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Department of State’s Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, September 15, 2006 “The 2006 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom covers 197 countries and territories. The pages of each country report distill the experience of the past year into a whole that we hope will spur debate in other countries, hold governments accountable to their …
Report on Review of Testimony to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Report No. 06-INTEL-12), September 12, 2006. “Both DoD and the FAA provided the Commission and the public with inaccurate information about their responses to the events of September 11, 2001. However, we found no indication that these statements were …
Press release: “Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Democratic Members of the Committee on Government Reform have developed six proposals to restore honesty and accountability in government…Ban secret meetings with lobbyists and close the revolving door; Restore open government; Clean up federal contracting; Block the appointment of cronies; Take politics out of science; Protect federal whistleblowers.” …
From Diane Kovacs: Results of Core Consumer Medical/Health Reference Tools Survey, includes Print, Free Web-Sites, Govdocs Sites, and Fee-Based Websites. Results of Professional Professional/Research Medical/Health Core Reference Survey, includes Print, Free Web-Sites, Govdocs Sites, and Fee-Based Websites.
CRS Report, Undisclosed U.S. Detention Sites Overseas: Background and Legal Issues (24 pages, PDF), September 12, 2006.
2006-P-00033 Lessons Learned: EPA’s Response to Hurricane Katrina [Report PDF – 29 pages] [At a Glance PDF], September 14, 2006. Related links on Katrina
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “The CIA has promised to stop judging the individual newsworthiness of the FOIA requests of the National Security Archive, a private research organization, in a move that could affect groups that have been charged higher fees under a recent change in CIA policy. In the CIA’s ongoing legal …
September 13, 2006 By Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 2453: A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs. By Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, without amendment: S. 2455. A bill to provide in statute for …
House Democratic Leader Report: United States Army Military Readiness, September 2006 (12 pages, PDF).
U.S. Courts: “Constitution Day officially is September 18 this year. To help teachers prepare for the observance, the federal courts and a number of other national institutions offer Constitution-related educational resources.” Related: Core Documents of U.S. Democracy – “To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic …
“Nine Legislative Efforts that Must Be Stopped in 2006 – As Congress mounts its final push before the midterm elections, a number of bills that threaten the bedrock of Internet privacy and civil liberties could either come up for votes or worm their way into larger legislative packages that end up being rushed into law. …
Supreme Court press release: “Beginning with the October 2006 Term, the Court will make the transcripts of oral arguments available free to the public on its Web site on the same day an argument is heard by the Court…The Court’s current contract reporting service, Alderson Reporting Company, will now utilize the services of a court …
