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This evening the Department of Justice released 3,000 pages of documents on the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, an issue that has been the recent focus of House Judiciary Committee investigation. The House Judiciary Committee has been posting the documents, in PDF, on their homepage, with links located in the lower right hand side. At …
Criminal Justice Resources: Criminal Justice Library Internships, by Ken Strutin CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com: The Capitol of Newspapers, by Paul Jenks The Goverment Domain: GovTrack and OpenCongress Go Beyond THOMAS, by Peggy Garvin E-Discovery Update: Separating E-Discovery Myths from Realities, by Conrad J. Jacoby Deal or No Deal Licensing and Acquiring Digital Resources – Deal …
Friday, March 16, 2007 – Disclosure of CIA Agent Identity Hearing Examines Exposure of Covert CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson’s Identity: “The Oversight Committee held a hearing on whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. At the hearing, the Committee received testimony from Ms. Wilson …
“Chairman Henry A. Waxman announced a hearing on whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. At the hearing, the Committee will receive testimony from Ms. Wilson and other experts regarding the disclosure and internal White House security procedures for protecting her identity from disclosure and …
“On March 15, 2007, the House passed H.R. 1362, the Accountability in Contracting Act,” by a vote of 347-73. The legislation, reported by the Oversight and Armed Services Committees, changes federal acquisition law to require agencies to limit the use of abuse-prone contracts, to increase transparency and accountability in federal contracting, and to protect the …
Press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales demanding he answer allegations that he may have advised the President to shut down an Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) inquiry into the Administration’s domestic wiretapping surveillance program because of his role in the …
House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: New Travel Rules for Officially-Connected Travel Paid for by a Private Source, March 15, 2007.
As reported by Roll Call: “Following a contentious half-day debate, the House Appropriations Committee voted to approve the $124 billion Iraq War spending bill Thursday, attaching several amendments including a provision to prohibit the closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center but leaving intact language requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq …
“As part of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s commitment to help respond to the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, here you will find resources related to an ongoing effort to monitor and study the health coverage and needs of the victims – topics include: Survivor Experiences, Surveys, Health Coverage, State Facts (Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, States Most Affected …
“Today the House of Representatives passed four good government bills. H.R. 985 enhances protections offered to federal whistleblowers, H.R. 1255 strengthens the Freedom of Information Act, H.R. 1255 makes clear that presidential records belong to the public, and H.R. 1254 requires organizations that raise money for presidential libraries to disclose information about their donors. H.R. …
Center for Political Accountability, Corporate Political Spending: What It Includes, How It Is Defined, March 14, 2007: “The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002 was enacted, in part, to staunch the flow of corporate money into the political process. It prohibited unlimited (or soft money) contributions to national political parties and to committees controlled …
DOJ Document Sets Released on 3-13-2007 DOJ Document Set, Part I DOJ Document Set, Part II DOJ Document Set, Part III DOJ Document Set, Part IV
