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...determine whether the Pentagon was justified in setting the contract, known as Future Combat Systems, outside the normal procurement process. "The type of contracting leaves the government extremely vulnerable because there is no transparency or taxpayer protection," says Eric Miller, the senior defense analyst at the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington watchdog group. "It is ripe for abuse and often misused." A Pentagon representative said the program is being properly monitored...
...Colorado, legislators have momentarily stepped back into an oversight role, giving the university the chance to look into Churchill's case, his credentials (he lacks a Ph.D.) and his research (other academics accuse him of doctoring facts about Native American history, a charge he has not answered). An investigative panel expects to issue its findings this week. Hagedorn believes he has the votes in the Democrat-controlled legislature to pass his bill, but Governor Owens is considered unlikely to sign it. Hearings on the bill probably will not begin until later this month, by which time, Hagedorn says...
...Unless universities are compelled fundamentally to restructure certain features of access,. employment and promotion, no amount of oversight or diversity initiatives will suffice,” the report said...
...from a strategic standpoint, signals intelligence alone is insufficient, and that the U.S. needs more flesh-and-blood agents gathering and evaluating information out in the field. But what he neglects to fully address critically are the ramifications of programs like Echelon on individual privacy and civil liberties. Public oversight of intelligence organizations is poor to nonexistent; the answer to the question Quis custodiet ipsos custodies—who watches the watchers?—is, effectively...
...nestles on a spaghetti junction of fault lines. Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, head of Iran's International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology estimates that "the possibility of an earthquake measuring more than six on the Richter scale occurring now in Tehran is about 90%." "The government must have more oversight on new building constructions, making sure they obey safety codes," adds Abdollah Saidi of the Geological Survey of Iran. And a debate about moving the capital - and its 12 million inhabitants - has flared again. Ashtiany says the idea diverts attention from achievable goals. "We have to work to strengthen structures...