2008 – “The Department of Defense (DOD) maintains approximately 2.5 million security clearances on servicemembers, federal DOD civilian employees, industry personnel for DOD and 23 other federal agencies, and employees in the legislative branch. Delays… Continue Reading
Treasury: Examples of How the Economic Growth Act of 2008 will Benefit Americans
Fact Sheet: Examples of How the Economic Growth Act of 2008 [H.R. 5109] will Benefit Americans, February 13, 2008 Continue Reading
A comprehensive vision for an integrated European border management system for the 21st Century
The Commission today set out its vision [Word doc] of how to develop the EU’s external border management system. These consist of a mix of concrete measures (on the FRONTEX Agency and on control of maritime borders) and longer term reflections on ways of recording entry and exit of third country nationals. This approach will… Continue Reading
