Government

Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) “Incident Response Capability Handbook” – April 2014

Background Although the purpose and scope of this document is exempt from disclosure, I was able to find reference to…

April 12, 2017

Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Website Outage, January 13, 2017

Background On January 13, 2017, Tamara Keith of KRWG/NPR reported the following: The website at the Office of Government Ethics…

April 6, 2017

Senator John McCain

Background John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the…

March 29, 2017

Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act , March 2017

Background Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General…

March 23, 2017

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Internal FOIA Status Reports

Background Enacted in 1966, the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, gives any person the right to access federal agency…

March 22, 2017

Fiber Optic Internet Cable from Dania Bay, Florida to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Background In October of 2016, I read the following article written by Muira McCammon, which was published on SLATE: Generally,…

March 22, 2017

SEC Investigation: Improper Transmission of Nonpublic Information via E-mail, May 29, 2015 (CASE# 15-ENF-0273-1)

Background On August 12, 2014, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Office of Inspector General (OIG) discovered that [REDACTED]…

March 21, 2017

Vision Strategy Implementation Success Mission Goal, Audit Report Number NL-AR-16-001, May 20, 2016

Background In response to declining mail volume,. the. U.S. Postal Service is challenged with rightsizing its transportation network and adjusting…

March 16, 2017

Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Records on Kellyanne Conway’s Comment Regarding Ivanka Trump’s Clothing Line

Background According to Wikipedia: On February 9, 2017, during an appearance on Fox & Friends, Kellyanne Conway discussed department store…

March 11, 2017

FDIC Circular 1023.1 – Procedures for Processing Freedom of Information Act Requests

Background The FOIA, enacted in 1966, generally provides that any person has a right to obtain access to federal agency…

March 6, 2017