In a December 6, 2007 letter to the Committee, we explained that the Department of Homeland Security, with the support of the General Services Administration, has already established a contingency contracting corps to provide a ready reserve of contracting officials for emergency situations.

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In a 4 June 1990 memorandum provided to Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher, however, Commerce Department Inspector General Frank De George contends that the Bureau of Export Administration altered information on this computer print-out on at least 68 separate export licenses.

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In what critics have called a closed selection process, the Department of the Interior, working through the General Services Administration, chose the architect Frank Gehry to undertake the design for a 4-acre site on Independence Avenue.

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The IRS comments came as the Treasury Department inspector general for tax administration is nearing completion of a report on the matter.

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And on Friday the General Administration of Press and Publications, the government department which regulates the print media, published new rules that ban news media from reporting any information on the internet unless it can be verified.

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It is part of the Treasury Department's general fund and has been since the Johnson administration.

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The Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration is expected to release the results of a nearly yearlong investigation in the coming week.

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