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ABC News This Week, May 21, 2006: “Gonzales also defended the NSA wiretapping program, insisting the Justice Department has not been reviewing the “content” in journalists’ phone records without a court order. The attorney general reiterated that the rights of a free press cannot trump national security but added, “I understand very much the role …
The Final Report on the fiftieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women is now available. CRS Report – The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): Congressional Issues, updated December 14, 2006
Press release, May 19, 2006: “U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced legislation that would preserve the open and democratic character of the Internet. The Internet Freedom Preservation Act (9 pages, PDF) would ensure that all content, applications and services are …
BusinessWeek.com: Life On The Web’s Factory Floor – Who do you think turns all those words into an easy click? “Behind the seemingly magical offerings of the Internet are thousands of human beings madly inputting data around the clock…The number of third-party, offshore companies that will perform contract work has more than doubled since 2002, …
Press release, May 18, 2006: “Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA), Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), and Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) today introduced the Free Flow of Information Act (12 pages, PDF), a bill seeking to protect the public’s right to information through a free press. This legislation would provide appropriate protections …
CRS Report, Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records: Legal Authorities, May 17, 2006 (19 pages, PDF) Related postings on domestic surveillance program
Via BBC, the Advance Unedited Version (11 pages, PDF), Conclusions and Recommendations of the Committee against Torture, May 19, 2006. Committee Against Torture concludes thirty-sixth session, May 19, 2006 05/19/06, On-The-Record Briefing on the Committee Against Torture Report; John Bellinger, Legal Advisor; Office of the Legal Advisor; Washington, DC AP: U.N. Urges U.S. to Shut …
“Resignations from the federal bench, once rare, now are increasingly frequent. Since January 1, 2005, nine judges have resigned or retired from the federal bench. As a result, 2005 witnessed the single largest exodus from the federal bench ever.” [Link] For up-to-date information about judicial vacancies, see www.uscourts.gov/judicialvac.html
May 17, 2006: Report on the Progress of the DNI in Implementing the “Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004” (12 pages, PDF)
5/18/2006 – Press release: Sensenbrenner, Conyers Introduce Bipartisan Net Neutrality Legislation [H.R. 5417: Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006] Related documents and links: The Economics of Net Neutrality, Robert W. Hahn, Scott Wallsten. Related Publication 06-13. Apr 2006. “This essay examines the economics of ‘net neutrality’ and broadband Internet access. We argue that mandating …
From the Google Librarian Center: “Looking for tools to help teach your patrons how to use Google more effectively? By popular demand, were now offering free downloadable teaching tools. While we’ve started small, we’re planning on making more materials available soon, including additional posters, cheat sheets, tent cards even trainings. Feel free to download …
DisabilityInfo.gov “contains links to information of interest to people with disabilities, their families, employers, service providers and other community members.” This site is the May 2006 recipient of the Gold Award from the American Association of Webmasters for outstanding design and content. Related: ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law Web site
