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DOJ Seeking Industry Cooperation in Tracking File Uploading Activity

News.com: “The Bush administration has accelerated its Internet surveillance push by proposing that Web sites must keep records of who uploads photographs or videos in case police determine the content is illegal and choose to investigate, CNET News.com has learned. That proposal surfaced Wednesday in a private meeting during which U.S. Department of Justice officials, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Libraries, Patriot Act, Privacy

FDA Publishes Guidance on Communication of Drug Safety Information

Press release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued final guidance that describes FDA’s current approach to communicating drug safety information, including emerging safety information, to the public. The guidance also includes the factors that influence when such information is communicated. Important drug safety information has the potential to alter the benefit/risk analysis …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Preliminary Analysis of the President's Budget Request for 2008

CBO Preliminary Analysis of the President’s Budget Request for 2008, March 2, 2007. Budget Options, February 2007 (373 pages, PDF) Testimony on Economic Volatility – statement by CBO Director Peter R. Orszag before the Joint Economic Committee, February 28, 2007 AP: CBO says budget fails to balance by 2012 – “…Bush’s February budget plan would …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

DOD OIG Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act

Department of Justice OIG Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, Special Report, March 2007: “Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) to undertake a series of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Patriot Act

George W. Bush Public Papers – 2003 Book I

“The Public Papers of the Presidents, which is compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, began in 1957 in response to a recommendation of the National Historical Publications Commission. Noting the lack of uniform compilations of messages and papers of the Presidents before this time, the Commission …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Data Show Federal Drug Prosecutions Reach Five Year Low

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University – Narcotics/Drugs Prosecutions for November 2006: “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during November 2006 the government reported filing 1889 new narcotics/drugs prosecutions. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is down 13.7% over the previous month.”

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

Recently Released CRS Reports on Iraq, Iran and China

Iraq: Elections, Constitution, and Government, Updated February 27, 2007 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated February 22, 2007 Iran’s Nuclear Program: Recent Developments, Updated February 22, 2007 Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, Updated February 20, 2007 China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy, February 14, 2007

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Legal Research

DHS OIG Review of Customs and Border Protection's Agriculture Inspection Activities

Review of Customs and Border Protection’s Agriculture Inspection Activities, OIG-07-32 (PDF, 58 pages) February 2007. February 28, 2007 – Secretary Michael Chertoff, testified [text of his testimony] before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “With Congress’s help, DHS has made measurable progress in achieving effective control of the border and improving the enforcement of our immigration laws …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Government Documents