Annual Accounting and Authentication of Drug Control Funds and Related Performance – Fiscal Year 2007, Audit Report 08-05, January 2008 (Commentary and Summary Only) Office of Justice Programs, State and Local Emergency Preparedness Grant Awarded to the Maryland Department of State Police, Grant Number 2003-DD-BX-0002, Audit Report GR-30-08-001, January 2008 (Executive Summary Only) Office of… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
EPA reaches milestone at one of the most contaminated sites in the nation, cleaning up more than 11 tons of toxins
Press release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Shell Oil Company have removed more than 23,000 pounds of hazardous toxins from the Del Amo Superfund Site Waste Pits near Torrance, Calif. With EPA oversight, responsible parties Shell Oil Company and the U.S. General Services Administration built a soil vapor extraction system at the Del Amo… Continue Reading
DNI Statement for the Record – Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing
Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 5, 2008, J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence (47 pages, PDF). “You will see from the testimony that many of the key topics I touch on are not traditional national security topics. Globalization has broadened the number… Continue Reading
National Action Agenda for Public Health Preparedness
“In June 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) and eighteen multidisciplinary partners convened the first National Summit on Public Health Legal Preparedness. This Summit was without precedent in terms of the broad expertise and stature of the invited participants and its aims. The purpose of this working meeting was to provide a… Continue Reading
Federal Judge Strikes Down White House Waiver for Navy Sonar Training Off Southern California Coast
Follow up to postings on Navy sonar exercises off Southern California coast, this Natural Resources Defense Council press release: “A federal court [February 4, 2008] struck down a waiver issued by the White House purporting to exempt the U.S. Navy from complying with a bedrock environmental law during sonar training exercises off southern California. In… Continue Reading
OMB: Use of Commercial Independent Risk Analysis Services Blanket Purchase Agreements
Use of Commercial Independent Risk Analysis Services Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) (February 4, 2008) (4 pages, PDF) “The purpose of this memorandum is to alert you to the establishment of government-wide blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) for independent risk analysis services and encourage agency consideration of these vehicles to the maximum extent practicable. In the event… Continue Reading
What are Human Rights? Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order
What are Human Rights? Human Rights as Membership Rights in the Global Order, By Mathias Risse, Working Paper Number: RWP08-006. Submitted: 02/01/2008. Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. “Why do we have human rights? What ought to be the function of such rights in the global order, and to what extent does this… Continue Reading
DHS Budget-in-Brief: Fiscal Year 2009
Department of Homeland Security, Budget-in-Brief: Fiscal Year 2009 (149 pages, PDF) “As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) embarks on our fifth year anniversary on March 1, 2008, we continue to protect our nation from dangerous people and goods; to protect critical infrastructure; to build a nimble, effective emergency response system and a culture of… Continue Reading
Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Missing White House Emails
Follow up to previous postings on the controversy surrounding missing White House email, this press release: “Today, in light of the emerging details of the disappearance of millions of White House emails, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey asking that he appoint a special… Continue Reading
CDT Analysis of REAL ID: What Should Congress Do Now?
REAL ID: What Should Congress Do Now? – CDT Analysis of the REAL ID Act and the Department of Homeland Securitys Final Regulations, February 1, 2008. Related postings on REAL ID Act CNN: “The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people’s physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau… Continue Reading
President's Budget Requests $271,246,000 for Institute of Museum and Library Services
Press release: “The President’s budget request for fiscal year 2009 seeks $271,246,000 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The request, which was released by the White House today, represents an increase of $26,023,000 or 10.6 percent, over the FY 2008 enacted level for the Institutes programs and administration.” IMLS Appropriations History 1998-2009… Continue Reading
FCC Releases Annual Report on State of Competition in Wireless Industry
Press release: “Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its Twelfth Annual Report to Congress on the state of competition in the mobile telephone or Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) industry. The FCC concluded that there is effective competition in the CMRS marketplace. The report demonstrates that U.S. consumers continue to experience significant… Continue Reading
