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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextTo amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require the disclosure of the original source of funds made payable to a lobbyist who is subcontracted to engage in lobbying activities on behalf of a third person or entity, and the disclosure of the identity of that third person or entity. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Full Disclosure in Lobbying Act - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require a registered lobbyist's semiannual disclosure report, in the case of a registrant (subcontractor) retained by another person or entity to engage in lobbying activities on behalf of a third person or entity, to include: (1) the name, address, and principal place of business of the other person or entity that retained the subcontractor; (2) the name, address, and principal place of business of the third person or entity on whose behalf the lobbying activities were performed; and (3) the amount of funds paid, during such reporting period, to the subcontractor as well as to the other [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Construction industries, Construction workers, Federal aid to research, Federally-guaranteed loans, Government contractors, Government lending, Labor, Minimum wages, Public contracts, Research grants
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that projects funded through the National Institutes of Health comply with wage rate requirements commonly referred to as the "Davis-Bacon Act", and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require that applications for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) loan, grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for any project include reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction or modernization on the project will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Appropriations, Armed forces, Beryllium, Budgets, Business, Claims, Conflict of interests, Congressional reporting requirements, Consultants, Defense economics, Defense industries, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Drug abuse, Energy, Executive departments, Executive Office of the President, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal employees, Federal officials, Government contractors, Government employees, Government ethics, Government information, Government liability, Government paperwork, Hazardous substances, Ionizing radiation, Labor, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear weapons plants, Occupational health and safety, Ombudsman, Politics and government, Public contracts, Radiation, Radiation victims, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Smoking, Term limits, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the agencies and actors responsible for the administration of such compensation program, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to instruct the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services (HHS) to include as part of their annual budget requests the administrative costs necessary to implement their responsibilities under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (including, for the Secretary of HHS, costs for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health). Instructs the Secretary of Energy to designate annually as a beryllium vendor any vendor, processor, or producer of beryllium [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Afghanistan, Armed forces, Budgets, Claims, Congress, Congressional committees (Senate), Congressional investigations, Congressional oversight, Congressional reorganization, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense policy, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Fraud, Government contractors, Government liability, International affairs, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Military operations, Public contracts, South Asia, Terrorism, War relief, Waste in government spending
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S501) Bill TextA resolution establishing a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism. 1/30/2008--Introduced. Establishes the Special Committee on War and Reconstruction Contracting to investigate the awarding and performance of contracts to conduct military, security, and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to support the prosecution of the war on terrorism. Requires investigation, in particular, of allegations of wasteful and fraudulent practices, including allegations regarding any contract or spending entered into, supervised by, or otherwise involving the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), regardless of whether or not such contract or spending involved U.S. appropriated funds. Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that any claim of fraud, waste, or abuse under the False Claims Act that involves any contract or spending [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/17/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Bill TextTo require the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Defense Contract Audit Agency, to review all defense contracts relating to reconstruction or troop support in Iraq involving any contractors, subcontractors, or Federal officers or employees that have been indicted or convicted for contracting improprieties. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Iraq Contracting Fraud Review Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, to review of each covered contract to determine if the contract has been the subject of fraud or any other contracting impropriety. Defines a covered contract as a contract or subcontract entered into on or after March 1, 2003, by the Department of Defense (DOD), if the contract or subcontract: (1) relates to reconstruction or troop support in Iraq; and (2) involves any contractor, subcontractor, or federal employee that has been indicted or convicted for fraud with respect to another DOD contract relating [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection. Bill TextTo provide for the security and safety of rail and rail transit transportation systems, and for other purposes. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Rail Transit Security and Safety Act of 2007 - Directs the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security to complete a vulnerability assessment of freight and passenger rail transportation, and develop specific prioritized recommendations for improving rail security. Directs the Under Secretary to establish the position of Federal Rail Security Manager. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to Amtrak for certain fire and life-safety improvements and infrastructure upgrades to tunnels on the Northeast Corridor. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants directly to public transportation agencies for allowable capital and operational security improvements based on the prioritized rail security recommendations. Sets forth certain whistleblower protections for rail employees [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Bridges, Budgets, Business, Contractors, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Department of Homeland Security, Disasters, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Employee training, Employment tests, Evacuation of civilians, Executive departments, Explosions, Federal aid to transportation, Fires, Government information, Government publicity, Hazardous substances, Identification of criminals, Infrastructure, Job training, Labor, Law, Railroad employees, Railroad equipment, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Railroad safety, Railroads, Security measures, Storage, Telecommunication, Terrorism, Transportation, Transportation of hazardous substances, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 01/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection. Bill TextTo provide for a rail worker emergency training program. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Rail Worker Emergency Training Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, to make grants to railroad carriers for costs incurred in instituting a rail worker emergency training program. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue detailed guidelines for a rail worker emergency training program to enhance rail worker training in preparation for and response to potential or actual terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other emergencies. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a letter of noncompliance to rail carriers that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act.
