- Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to effect the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained by the Department of Defense at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Guantánamo) and promptly to close detention facilities at Guantánamo, consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice..”
- Review of Detention Policy Options: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to develop policies for the detention, trial, transfer, release, or other disposition of individuals captured or apprehended in connection with armed conflicts and counterterrorism operations that are consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice…”
- Ensuring Lawful Interrogations: “By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to improve the effectiveness of human intelligence gathering, to promote the safe, lawful, and humane treatment of individuals in United States custody and of United States personnel who are detained in armed conflicts, to ensure compliance with the treaty obligations of the United States, including the Geneva Conventions, and to take care that the laws of the United States are faithfully executed…”
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Daily Archives: January 22, 2009
New GAO Reports: High-Risk Series, Real Property
High-Risk Series: An Update, GAO-09-271, January 22, 2009: “In 1990, GAO began a program to report on government operations that it identified as high risk. Since then, generally coinciding with the start of each new Congress, GAO has periodically reported on the status of progress to address high-risk areas and updated the high-risk list. GAOs… Continue Reading
Annual Superfund Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2008
EPA-350-R-09-001 Annual Superfund Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2008, [Report PDF – 22 pages] January 2009 “As the amount of funds available for Superfund work continues to diminish, it becomes increasingly imperative for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to spend its Superfund dollars as prudently as possible to achieve maximum benefits from dollars… Continue Reading
Energy Information Admnistration Reports: International Energy Annual, Electric Sales, Electric Power
International Energy Annual 2006 (01/22/2009): “The International Energy Annual 2006 is the Energy Information Administration’s primary report of international energy statistics. Included are data on energy consumption and production; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and electricity, as well as carbon dioxide emissions from the use of fossil fuels, petroleum prices, energy reserves, and population;… Continue Reading
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum: “The George W. Bush Library holds millions of pages of official records documenting the two-term administration (2001-2009) of the nation’s forty-third president, as well as donated historical materials that document Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign and his personal papers as Governor of Texas. In addition to these textual records,… Continue Reading
Availability and Official Status of the Compilation of Presidential Documents
“This final rule establishes a new official updated daily online-only publication entitled the “Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents.” The paper edition of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents will no longer be issued. The annual edition of the Public Papers of the President will be based on the text of the Daily Compilation of Presidential… Continue Reading
Obama Will Reportedly Use Encrypted Mobile Device
According to Atlantic, President Obama will use a National Security Agency approved encrypted PDA, perhaps this one. Continue Reading
New Secretary of the Department of Homeland Issues First In Series of Directive
News release: “On her first official day as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Janet Napolitano issued five Action Directives, all centered on one of the primary missions of DHS: Protection. In the coming days, Secretary Napolitano will issue other action directives focused on other missions critical to the department: Preparedness, Response, Recovery… Continue Reading
