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April 10, 2007
Headlines - EFF Sues Justice Department for Immediate Release of NSL
- DOD OIG Reports on Personnel Security Investigations and Computer Services
- FTC Testimony Before Senate Committee on Agency's FY 2008 Budget Request
- CD Containing 2.9 Million Georgia Medical Data Records Lost by Contractor
- House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas AG Gonzales
- Mapping the Holocaust
- AALL Maintained List of Law Library Document Suppliers
- Hearing - The Katrina Impact on Crime and the Criminal Justice System in New Orleans
- UN Global Road Safety Week - April 23-29, 2007
- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google Join In Online Mapping Initiative on Darfur
- HHS OIG Releases Three New Reports
- Recent Presentations by the Comptroller General
 EFF Sues Justice Department for Immediate Release of NSL Follow up to postings on investigations into FBI use of National Security Letters, this press release: "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked a judge to issue an emergency order requiring the FBI to immediately release agency records about its abuse of National Security Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans' personal information. The Department of Justice has already agreed that the records should be disclosed quickly due to the exceptional media attention and the questions the NSL report has raised about the government's integrity. However, despite this recognition, the Bureau has failed to meet the 20-day time limit that Congress set for requests that do not merit fast processing...EFF's FOIA request asks for all FBI records discussing or reporting violations of current law, guidelines, or policies, as well as any communications discussing various potential interpretations of current federal investigative power. EFF also demands copies of the contracts between the FBI and three telephone companies, which were intended to allow the FBI to get rapid access to telephone records." EFF FOIA complaint EFF motion for a preliminary injunction DOD OIG Reports on Personnel Security Investigations and Computer Services D-2007-083 Transition Expenditures for DoD Personnel Security Investigations for FY 2005 (4/10/2007) (Project No. D2006-D000FB-0065.000) PDF or View Summary Only D-2007-082 Defense Information Systems Agency Controls over the Center for Computing Services (4/09/2007)(Project No. D2006-D000FG-0053.001) PDF or View Summary Only FTC Testimony Before Senate Committee on Agency's FY 2008 Budget Request Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On The Commission's Work To Protect Consumers and Promote Competition, Presented by Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras Before the Committee On Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate (April 10, 2007) CD Containing 2.9 Million Georgia Medical Data Records Lost by Contractor According to a press release from the Georgia Department of Community Health, contractor Affiliated Computer Services confirmed on April 9, 2007 the loss of a CD containing the personal data of state Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids(TM) members. The data included full names, complete addresses, social security numbers, member ID numbers, and eligibility dates for 2.9 million individuals (as reported by AP). See also Stolen ID Search House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas AG Gonzales Via FindLaw: "The House Committee on the Judiciary subpoenas U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to produce documents and electronic information relating to the recent termination of eight U.S. attorneys. John Conyers, Chairman of the committee, accuses the Department of Justice of "withholding significant information" from the Congressional investigation into the firings." AG Subpoena Documents, April 10, 2007 (12 pages) Related postings on U.S. Attorney firings Mapping the Holocaust Press release: "The Holocaust took place across the entire European continent, and for all of Europe's Jews, as well as other victims of Nazism, geography played a major role in determining their fate. The Museum is using Google Earth to map key Holocaust sites with historic content from its collections, powerfully illustrating the enormous scope and impact of the Holocaust. Use Google Earth to access content from the Museum's online Holocaust Encyclopedia. Find out more about Auschwitz, Dachau, Bergen-Belsen, Treblinka, Warsaw, Lodz, and many more. Each place name links to a featured article with related historical photographs, testimony clips, maps, artifacts, and film footage. Over time, this layer will be updated with additional content from the Encyclopedia." Download a timeline of concentration camps across Europe. Download a Google Earth interface to the Holocaust Encyclopedia. AALL Maintained List of Law Library Document Suppliers The AALL Document Delivery Caucus maintains a list of law library document delivery suppliers. Hearing - The Katrina Impact on Crime and the Criminal Justice System in New Orleans House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, The Katrina Impact on Crime and the Criminal Justice System in New Orleans, Field Hearing in New Orleans, Louisiana By Direction of the Chairman, April 10, 2007. Related postings on hurricanes Katrina and Rita UN Global Road Safety Week - April 23-29, 2007 "United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/5 has designated April 23-29, 2007 as global road safety week. The resolution invites the United Nations member nations to organize and host public awareness activities to underscore the preventable nature of road traffic crashes and to educate the public on the impact that accidents have on global health. The theme is "Road Safety is No Accident" highlighting the fact that improving road safety does not occur by accident, but only happens through the deliberate and determined efforts of many sectors of society, both governmental and non-governmental. The theme of the week will focus on young road users, including young drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists who make up a high proportion of those suffering death, injury and disability on the roads....According to the World Health Organization, each year road crashes kill nearly 1.2 million people and injure or disable 20-50 million more across the world." UN Global Road Safety Week - April 23-29, 2007 - Links to U.S. Government Web Sites and Non-Governmental Web Sites U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google Join In Online Mapping Initiative on Darfur Press release: "The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has joined with Google in an unprecedented online mapping initiative. Crisis in Darfur enables more than 200 million Google Earth users worldwide to visualize and better understand the genocide currently unfolding in Darfur, Sudan. The Museum has assembled content—photographs, data, and eyewitness testimony—from a number of sources that are brought together for the first time in Google Earth. Crisis in Darfur is the first project of the Museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative that will over time include information on potential genocides allowing citizens, governments, and institutions to access information on atrocities in their nascent stages and respond." Download the Crisis in Darfur layers for Google Earth Download and install Google Earth Learn More about the Crisis in Darfur layers and the Museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative Find out What You Can Do to confront genocide in Darfur Recent Presentations by the Comptroller General 21st Century Transformation Challenges, Excellence in Government Conference, Washington, D.C., April 5, 2007, GAO-07-740CG Saving Our Future Requires Tough Choices Today, Fiscal Wake-Up Tour, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, April 4, 2007, GAO-07-739CG
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