Also tagged in: Afghanistan, Arab-Israeli conflict, Armed forces, Armed forces abroad, Arms control, Budgets, Business, Chambers of commerce, Civil liberties, Collection of accounts, Community organization, Congress, Congress and military policy, Congressional oversight, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Defense budgets, Defense economics, Defense policy, Democracy, Diplomacy, Diplomats, Economic assistance, Economic development, Economic policy, Energy, Environmental protection, Environmental protection groups, Ethnic relations, Europe, Finance, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Fraud, Government contractors, Governmental investigations, Human rights, Immigration, Insurgency, International affairs, International agencies, International cooperation, Iran, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Islamic fundamentalism, Israel, Jordan, Kurds, Kuwait, Labor contracts, Labor unions, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Military bases, Military occupation, Military operations, Military posture, Military readiness, Military withdrawal, Militia movements, Minorities, Money laundering, National self-determination, Negotiations, Nuclear nonproliferation, Palestinians, Peace negotiations, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Politics and government, Prosecution, Public contracts, Refugees, Religion, Religious liberty, Saudi Arabia, Small business, South Asia, Sovereignty, Supplemental appropriations, Syria, Terrorism, Trade associations, Treaties, Turkey, United Nations, Visas, War, War relief, Waste in government spending, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11074) Bill TextTo redeploy United States Armed Forces from Iraq and to establish a new direction for United States policy toward Iraq. 1/24/2007--Introduced. New Direction for Iraq Act of 2007 - Prohibits Department of Defense (DOD) funds from being obligated or expended to increase the number of U.S. Armed Forces serving in Iraq so that the total number serving in Iraq at any time exceeds the number serving in Iraq as of the date of the enactment of this Act unless the increase is specifically authorized by Congress. Directs the Secretary of Defense to begin the redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq within 30 days of enactment of this Act, which shall be completed in the shortest appropriate time frame. (Expresses the sense of Congress that the shortest appropriate time frame should be no longer than one year.) Prohibits: (1) permanent or long-term U.S. military installations in Iraq; and (2) U.S. actions to control Iraqi oil reserves. Provides for assistance [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Afghanistan, Americans in foreign countries, Armed forces, Arrest, Business, Business records, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost accounting, Counterterrorism, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Data banks, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense policy, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Detention of persons, Disciplining of employees, Employee selection, Employee training, Equipment and supplies, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Finance, Foreign policy, Government contractors, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Identification of criminals, Inspectors general, Intelligence activities, International affairs, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Job training, Jurisdiction, Labor, Law, Logistics, Middle East and North Africa, Military and naval supplies, Military command and control, Military communications, Military operations, Occupational health and safety, Performance measurement, Police training, Politics and government, Prisoners of war, Private police, Prosecution, Public contracts, Security clearances, South Asia, Standards, Supervision of employees, Technology, Terrorism, Trade secrets, War casualties, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 10/01/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12354-12355) Bill TextA bill to require accountability and enhanced congressional oversight for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts, and for other purposes. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Transparency and Accountability in Military and Security Contracting Act of 2007 - Requires reports to Congress by specified federal officials on information with respect to federal military and security contracts being performed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Requires a separate report from the Secretary of Defense on Department of Defense (DOD) strategy and activities with respect to contractors and subcontractors in support of DOD missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terror. Requires each contract, subcontract, or task order awarded or issued by a federal agency that includes private security functions (covered contract) to require the contractor to provide to the agency contracting officer specified information, including the number of persons to perform the security [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accounting, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Afghanistan, Air travel, Armed forces, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Budgets, Business, Business education, Commemorations, Competitive bidding, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost control, Cost effectiveness, Credit cards, Criminal justice, Curricula, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Department of Homeland Security, Economic assistance, Education, Employee training, Exchange of persons programs, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal employees, Federal officials, Finance, Foreign aid, Fraud, Fringe benefits, Government and business, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government internships, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Higher education, Income tax, Inspectors general, Interest, Iraq compilation, Job training, Law, Management, Marketing, National security, Office of Management and Budget, Performance measurement, Politics and government, Public contracts, Recruiting of employees, Salaries, Scholarships, Small business, South Asia, Strategic planning, Subpoena, Tax administration, Tax liens, Taxation, Transfer of employees, Transportation, Waste in government spending
Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - Received in the House. Bill TextA bill to ensure proper oversight and accountability in Federal contracting, and for other purposes. 11/7/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Accountability in Government Contracting Act of 2007 - Title I: Acquisition Workforce - (Sec. 101) Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to: (1) designate a member of the Senior Executive Service as the Associate Administrator for Workforce Programs, in the Federal Acquisition Institute, to oversee government-wide acquisition workforce activities; and (2) establish a government-wide acquisition intern program. Sets forth requirements for program course work.Requires: (1) the Administrator to establish a government-wide Contingency Contracting Corps that shall be available for deployment in responding to disasters and contingency operations; (2) the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees,[...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Aircraft construction, Aircraft engines, Armed forces, Aviation safety, Avionics, Boats and boating, Budgets, Coast guard, Competitive bidding, Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Conspiracy, Cost overruns, Criminal justice, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense policy, Defense procurement, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Drug abuse, Drug law enforcement, Drug traffic, Electronics, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal employees, Federal officials, Fines (Penalties), Flags of convenience, Foreign policy, Government contractors, Government employees, Government procurement, Identification devices, International affairs, Jurisdiction, Labor, Law, Licenses, Longshoremen, Military communications, Military pay, Military personnel, Military readiness, Officer personnel, Patrol aircraft, Patrol ships, Performance measurement, Privatization, Public contracts, Salaries, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Sentencing guidelines, Shipbuilding, Sports, Standards, Submarines, Technology, Technology assessment, Telecommunication, Territorial waters, Transportation, Transportation workers, Weapons systems, Workers' compensation
Latest Action: 09/27/2008 - Mr. Oberstar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Bill TextTo restructure the Coast Guard Integrated Deepwater Program, and for other purposes. 9/27/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Title I: Integrated Deepwater Program - Integrated Deepwater Program Reform Act of 2008 - (Sec. 102) Prohibits the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating from using a private sector entity as a lead systems integrator (LSI) for Integrated Deepwater Program (IDP) acquisitions, subject to stated exceptions. Requires the Secretary and the IDP LSI, subject to exception, to use full and open competition for any IDP acquisition for which an outside contractor is used. Prohibits an LSI and any tier 1 subcontractor from having a financial interest in a subcontractor below the tier 1, subject to exception. (Sec. 103) Requires any IDP contract, delivery order, or task order to require, among other things, that: (1) IDP procurement certifications be conducted by the Secretary or [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Animals, Emergency management, Environmental protection, Federal-state relations, Fire prevention, Forest fires, Forest health, Forest management, Habitat conservation, Natural resources, Public contracts, Public lands, Range management, Restoration ecology, State and local government, Tree diseases, Water resources, Watersheds
Latest Action: 07/22/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bill TextA bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with State foresters authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services. 7/22/2008--Introduced. Good Neighbor Forestry Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with state foresters to provide the forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services as specified below on National Forest System and Bureau of Land Management lands. Specifies that such authorized services include: (1) activities to treat insect infected trees; (2) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; and (3) any other activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat.Permits state foresters to enter into subcontracts to provide the restoration and protection [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Accreditation (Medical care), Aged, Armed forces, Armed forces reserves, Cancer, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Defense policy, Department of Health and Human Services, Diabetes, Drug therapy, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Health education, Health policy, Hospitals, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical fees, Medical laboratories, Medical supplies, Medical tests, Medically uninsured, Medicare, Ombudsman, Physicians, Politics and government, Prosthesis, Quality of care, Radiotherapy, Sexual abstinence, Welfare
