FY 2009 Supplemental Protecting the Force, Equipping American Troops, Strengthening National Security: “[May 2, 2008] President Bush transmitted to Congress the details for the $70 billion allowance included in the FY 2009 Budget. This provides the necessary resources for ongoing military and intelligence operations for FY09, as well as diplomatic efforts and foreign assistance activities… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Biden Releases Study on Chinas Rising Global Influence
News release: “Today, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) released a Congressional Research Service (CRS) study on the implications for U.S. economic and security interests of Chinas rising global influence. The study, which CRS produced at Senator Bidens request in consultation with a distinguished group of China specialists… Continue Reading
Unified Agenda, May 2008 Edition
Unified Agenda, May 2008 Edition: “The Unified Agenda summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next six months.” “Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) require that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas describing regulatory actions they are developing or have… Continue Reading
Federal Agencies Release Annual Report to Congress on Scholarship Fraud
News release: “Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams that guarantee money for college in exchange for a fee. In 2000, Congress passed the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act to help federal agencies crack down on those scams. The Federal… Continue Reading
Committee Holds Hearings on Lack of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearings to examine the current lack of hospital emergency surge capacity. The hearings will focus on the widening mismatch between the growing demand for emergency care and available supply, impact of the Administrations Medicaid regulations on hospital emergency surge capacity, and the ability of hospitals to respond to a… Continue Reading
States Create Data Warehouse for Student Info From Kindergarten Onward
Huge Databases Offer a Research Gold Mine and Privacy Worries As states create warehouses of information about students, scholars see opportunities to assess the effectiveness of education..The fusion-center debate has an echo in the world of education research. Now that Congress has rejected the idea of a national “unit-record tracking” system for student data,… Continue Reading
CBO Reports: Nuclear Power's Role in Generating Electricity, Sources of Growth and Decline in Individual Income Tax Revenues Since 1994
H.R. 5830, FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008, May 2, 2008 pdf | blog – Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 1, 2008 Nuclear Power’s Role in Generating Electricity, May 2008 pdf | data | blog Sources of the Growth and… Continue Reading
Q&A With Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Director
IEEE Spectrum Q&A With IARPA Director Lisa Porter: “We’ve divided the agency into three offices, and those really explain how we parse the problems intelligence research is focused on: Smart Collection, Incisive Analysis, and Safe and Secure Operations. Those three thrust areas span the space of the intelligence problem. The first, Smart Collection: we want… Continue Reading
DOJ IG Audit: Drug Enforcement Administration's Use of Intelligence Analysts
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Use of Intelligence Analysts, Audit Report 08-23, May 2008 (96 pages, PDF) “The gathering and use of intelligence is an important element in the Drug Enforcement Administrations (DEA) efforts to identify and disrupt illegal drug trafficking. Accurate and up-to-date intelligence is needed to assess the operations and vulnerabilities of criminal drug… Continue Reading
Analysis of the National Counterterrorism Center Annual Report on Terrorism
Analysis of the National Counterterrorism Center Annual Report on Terrorism, David Heyman, May 1, 2008. Center for Strategic & International Studies “Despite local and international efforts, the number of attacks worldwide have remained constant and still up sharply since 2005. The lethalitythe ability to kill or injure peoplehowever, has gone up by about 10 percent.… Continue Reading
Rethinking Counterinsurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study — Volume 5
Rethinking Counterinsurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study — Volume 5. By John Mackinlay, Alison Al-Baddawy “During the period of decolonization in Asia and Africa, the United Kingdom faced more insurgent activity than any other Western power. British government officials and military forces proved proficient at defeating or controlling these rebellions. However, these uprisings were much less complex… Continue Reading
Digital Directory for 800 Telephone Companies Sparks Concern
The Ultimate Little Black Book – One Firm Routes All Phone Calls in North America, by Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post. “Sterling-based NeuStar is the carriers’ digital directory for all phone calls in North America. More than 800 telephone companies have numbers in the database…NeuStar’s databases are so powerful that the FBI a few years ago… Continue Reading
