Site Map - Government Reports (GAO etc.)

10/04/2007 - The Teamsters Rail Conference calls for a security plan to be approved and enforced by the TSA, GAO also has a report on passenger rail security.

10/04/2007 - The rise of Islamic extremism is evaluated in this report.

10/04/2007 - TSA should establish strategic goals for flight crew security training, says this GAO report.

10/04/2007 - A recent GAO report states that the visa process should be improved as an antiterrorism tool.

09/27/2007 - The GAO gives recommendations to the Defense Department on how to improve the response to an attack on mail facilities.

09/27/2007 - Find out how the Energy Department is preparing to prevent and respond to nuclear attacks in the United States.

09/26/2007 - Small, rural states will get less, but not much less, according to Congress' think tank.

09/26/2007 - Efforts to reduce piracy and counterfeiting of goods are reviewed in this GAO report.

09/25/2007 - DOE audit reports that two out of three defense labs are not maintaining controls over nonnuclear explosives.

09/25/2007 - Not long after a data breach involving the Department of Veterans Affairs, David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office, gave testimony to a House committee on steps that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of personal data being stolen. The first is to conduct a privacy-impact assessment before deploying new systems; Walker noted that agencies do not always do this. He also recommended limiting the collection of personal information, and limiting the time that such information is retained. @ "Privacy: Preventing and Responding to Improper Disclosures of Personal Information is available at SM Online.

09/24/2007 - Not long after a data breach involving the Department of Veterans Affairs, David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office, gave testimony to a House committee on steps that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of personal data being stolen. The first is to conduct a privacy-impact assessment before deploying new systems; Walker noted that agencies do not always do this. He also recommended limiting the collection of personal information, and limiting the time that such information is retained. @ Privacy: Preventing and Responding to Improper Disclosures of Personal Information is available at SM Online.

09/24/2007 - There are so many threats in Iraq that it’s hard to know where to start: foreign jihadists, Shiite radicals, Baath party loyalists, and garden-variety criminals, to name a few. Add one unexpected threat to that list: private security providers. The U.S. Government Accountability Office has warned that the lack of criminal-background data on prospective private security personnel puts U.S. military forces and Iraqi civilians at risk. The threat is mainly from Iraqi and third-country personnel, testified William Solis, GAO’s director of defense capabilities and management, before the House Committee on Government Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations. @ The testimony is at SM Online.

09/24/2007 - Why aren’t more airports opting out of using federal screeners? Read about the issue in a report from the Government Accountability Office.