Oversight
Panel votes to limit Justice-White House communications
Legislation would only allow certain officials to discuss ongoing investigations, in an attempt to shield the Justice Department’s independence.
Defense
Federal disaster management plan running into criticism
Homeland Security officials defend the document, saying they will address specific concerns after a 30-day review and comment period.
News
Bill to improve processing of FOIA requests advancing
Measure would tighten deadlines for agencies to respond to requests and create an agency with an ombudsman role.
News
House subcommittee cracks down on Iraq war profiteering
Bill approved by voice vote would establish criminal penalties for overcharging taxpayers on war or reconstruction contracts.
News
Panel to seek contempt charges against Bolten, Miers
White House, lawmakers disagree on whether a president can extend executive privilege to bar production of documents and testimony.
Oversight
Subcommittee backs bill to make agencies more user friendly
Legislation would require each agency to appoint a customer relations representative and to measure satisfaction levels.
Tech
Data breach bill sets notification requirements
Measure asks agencies or businesses to tell consumers if their information is believed to have been accessed improperly.
Tech
USDA officials apologize for exposing Social Security numbers
Department started to purge numbers from databases after VA data breach last year, but tens of thousands slipped through the cracks.
Defense
Measure to fight war profiteering moves to full Senate
Bill would impose prison sentences and fines on those found to have knowingly defrauded or overcharged the government.
News
Officials cite progress on bureaucratic problems at Walter Reed
Defense official says new procedures are under way to streamline the cumbersome, several-layered system for evaluating a soldier's disability upon separation.
Management
Senate panel backs stiff penalties for war profiteering
Measure would allow prison sentences of up to 20 years and fines of $1 million or twice the gross profits from the scheme.
Defense
Panel votes to require agencies to report data mining activities
Measure gives heads of agencies engaged in or developing a data mining program 180 days to submit a detailed report.
Defense
Inspectors general probe fraud, profiteering in Iraq
Office of the special IG for Iraq reconstruction has 79 ongoing investigations and has referred 28 cases to the Justice Department for prosecution.
Management
Senate judiciary panel revises rule for U.S. attorneys
Plan restricts the authority of the U.S. attorney general from filling prosecutor vacancies for an unlimited time without Senate confirmation.
Management
Senate subpanel advances $51.2 billion Commerce-Justice bill
Measure would restore $900 million of $1.2 billion in proposed cutbacks to Justice Department programs.
Defense
Coast Guard authorization bill sails through House panel
Bill would allow service to be on a path to modernization in 15, rather than 25, years.
Management
Senate subcommittee approves Interior-EPA spending bill
The $26.1 billion approved for fiscal 2007 exceeds President Bush’s request and the amount allotted by the House last month.
Tech
House panel OKs office to compensate vets for ID theft
Office would process claims of veterans who might have their identities stolen as a result of data breach last month.
Defense
Fate of threat advisory system remains unclear
Bill that would require security alerts to be targeted to specific regions or economic interests has not made much headway.
Defense
Panel approves major immigration reform bill
If approved by the full Senate, measure must be resolved with a House-passed bill that is devoted mainly to beefed-up border security.
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