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Via LLRX.com – SOPAs Evil Twin Sister CISPA: Well known graphic artists Jake O’Neil and Spencer Belkofer created this infographic out of a sense of urgency to visualize the salient information with as many communities as possible. This bill, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, has not garnered the media coverage …
What the Public Knows about the Political Parties, April 11, 2012 “Most Americans can correctly identify the relative positions of the Republican and Democratic parties on the major issues of the day. But a review of what Americans know about the political parties shows that the public is better informed about the partisan affiliations of …
Hydraulic Fracturing and Safe Drinking Water Act Issues, Mary Tieman, Specialist in Environmental Policy; Adam Vann, Legislative Attorney – April 10, 2012: “Its application, along with horizontal drilling, for production of natural gas (methane) from coal beds, tight gas sands, and, more recently, from unconventional shale formations, has resulted in the marked expansion of estimated …
A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2011 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, March 30, 2012 “The law requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare mandate statements for bills that are approved by authorizing committees; when requested, the agency also reviews other legislative proposals for intergovernmental and private-sector mandates. CBO found that most of …
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing, March 27, 2012: testimony of General Keith B. Alexander, USA Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service “The Fiscal Year 2013 Presidents Budget for Cyber Command provides $182 million dollars and 937 personnel to perform our global mission. As demand to develop and integrate …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s chief privacy policy and enforcement agency, issued a final report setting forth best practices for businesses to protect the privacy of American consumers and give them greater control over the collection and use of their personal data. In the report, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of …
Constitutional Authority Statements in Congress, Hanah M. Volokh, Emory University School of Law – Florida Law Review, Forthcoming “At the opening of the 112th Congress in January of 2011, the House of Representatives created a new rule that requires each bill or resolution introduced in the House to include a constitutional authority statement. This statement …
CBO – Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2012 Senate
Report Card on Federal Governments Efforts to Track and Manage FOIA Requests, Staff Report, House of Representatives, 112th Congress Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 15, 2012 “…on January 25, 2011, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa sent a letter to 180 entities representing 100 government agencies requesting information about their FOIA …
CRS: Congressional Oversight of Agency Public Communications: Implications of Agency New Media Use, Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government, March 14, 2012 This report intends to assist Congress in its oversight of executive branch agencies public communications. Here, public communications refers to agency communications that are directed to the public. Many, and perhaps …
Ryan J. Reilly: “An independent report [500 pages] released Thursday concluded that Justice Department prosecutors engaged in systematic concealment of information that would have benefited the defense of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) and that they allowed false testimony to be introduced. The over 500-page report does not recommend prosecuting any of the lawyers for criminal …
Naval Oceanography Portal: “Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first …
