News release: “Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today a 118-count indictment of a Chinese citizen and his company for charges relating to the misuse of Manhattan banks and the proliferation of illicit missile and nuclear technology to the Government of Iran. The Chinese company, known as LIMMT, is a major supplier of banned weapons material to the Iranian military.”
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Daily Archives: April 7, 2009
Congressional Oversight Panel Report Assessing TARP Strategy After Six Months
News release: “The April oversight report for COP is entitled Assessing Treasurys Strategy: Six Months of TARP. In this report, COP offers a preliminary look at Treasurys strategy and offers a comparative analysis of previous efforts to combat banking crises in the past. Over the last six months, Treasury has spent or committed $590.4 billion… Continue Reading
Money Matters: Tips from the Federal Trade Commission
“Money and the lack of it is a source of stress and frustration. And while people the world over are working to stem the global financial situation were in, folks at home are trying to gain some control over their own financial situations, too. Practicing positive, tried and true money management techniques … Continue Reading
WSJ: Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies
“Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials…But protecting the electrical grid and other infrastructure is a key part of the Obama administration’s cybersecurity review, which is to be completed next week. Under the Bush administration,… Continue Reading
Presentations by Acting Comptroller of GAO: Accountability and Transparency in Government
Presentations By The Acting Comptroller General “Key Fiscal Challenges Facing the Accountability Community,” by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general of the United States, before the 2009 AGA Southeast Region Professional Development Conference, in Nashville, Tennessee. GAO-09-505CG, April 2, 2009 “GAO: Promoting Accountability and Transparency in Government,” by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general of… Continue Reading
Fujimori Found Guilty of Human Rights Crimes
News release (includes links to declassified documents): “As a special tribunal in Peru pronounced former president Alberto Fujimori guilty of human rights atrocities, the National Security Archive today posted key declassified U.S. documents that were submitted as evidence in the court proceedings. The declassified records contain intelligence gathered by U.S. officials from Peruvian sources on… Continue Reading
Compensation Accomplices Mutual Funds and the Overpaid American CEO
“Individuals in the U.S. have more than $7 trillion invested in mutual funds. By and large, the major mutual fund companies are generally unresponsive to investor needs and most of their customers are too busy to carefully scrutinize their practices anyway. This is why it is important for retail investors to have the basic information… Continue Reading
New Book: Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society
Via EPIC: “A new study by leading scholars from the USA, Canada, UK, Netherlands and Italy has revealed that laws are reinforcing technology’s ability to undermine the anonymity of citizens. The law reveals a preference for legislation requiring people to submit to identification and an increasing encroachment of rules into areas where there were previously… Continue Reading
Recovery.org by Onvia
“Welcome to Recovery.org and Onvia. This site was developed to bring unprecedented transparency and accountability to recovery spending and ensure that every business, regardless of size, has equal access to the projects associated with the recovery efforts. On this site you will find real-time data, maps, and graphs detailing the spending activity associated with the… Continue Reading
Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Systems: A Framework for Meeting 21st Century Imperatives
National Academies Press, prepublication: Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Systems: A Framework for Meeting 21st Century Imperatives, 2009. “For the people of the United States, the 20th century was one of unprecedented population growth, economic development, and improved quality of life. The critical infrastructure systems-water, wastewater, power, transportation, and telecommunications-built in the 20th century have become so… Continue Reading
EPA Launches National Cell Phone Recycling Week: April 6-12
News release: “As part of its efforts to celebrate Earth Day during the entire month of April, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency has launched National Cell Phone Recycling Week, April 6 through April 12. This joint effort between EPAs Plug-In To eCycling program and leading cell phone manufacturers, retailers and service providers increases national awareness… Continue Reading
