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• Countdown: More Political Problems for the Pentagon?

  Published: July 27, 2007, 12:01 pm

  Tags: Oversight, Robert Gates, Wesley Clark, Countdown Keith Olbermann

  Congress’s attempts of oversight, ostensibly on the say-so of the White House and the tragic story unfolding surrounding Pat Tillman’s death.

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• Nanotech Regulation Nears

  Published: July 26, 2007, 9:35 am

  Tags: Future Trends, Fda, Fei, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Regulations, Ibm, Mmm, Feic

  For all booming new industries, there comes a time that lumbering government finally takes notice and begins to meddle. For the lucky, that just means taxation. But for some--the internet, say--new laws and regulations are part of the package. Now, it appears that nanotechnology's time in the bureaucratic spotlight is rapidly approaching. The

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• CREW Files Complaint Against Rep. John Boehner For Possible Leak Of Classified Information

  Published: August 6, 2007, 5:15 pm

  Tags: Oversight, Gop, Government Policy, Intelligence Gathering, The House

  Via CREW: Today, CREW filed a complaint with the Department of Justice asking that the Counterespionage Section of the National Security Division initiate an investigation into whether House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-OH) violated the law by leaking classified information. Our complaint can be found here. In a July 31, 2007 interview

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• Waxman unaware of inherent contempt?

  Published: August 9, 2007, 2:18 pm

  Tags: Henry Waxman, Oversight, Inherent Contempt

  of the House Committee on Oversight. Do you want to know where I learned about inherent contempt? In the Congressional Oversight Manual (PDF). Yeah. Tough to find. Starts on page 36 if you know anyone who might be interested in, you know, enforcing their subpoena power. Now I don't know how accurate that quote -- or rather, paraphrase, I

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• House Dems Challenge Plans To Expand Spying

  Published: September 7, 2007, 12:50 pm

  Tags: Oversight, Homeland Security, The House

  WaPo: Senior House Democrats called on the Bush administration yesterday to delay a planned Oct. 1 expansion of the use of powerful satellite and aircraft spy technology by local and federal law enforcement agencies, challenging the plan’s legality and charging that the administration is failing to safeguard the privacy of Americans. House

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• States demand that Microsoft (MSFT) needs extension of oversight scrutiny

  Published: September 13, 2007, 1:23 pm

  Tags: Antitrust, Inthenews, Microsoft, Microsoft Oversight, Microsoftoversight, Msft

  of Justice forced its oversight on the software maker for "bundling" its Internet Explorer into the Windows operating system. Although I've agreed with much of the litigation against the software maker in this vein, I've never understood what makes it such a crime to bundle your own products together. Me? I installed Mozilla Firefox eons

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• Iraqi Government: Blackwater Guards Fired Unprovoked

  Published: September 22, 2007, 8:01 pm

  Tags: Oversight, Government Policy, Middle East, Iraq, Corruption

  AP Via Yahoo: Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in an incident last week in which 11 people died, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday. He said the case was referred to the Iraqi judiciary. Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said Iraqi

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• The Cost of Privatizing Social Security?

  Published: September 26, 2007, 4:28 pm

  Tags: Oversight, Social Security, The House

  Well, let’s just talk about the cost of having the President travel around talking about privatizing Social Security, shall we? After long delays, due in part to the refusal of the White House to cooperate, …a GAO report [was released] assessing the costs to taxpayers of a 2005 White House initiative to support the President's

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• White House Tried To Block California's Emission Standards

  Published: September 27, 2007, 3:27 pm

  Tags: Environment, Oversight, Lobbies, Government Policy, White House

  investigation by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has revealed a coordinated effort to prevent California from pursuing its state regulations. The effort includes Johnson, Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, and James Connaughton, the Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Committee Chairman Henry

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• Bill Moyers' Journal Looks At Fraud in Iraq

  Published: September 29, 2007, 6:44 pm

  Tags: Oversight, Pbs, Iraq, War Coverage

  (guest blogged by Bill W.)  Download (309)   Play (283)  Download (151)   Play (143) On this week’s Journal, Bill Moyers takes a look at waste and contractor fraud going on in Iraq. Just last week, the House Armed Services Committee found that $6 billion worth of military contracts are under criminal

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• Liveblogging of Blackwater Hearing

  Published: October 2, 2007, 12:32 pm

  Tags: Blackwater, Oversight, The House, Committees

  is liveblogging the House Oversight Committee’s hearing on Blackwater over at FDL. Part One and Part Two available here. You can stream C-Span 3 here. More to come… The Gavel is putting up videos as quickly as they can. Here are Chairman Henry Waxman’s opening remarks:   AP is reporting that the FBI is asking the

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• Chairman Of Blackwater USA Testifies Before The House Oversight And Government Reform Committee

  Published: October 2, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Blackwater Usa, House Oversight Government Reform Committee

  The chairman of Blackwater USA, which is facing intense scrutiny over the deaths of a dozen Iraqi civilians last month, defended his private security contractors working in Iraq, while Republicans worked to paint the hearing as little more than an attempt for Democrats to score partisan points...Read story in full at RawStory.comHas videos>>>

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• Blackwater USA In Deep Shit

  Published: October 3, 2007, 3:08 am

  Tags: General News, Blackwater Usa, Blackwater Usa Investigation, Blackwater Usa Video, House Oversight Government Reform Committee

  Erik Prince told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a lengthy session Tuesday. (more…) copyright @2007 Bu.bulicio.us blackwater usa, blackwater usa investigation, blackwater usa video, house oversight and government reform committeeDid you enjoy reading this post? Buy me a nice cup of coffee to fuel my late

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• Political Appointees 'Burrowing In'

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Political, Appointees, Burrowing, Paul C Light, Carol Bonosaro, Henry Waxman, Tommy G Thompson, New York University, U S Government Accountability Office, U S House Committee On Oversight Government Reform, U S Office Of Personnel Management, U S Small Business A

  It is the season for that quadrennial Washington tradition known as "burrowing in."

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• Political Appointees 'Burrowing In'

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Political, Appointees, Burrowing, Paul C Light, Carol Bonosaro, Henry Waxman, Tommy G Thompson, New York University, U S Government Accountability Office, U S House Committee On Oversight Government Reform, U S Office Of Personnel Management, U S Small Business A

  It is the season for that quadrennial Washington tradition known as "burrowing in."

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