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September 16, 2007
Headlines - International Institute for Stratgic Studies Releases New Report
- Satellites Witness Lowest Arctic Ice Coverage in History
- Recently Released CRS Reports
- NTIS Search Engine Provides Archive Access Back to 1964
- DHS Releases National Preparedness Guidelines
- 2007 Global Justice Information Sharing Users Conference Presentations
- DOJ OIG Audit of Agency Conference Expenditures
- DOJ Summary of Annual FOIA Reports for Fiscal Year 2006
- FCC Launches Disaster Information Reporting System
 International Institute for Stratgic Studies Releases New Report : "the annual review by the IISS of world affairs...contains broad thematic and comprehensive regional analysis of strategic issues complemented by extensive maps and chronologies. It is an indispensable source of information and commentary on international political and military trends." Strategic Survey 2007 Executive Summary Link to Strategic Survey 2007 table of contents Satellites Witness Lowest Arctic Ice Coverage in History European Space Agency [link includes image gallery]: "The area covered by sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk to its lowest level this week since satellite measurements began nearly 30 years ago, opening up the Northwest Passage – a long-sought short cut between Europe and Asia that has been historically impassable...The most direct route of the Northwest Passage across northern Canada is shown fully navigable, while the Northeast Passage along the Siberian coast remains only partially blocked. To date, the Northwest Passage has been predicted to remain closed even during reduced ice cover by multi-year ice pack – sea ice that survives one or more summers." Recently Released CRS Reports RL34163 - The Death Penalty: Capital Punishment Legislation in the 110th Congress, September 07, 2007 (36 pages, PDF) RL34169 - The FY2008 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues, September 07, 2007 (25 pages, PDF) RL34165 - The Transition to Digital Television: Is America Ready? September 07, 2007 (13 pages, PDF) RL34171 - Public Transit Program Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization, September 10, 2007 (26 pages, PDF) RL34147 - Managing Electronic Waste: An Analysis of State E-Waste Legislation, September 10, 2007 (24 pages, PDF) RL34170 - Yemen: Current Conditions and U.S. Relations, September 12, 2007 (12 pages, PDF) NTIS Search Engine Provides Archive Access Back to 1964 " Search the NTIS [National Technical Information Service] collection of 3 million products back to 1964 at no charge to you." DHS Releases National Preparedness Guidelines Press release: "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today publication of two important tools to organize and synchronize national efforts to strengthen preparedness: (1) the National Preparedness Guidelines, which establish a vision for national preparedness and provide a systematic approach for prioritizing preparedness efforts across the Nation; and (2) the Target Capabilities List, which describes the collective national capabilities required to prevent, protect against, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters and other emergencies." National Preparedness Guidelines, September 2007 (PDF, 51 pages) See also the Department of Homeland Security Leadership Journal that "provide a forum to talk about our work protecting the American people, building an effective emergency preparedness and response capability, enforcing immigration laws, and promoting economic prosperity." 2007 Global Justice Information Sharing Users Conference Presentations On this page you will find the presentations given at the 2007 Global Justice Information Sharing Users' Conference in Chicago, Illinois, August 20-22, 2007. DOJ OIG Audit of Agency Conference Expenditures Department of Justice Conference Expenditures, Audit Report 07-42, September 2007, PDF (Full Report, 128 pages). "DOJ components spent a total of $45.9 million on conferences...during fiscal year 2006..." DOJ Summary of Annual FOIA Reports for Fiscal Year 2006 "In the past, although not required to do so under the FOIA, the Office of Information and Privacy (OIP) compiled summaries of the information contained in agency annual FOIA reports and made them publicly available. OIP is now resuming that practice starting with the annual FOIA reports for Fiscal Year 2006. Set forth below is a summary compilation of the information contained in the annual FOIA reports prepared by the fifteen federal departments and seventy-seven other federal agencies for Fiscal Year 2006." FCC Launches Disaster Information Reporting System Press release: "The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) today launched a newly designed and automated Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS). DIRS is a voluntary, efficient, web-based system that communications companies, including wireless, wireline, broadcast, and cable providers, can use to report communications infrastructure status and situational awareness information during times of crisis. This will better streamline the reporting process and enable communications providers to share network status information with the Commission quickly and efficiently...Communications providers can [access] DIRS at https://www.fcc.gov/nors/disaster/ and [obtain a User ID..."]
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