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Progress and Freedom Foundation Tech Agenda for 2007
Progress & Freedom Foundation released a Tech Agenda for 2007
CBO Testimony on Issues in Budgeting for Operations in Iraq and the War on Terrorism
CBO Testimony on Issues in Budgeting for Operations in Iraq and the War on Terrorism, January 18, 2007.
Record-Breaking Year for the USPTO
Fiscal Year 2006: A Record-Breaking Year for the USPTO – Patent and trademark quality best on record in over 20 years.
Senator Posts Daily Schedule Online
Montana Senator Jon Tester’s schedule.
Commentary on Military Commissions Act of 2006 and Fairness Standard
Hass, Douglas A., “Crafting Military Commissions Post-Hamdan: The Military Commissions Act of 2006”. Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 82, Spring 2007 Available at SSRN. “This Note summarizes whether terrorist attacks implicate the laws of war, what protections are due parties detained in the War on Terror, and concludes that only the laws applicable to non-international armed …
Request for Hearings on Global Climate Change
“Chairman Dingell and Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Chairman Boucher send a memorandum to Democratic Members of the Committee regarding the Committee’s plan to hold hearings on the critical issue of global climate change,” January 17, 2007.
State Dept. Guide to Benefits of Trade
Benefits of Trade – Costs of Protectionism – EJournal – U.S. Department of State, January 2007.
Manual for Military Commissions in Implementation of the Military Commissions Act of 2006
Manaul for Military Commissions released by the Department of Defense, January 18, 2007 (238 pages, PDF)[Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-366, 120 Stat. 2600 (Oct. 17, 2006)] Part I Preamble Part II Rules for Military Commissions Part III Military Commission Rules of Evidence Part IV Crimes and …
NY City Mayor Bloomberg's 2007 State of the City Address Included Digital Crime Fighting With Citizen Support
NY City Mayor Bloomberg’s 2007 State of the City Address, delivered January 17, 2007: “This year, we’ll begin a revolutionary innovation in crime-fighting: Equipping “911” call centers to receive digital images and videos New Yorkers send from cell phones and computers something no other city in the world is doing. If you see a crime …
Bloggers Abroad Face Government Retaliation
BBC News: Iranian bloggers on web restrictions Washington Post: Accused Egyptian Blogger Stands Trial Malaysia Newspaper Sues Two Bloggers
NY Governor Spitzer Promotes Open Government
Governor Eliot Spitzer, Executive Order: Promotion of Public Access to Government Decisionmaking “By March 1, 2007, every agency and public authority shall submit to the Secretary to the Governor a plan that: (a) identifies all meetings of such agency or authority that are subject to the Open Meetings Law; and (b) specifies a timetable for …
