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DOD OIG: Identification of Classified Information in Unclassified DoD Systems

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D-2009-054 Identification of Classified Information in Unclassified DoD Systems During the Audit of Internal Controls and Data Reliability in the Deployable Disbursing System, February 17, 2009 (Project No. D2007-D000FL-0252.000)

  • “This is the first in a series of report on our audit of Internal Controls and Data Reliability in the Deployable Disbursing System (DDS). The audit objective is to determine whether the internal controls over transactions processed through DDS are adequate to ensure the reliability of the data processed. The audit series will include financial information processed by disbursing stations supporting the Global War on Terror, as well as the recording of related obligations. We are issuing this report because
    we have determined that the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has processed disbursement transactions that contain classified information into unclassified DoD systems.”

    • Principles of Federal Appropriations Law: Third Edition, Volume III

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    Principles of Federal Appropriations Law: Third Edition, Volume III (898 pages, PDF): “Our objective in Principles is to present a basic reference work covering those areas of law in which the Comptroller General issues decisions, using text discussion with specific legal authorities to illustrate the principles discussed, their application, and exceptions. As we noted in… Continue Reading

    Annex – U.S.- Canada clean energy dialogue

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    Annex – U.S.- Canada clean energy dialogue, 19 February 2009, Ottawa, Ontario: “…The United States and Canada are collaborating on energy research related to advanced biofuels, clean engines, and energy efficiency. In order to address the energy and environmental challenges that we face together, the two nations agreed to expand collaboration in these and other… Continue Reading

    SBA Warns of Fraudulent Attempts to Obtain Bank Account Information from Small Businesses

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    News release: “The U.S. Small Business Administration issued a scam alert today to small businesses, warning them not to respond to letters falsely claiming to have been sent by the SBA asking for bank account information in order to qualify them for federal tax rebates. The fraudulent letters were sent out with what appears to… Continue Reading

    Report – Big Tobacco Steps Up Its Targeting of Women and Girls

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    News release: “A December 2008 report by the nation’s leading cancer organizations underscores the threat to women’s health from this new wave of cigarette marketing to women and girls. The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer found that while lung cancer death rates are decreasing for men – and overall cancer… Continue Reading

    LLRX Book Review – Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States

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    LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips – Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States – Heather A. Phillips discusses author Hiroshi Motomura’s insights into changing views on this experience, including the status of immigration as contract, and that of immigration as affiliation. Continue Reading