Category «Congress»

Analysis of the Growth in Funding for Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Elsewhere in the War on Terrorism

Congressional Budget Analysis of the Growth in Funding for Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Elsewhere in the War on Terrorism, February 11, 2008. “The United States began combat operations in Afghanistan in fiscal year 2002 and in Iraq in fiscal year 2003. To finance those operations (and other activities related to the war on terrorism), …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

House Committee Leaders Unite to Oppose Immunity for Telecoms

Follow up to postings on the domestic surveillance program, from EFF, House Committee Leaders Unite to Oppose Immunity for Telecoms: February 8, 2008 “a formidable trio of House Committee Chairmen sent a stern letter to their colleagues urging them to oppose immunity for phone companies that assisted in the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program. The White …

Subjects: Congress

Leahy: Founding Fathers’ Papers Should Be Put Online

Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today called for the papers of the Founding Fathers Project [Pew Charitable Trusts: “The Project was established more than a half century ago to publish the complete, annotated writings of the country’s founding fathers—including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin …

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

Congress Moves to Make "Do Not Call" Listings Permanent

CDT: “The Senate yesterday gave final congressional approval to legislation making “Do Not Call” listings permanent. Without the legislation, consumers’ phone numbers would have been automatically removed from the FTC controlled list after five years. CDT applauds the decision to eliminate the list’s current expiration policy, which would require consumers who want to remain on …

Subjects: Congress, Legislation, Privacy

Senators Leahy, Whitehouse Urge AG Mukasey To Clarify Testimony About Destruction of CIA Tapes

Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who also sits on the panel, sent a letter Thursday urging Attorney General Michael Mukasey to clarify testimony given to the Committee during last week’s Department of Justice oversight hearing. In the letter, they ask the Attorney General to explain the …

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

Joint CDT, PFF Project Tracks Online Child Protection and Free Speech Legislation

“A joint project of the Center for Democracy & Technology and the Progress & Freedom Foundation tracks more than 30 pieces of federal legislation that seek to protect children online, some of which pose serious threats to free speech. The reports released today summarize and categorize child online safety bills introduced in the 110th Congress, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Free Speech, Government Documents, Internet, Legislation

DOD OIG – Contingency Planning for DoD Mission-Critical Information Systems

DOD Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Auditing, Contingency Planning for DoD Mission-Critical Information Systems, February 5, 2008 (117 pages, PDF). “The information in DoD Information Technology Portfolio Repository (DITPR) on contingency planning is not reliable on the basis of sample results. We projected that, of 436 mission-critical information systems requiring information assurance certification …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Senate Hearing on President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget and Revenue Proposals

Senate Budget Committee hearing, The President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget and Revenue Proposals, February 6, 2008. Senator Conrad — Opening Statement Charts Used at Hearing with Treasury Secretary Paulson Paulson Opening Statement on the President’s FY09 Budget Before the Senate Committee on Finance Related postings on the FY09 Budget

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents