Background The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (P.L. 107-188) requires the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Agriculture to report to the Congress annually on the number and nature of notifications received concerning the theft, loss, or release of biological agents or toxins (select agents) regulated pursuant to that Act. Document Archive The Department of Agriculture and The Department of Health and Human Services Report to Congress on Thefts, Losses, or Releases of Select Agents or Toxins – 2002 – 2015 [39 Pages, 6.4MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/CDC/17-00418CDC.pdf
Author: John Greenewald
Background This report presents the results of our investigation into allegations that the following Amtrak (the company) employees violated company policy by accepting paid trips from W.W. Grainger Inc. (Grainger), an industrial supply distributor, to its annual trade show (Grainger Show) in Orlando, Florida while involved with procuring products from Grainger Conclusions Our investigation found that company employees improperly accepted gifts from Grainger, a contractor doing business with the company and, thus, violated or acted inconsistently with the Ethical Conduct and Conflict of Interest policy. Further, they failed to disclose these gifts on their respective Certificates of Compliance. Mitigating these…
Background Although the purpose and scope of this document is exempt from disclosure, I was able to find reference to the handbook to obtain a description of it, and get an idea of it’s purpose. The following comes from the 2010 Annual FISMA Executive Summary Report: The SEC has implemented policies and procedures to address Incident Response which are well documented and address the NIST and OMB43 guidance. C5i’s review of the SEC’s Incident Response Capability (IRC) Handbook provided evidence of the SEC’s attributes for its incident response and reporting program. The SEC IRC Handbook was developed to assist in the…
Background The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component launched into orbit in 1998, and the ISS is now the largest man-made body in space and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurized modules, external trusses, solar arrays, and other components. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles. In 2009, NASA had stated plans to end the ISS program and deorbit the ISS in early 2016. This was in accordance with…
Background On January 13, 2017, Tamara Keith of KRWG/NPR reported the following: The website at the Office of Government Ethics went down Friday afternoon, apparently overwhelmed with traffic, as the agency and its director found themselves at the heart of a growing political fight. OGE website administrator Michael Hanson told NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben the site failure came as a result of the usually sleepy office’s website receiving 1 million visitors in just the last three days. Normally, it gets about 300,000 — in an entire year. There’s a reason the website’s traffic has spiked. The office’s director, Walter Shaub Jr.,…