Latest Action: 07/11/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 874. Bill TextA bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes. 7/9/2008--Introduced. Medicare and Medicaid Extension Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend: (1) the physician payment update; (2) the floor on the work geographic adjustment under the Medicare physician fee schedule; (3) the treatment of certain physician pathology services; (4) the exceptions process for therapy caps; (5) the payment rule for brachytherapy and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals; and (6) the accommodation of physicians ordered to active duty in the Armed Services. Delays generally until after 2011 full implementation of the Medicare competitive acquisition program for the purchase of durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).Revises such program, dividing its implementation into two rounds, and specifying covered item [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Collection of accounts, Criminal justice, Data banks, Due process of law, Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Executives, Federal aid programs, Finance, Government contractors, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Identification devices, Income tax, Internet, Law, Leases, Liens, Office of Management and Budget, Performance measurement, Profit, Public contracts, Tax returns, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Web sites
Latest Action: 07/28/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Bill TextTo strengthen transparency and accountability in Federal spending. 6/26/2008--Introduced. Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 with respect to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) searchable database website. Requires the website to allow the public to search programmatically and access all data in a serialized machine readable format (such as XML) via a web-services application programming interface. Specifies additional information on federal awards the website must include by certain deadlines. Requires the website to present information about federal awards and their recipients in ways that meet the needs of users with different levels of understanding about government spending and abilities using searching websites. Sets forth requirements of the Director of OMB to add specified data quality enhancements to the website. Requires [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Collection of accounts, Criminal justice, Data banks, Due process of law, Ex-offenders, Executive departments, Executives, Federal aid programs, Finance, Government contractors, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Identification devices, Income tax, Internet, Law, Leases, Liens, Office of Management and Budget, Performance measurement, Profit, Public contracts, Tax returns, Taxation, Technology, Telecommunication, Web sites
Latest Action: 06/03/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4971) Bill TextA bill to strengthen transparency and accountability in Federal spending. 6/3/2008--Introduced. Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 with respect to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) searchable federal funding database website. Requires the website to allow the public to search programmatically and access all data in a serialized machine readable format (such as XML) via a web-services application programming interface. Specifies additional information on federal awards (federal financial assistance and expenditures) the website must include by certain deadlines. Requires the website to present information about federal awards and their recipients in ways that meet the needs of users with different levels of understanding about government spending and abilities using searching websites.Sets forth requirements of the Director of OMB [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Armed forces, Colorado, Employee health benefits, Energy, Finance, Government contractors, Government insurance, Hazardous substances, Hazardous wastes, Health insurance, Health policy, Labor, Medical care, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear facility decommissioning, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear weapons plants, Ohio, Public contracts, Radiation victims, Radioactive waste disposal, Radioactive wastes, Retiree health benefits, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo provide for health care benefits for certain nuclear facility workers. 5/21/2008--Introduced. Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide health care benefits for workers who: (1) have been employed by a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor to perform duties under a contract for environmental remediation, waste management, decontamination and decommissioning, maintenance, security, and administrative activities at the Fernald Closure Project (Harrison, Ohio), the Mound Closure Project (Miamisburg, Ohio), or the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Golden, Colorado); and (2) would have qualified for health care benefits available for retirees had the individual's employment not been terminated as a result of the accelerated closure of the site.
