Category «Congress»

The Sunshine in Litigation Act: Does Court Secrecy Undermine Public Health and Safety?

The Sunshine in Litigation Act: Does Court Secrecy Undermine Public Health and Safety? Senate Judiciary Committee, S. HRG. 110–263 [248 pages, PDF]. Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, 110th Congress, 1st Session, December 11, 2007. [via FAS]

Subjects: Congress, Courts, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Treasury Secretary Proposes Overhaul of Financial Market Regulatory Process

WSJ – Sweeping Changes in Paulson Plan: “U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson plans Monday to call for sweeping structural changes in the way the government monitors financial markets, capping a broad review aimed at revamping a system of regulatory oversight built piecemeal since the Civil War. If even only some of the changes get made, …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

GPO: Authenticated Public and Private Laws

GPO is pleased to announce the release of Authenticated Public and Private Laws for the 110th Congress on GPO Access: “Public and private laws are prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). GPO Access contains the text of public and private laws enacted from the …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Leahy, Specter Call For DOJ Investigation Into Passport Data Breach At State Department

Follow up to State Department Acknowledges Unauthorized Access to Passport Records of Presidential Candidates, today’s news release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today urged the Attorney General to take immediate action to investigate reported breaches of the passport files of the three presidential candidates at the State …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legislation, Privacy

NOAA Releases Report on Deep Sea Coral Program

“NOAA released the first report to Congress on the Implementation of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, called for in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (MSRA). Prepared under the auspices of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and in consultation with the Nation’s eight Regional Fishery Management Councils, the …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Congressional Watchdog Site Launched

“Change Congress is a movement to build support for basic reform in how our government functions. Using our tools, both candidates and citizens can pledge their support for basic changes to reduce the distorting influence of money in Washington. Our community will link candidates committed to a reform with volunteers and contributors who support it.” …

Subjects: Congress, Legal Research, Legislation

The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2008

Congressional Budget Office: The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans:Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2008 – All Funding in Billions of 2008 Dollars “This presentation updates the analysis of current defense plans contained in the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO’s) April 2007 Web document The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

CRS Report: Disability Retirement for Federal Employees

Congressional Research Service, Disability Retirement for Federal Employees, March 18, 2008. Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division: “Federal civilian employees earn 13 days of paid sick leave per year. Sick leave can be used because of the worker’s own illness or injury or to care for an ill or injured family …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

CBO: Analysis of FY2009 Budget, Testimony on Current and Projected Navy Shipbuilding Programs, Health Care Challenges

An Analysis of the President’s Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2009 (74 pages, PDF) The Long-Term Budgetary Effects of Three Specified Policy Scenarios, March 14, 2008 CBO Testimony: Statement of Eric J. Labs, Senior Analyst, Current and Projected Navy Shipbuilding Programs before the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Senate Appropriations Committee Examines Waste, Fraud and Abuse of American Tax Dollars in Iraq

News release: “The Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing March 13, 2008 to examine the endemic waste, fraud and abuse that has resulted in the squandering of billions of American tax dollars in Iraq. With the cost of the war in Iraq projected to surpass $605 billion this year, the members of the committee heard …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism: Report Provided to the Congress

Department of State – Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism: Report Provided to the United States Congress, March 2008. Tom Lantos 1928-2008: “In memory of Tom Lantos, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, a leader of moral force and a champion of human rights. As the only Holocaust survivor to serve …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents