Commentary on Vetting Process for Supreme Court Nominees
How the U.S. Senate Can Obtain Information From Former Federal Government Employees Who Are Now Supreme Court Nominees: A New, More Direct Approach that Won’t Require Fighting Over Records
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TSA Finally Drops Plan to Use Passenger Data From Commercial Aggregators
From EPIC: “The Transportation Security Administration has abandoned plans to use information from data aggregators to check airline passengers’ backgrounds. TSA made the decision shortly before a working group issued a scathing report (19 pages, PDF) on the program. Last year, an EPIC FOIA request revealed (4 pages, PDF) that Axciom proposed to water down …
Federal Depository Library Program Selection Proposals
“GPO is releasing three briefing papers and soliciting comments from the depository library community. Depository Selection: History and Current Practice is provided as background information for the other two papers. It provides an overview of the item number process in its current form. Depository Selection Mechanisms: New Model for the Selection of Online Titles proposes …
Secret DHS Plan To Protect Mass Transit Will Be Shared
A previously classified plan authored by TSA to protect mass transit from terrorist attacks will now be shared with state local and other authorities charged with facilitating and executing the evacuation of citizens. Related reference: Washington Post: “A federal judge yesterday demanded to see a highly secret plan for protecting the Washington area’s rails from …
Blogs in US and Abroad Seek Freedom From Regulation
From AP: European Union Head Office Insists It Has No Plans to Regulate the Internet Political blogs fight FEC Additional links on FEC and regulation of blogs
Blogs and Web Mapping Services Respond With Immediacy During Disasters
From AP: Hurricane Rita Pushes Blogs, Podcasts and Rich Maps to Forefront of Media’s Efforts Related links: Stormwatchers – Citizen journalists covering Hurricane Rita, sponsored by the Houston Chronicle News updates from the Times Picayune, Nola.com Rita map
Pace of Broadband Adoption Slows
Pew Internet press release: “53% of Americans who go online from home have high-speed, but growth rate of broadband adoption is down substantially from last year.” Related links: Broadband Adoption in the United States: Growing but Slowing See also: The 33rd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy will be held September 23-25 at …
New on LLRX.com
From 0 to 360 in Seconds How to Get Up to Speed with Thomson’s Firm360, by Donna Cavallini CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com: The American Town Meeting, by Paul Jenks The Government Domain: RSS and Uncle Sam, by Peggy Garvin FOIA Facts: The Importance of FOIA, Part 2, by Scott A. Hodes Burney’s Gadgets for Legal …
CRS Report on Chief Justice of the United States
The Chief Justice of the United States: Responsibilites of the Office and Process for Appointment, updated September 12, 2005 [thanks to GalleryWatch.com]
Draft Legislation Proposes Fundamental Changes to Clean Air Act
From a September 22, 2005 letter written by Rep. Henry A. Waxman to EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson: “…draft legislative language, which was prepared under the direction of political appointees within the agency…would allow a single person, the EPA Administrator, to waive the Clean Air Act, its implementing regulations, and state air pollution requirements approved …
Judicial Conference Votes in Favor of Citation to Unpublished Decisions
Judicial Conference Supports Citing Unpublished Opinions Rule 32.1 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
New Blog Focuses on Global Response to American Foreign Policy
Joining the recently launched national security affairs blog at the Washington Post is another new blog, the World Opinion Roundup. The author, journalist Jefferson Morely, mines web sources from around the world, providing perspective, commentary, and documentation of U.S. and international policies on critical issues. [thanks Margot]
