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H.R. 1606, To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication, was passed by the House Administration Committee today, by voice vote. Press release: “The Committee on House Administration (CHA) by unanimous voice vote Thursday approved legislation that would free bloggers and other …
Election Reform: Nine States’ Experiences Implementing Federal Requirements for Computerized Statewide Voter Registration Lists, February 7, 2006. [Full Text | Highlights] “The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) was enacted in part to help ensure that only eligible persons are registered to vote. Under HAVA, as of January 1, 2004, states were to create …
Press release: “The House Energy and Commerce Committee took steps Wednesday to protect consumers’ privacy by unanimously approving the Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act. The bill will not only stop data sellers from lying to obtain individual consumers’ personal phone records, but also fine telephone companies that don’t do enough to protect …
March 1, 2006, It’s Time To Update Site Search Functionality, by Iris Cremers with Jaap Favier, Kerry Bodine Summary: “Forrester reviewed 179 Web sites with its updated Web Site Review methodology. One of the criteria looks at the site’s search engine and search interface and more than half of the sites we reviewed failed. …
“The Superintendent of Documents is pleased to announce the launch of the enhanced version of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP). This version of the CGP is the online public access catalog (OPAC) module of the Government Printing Office’s (GPO) new integrated library system. With the availability of the new CGP Phase 1 of …
Executive Order 13397–Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security With Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives [Federal Register: March 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 46)][Presidential Documents] [Page 12273-12276] By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal …
Press release: FTC Retains Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule Without Changes – “The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to retain, without changes, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule, which implements the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. In a Federal Register notice to be published soon, the Commission will present its findings …
CDT: “The House approved a PATRIOT Act renewal bill on Tuesday that lacks meaningful privacy and civil liberties reforms. The Senate passed the bill last week. The bill will now go to President Bush for his signature. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, who voted to renew the PATRIOT Act last week but vowed to …
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing on “The Report on Orphan Works by the Copyright Office.” Witness statements (in PDF): Jule Sigall, Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs, Copyright Office of the United States, The Library of Congress Allan Adler, Vice President for Legal and Government Affairs, Association of American …
From Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, “Safety on the Net” (7 pages, PDF), (09/02/06).
Following up on several weeks of news on strong bipartisan opposition to the operation of America’s ports by UAE owned DP World, today the House Appropriations Committee voted 62-2 to prevent the deal.
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, Special Report, March 2006
