Category «Civil Liberties»

CRS Report – Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping

Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping, December 3, 2009: “Depending on ones perspective, wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping are either dirty business, essential law enforcement tools, or both. This is a very general overview of the federal statutes that proscribe wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping and of the procedures they establish for …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

New GAO Reports: Biosurveillance, Veterans Affairs, DOD Civilian Personnel, Softwood Lumber Act of 2008

Biosurveillance: Developing a Collaboration Strategy Is Essential to Fostering Interagency Data and Resource Sharing, GAO-10-171, December 18, 2009 Department of Veterans Affairs’ Implementation of Information Security Education Assistance Program, GAO-10-170R, December 18, 2009 DOD Civilian Personnel: Intelligence Personnel System Incorporates Safeguards, but Opportunities Exist for Improvement, GAO-10-134, December 17, 2009 Overseas Contingency Operations: Funding and …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

EPIC Files Lawsuit for Information about "Digital Strip Search" Devices

Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, this news: On December 17, 2009, EPIC filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice concerning the use of devices that capture images of individuals stripped naked. The Transportation Security Administration has confirmed the Whole Body Imaging machines are being …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

The Death Penalty in 2009: Year End Report

“The Death Penalty Information Center released the The Death Penalty in 2009: Year End Report on December 18, noting that the country is expected to finish 2009 with the fewest death sentences since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Eleven states considered abolishing the death penalty this year, a significant increase …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Legal Research

NY Task Force Report on Transforming Juvenile Justice

New York Times, New York Finds Extreme Crisis in Youth Prisons: “A draft report by a New York state task force, Charting a New Course: A Blueprint for Transforming Juvenile Justice in New York, shines a harsh light on the problems in the state’s prisons for juvenile offenders. The problems are so acute that the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents

Prisoners in 2008 & Probation and Parole in the United States, 2008

Prisoners in 2008: “Presents data on prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities on December 31, 2008, collected from the National Prisoner Statistics series. This annual report compares changes in the prison population during 2008 to changes from yearend 2000 through yearend 2007. These are the only comprehensive national-level data on prison admissions …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents

FBI Publishes 2008 Hate Crime Statistics

News release: “Statistics released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed that 7,783 criminal incidents involving 9,168 offenses were reported in 2008 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or disability. Published by the FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Hate Crime Statistics, 2008, includes data about hate …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

UT Libraries' Human Rights Documentation Initiative

“The UT Libraries’ Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) is committed to the long-term preservation of fragile and vulnerable records of human rights struggles worldwide, the promotion and secure usage of human rights archival materials, and the advancement of human rights research and advocacy around the world. The HRDI website highlights the following types of materials: …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research, Libraries

ABA Releases Report on Best Practices in Employing Lawyers with Disabilities

News release: “Based on the U.S. Census Bureaus American Community Survey, 22,295,000 Americans with disabilities are of working age; however, only 36.9 percent were employed, compared to the 79.7 percent of the non-disabled. Acknowledging this disparity, the American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disabilities hosted the Second ABA National Conference on the Employment …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research

World Health Organization Report – Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda

“Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age. These are the key findings of the WHO report Women and health: today’s evidence tomorrow’s agenda. WHO calls for urgent action …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda – The Role of Courts in Protecting and Preserving Human Rights

“The Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in conjunction with the Cornell Law School is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Legal Research

EPIC Sues Homeland Security for Information About Digital Strip Search Devices

Follow up to previous postings on airport whole body imaging technology, “EPIC filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s failure to make public details about the agency’s Whole Body Imaging program. The devices capture detailed naked images of air travelers in the United States. After the agency announced that …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Privacy

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