Also tagged in: Alien labor, Aliens, Armed forces, Communications, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense policy, Electronic government information, Employee selection, Government contractors, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Immigrants, Immigration, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Labor, Language and languages, Middle East and North Africa, Military occupation, Military operations, Public contracts, Technology, Telecommunication, Translating and interpreting, Visas
Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo provide for an evaluation factor for defense contractors employing or subcontracting with recipients of certain special immigrant visas. 5/13/2008--Introduced. Defines, for this Act: (1) "covered contract" as a Department of Defense (DOD) procurement contract in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom regarding which proficiency in Arabic or knowledge of Iraq is useful; and (2) "covered special immigrant visa" as a visa issued under specified provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (relating to special immigrant status for certain Iraqis) or the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (relating to special immigrant status for persons serving as translators with the U.S. Armed Forces). Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, in evaluating any bid or proposal for a covered contract, to use as an evaluation factor whether an entity intends to carry out the contract using an employee or individual subcontractor [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Compensation (Law), Department of Energy, Energy, Executive departments, Federal employees, Government contractors, Government employees, Government liability, Hazardous substances, Laboratories, Law, Medical care, Medicine, New Mexico, Nuclear energy research, Nuclear research, Nuclear weapons, Occupational health and safety, Public contracts, Radiation, Radiation victims, Research and development facilities, Science policy
Latest Action: 06/03/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Bill TextTo amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to grant Special Exposure Cohort designation to a specific group of individuals from a Department of Energy facility in Los Alamos, New Mexico. 5/8/2008--Introduced. Ray Ruiz Special Exposure Cohort Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include an employee of the Department of Energy (DOE) or its contractors or subcontractors who worked for at least 250 work days at the Los Alamos site in New Mexico within the meaning of the term "member of the Special Exposure Cohort" for purposes of occupational illness compensation. Provides that a claim that an individual qualifies for compensation or benefits under such Act shall be considered notwithstanding any denial of any other claim for compensation with respect to such individual.
Also tagged in: Chief information officers, Computer security measures, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Department of Homeland Security, Emergency management, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal officials, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government procurement, Information technology, Inspectors general, Internet, Minorities, Minority business enterprises, Politics and government, Public contracts, Security measures, Small business, Technology, Telecommunication, Terrorism
Latest Action: 07/31/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextTo amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the information security of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 7/30/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Homeland Security Network Defense and Accountability Act of 2008 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to delegate to the Department's Chief Information Officer (CIO) authority for the development, approval, implementation, integration, and oversight of DHS policies, procedures, activities, funding, and systems relating to information management and information infrastructure. Lists CIO qualifications (including at least five years of executive leadership and management experience in information technology and information security) and functions (including establishing an incident response team).(Sec. 3) Directs the CIO to establish, oversee the deployment of, and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Alien labor, Arrest, Business, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Detention of persons, Employee selection, Employee training, Federal employees, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Immigration, Intelligence activities, Intelligence community staff, Intelligence services, Job training, Labor, Performance measurement, Police questioning, Privatization, Public contracts
Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with Bill TextTo enhance transparency and accountability within the intelligence community for activities performed under Federal contracts, and for other purposes. 5/6/2008--Introduced. Transparency and Accountability in Intelligence Contracting Act of 2008 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to prepare an annual assessment for such element of the intelligence community (IC) that assesses such element's use of private contractors and private contractor personnel. Requires each assessment to be submitted to the congressional intelligence committees. Directs that each contract, subcontract, or task or delivery order entered into with an IC element shall require the contractor to provide to the IC element contracting officer certain information on the personnel performing contracting activities, including their training, the process used to hire the individuals, and the number of foreign nationals employed. Prohibits [...] show full description
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