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Press release: “The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are poised to add billions of dollars to the fiscal year 2008 research and development (R&D) budget, with much of the proposed new funding targeted for environmental, energy and biomedical initiatives, according to a new report by the [American Association for the Advancement of Science] AAAS …
Follow-up to August 6, 2007 posting – Questions and Answers on the Protect America Act of 2007 – today’s related press release on the bill President Bush signed into law on August 5, 2007: “U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) yesterday asked for and received a letter from Admiral Mike McConnell [text of which is included …
Follow-up to August 5, 2007 posting – Bill to Amend Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Ready for President’s Signature – today’s FAQ: How far does the new wiretap law go? by Declan McCullagh – “Over strong objections from civil liberties groups and many Democrats, legislators voted over the weekend to temporarily rewrite a 1978 wiretapping law …
S. 1927 – A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes. AP: “The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government’s abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass …
Press release, Sen. Patrick Leahy: “…As the first major reform to FOIA in more than a decade, the OPEN Government Act would help to reverse these troubling trends and help to begin to restore the publics trust in their government. This bill [S. 849] also improves transparency in the Federal Governments FOIA process by: Restoring …
Prepared by the majority staff of the House Armed Services Committee: 110th Congress Accomplishments of the House Armed Services Committee, August 3, 2007 (20 pages, PDF) Chairman Skelton’s Statement
House Budget Committee: The President’s 2008 Appropriation Veto Threats – Whats at Stake? – A State-by-State Analysis, August 3, 2007 — “The President has pledged to veto 2008 appropriation bills that are above the levels in his budget. Although the overall funding difference between the President and Congress is a modest percentage of the federal …
Press release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., received a letter from White House Counsel Fred Fielding [August 1, 2007] asserting executive privilege in response to the Committees subpoenas issued to Karl Rove and J. Scott Jennings for documents and testimony relating to congressional investigations into the firings of U.S. Attorneys and politicization within …
“On Wednesday, August 1, 2007 the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing to examine what senior Defense Department officials knew about U.S. Army Corporal Patrick Tillmans death by fratricide. In April, the Committee held a hearing investigating the death of Cpl. Tillman.” Documents and Links: Testimony of Secretary Rumsfeld with attachments Questions …
Congress’s Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure,” July 24, 2007 [via Secrecy News]
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Commission Enforcement of the Anti-Fraud Provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule; the Requirements of the National Do Not Call Registry; and the Credit Repair Organizations Act, Presented by Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Committee On Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate …
Statement for the Record before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, by Matt Jadacki, Deputy Inspector General, Disaster Assistance Oversight, July 31, 2007 (PDF, 10 pages)
