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Press release, January 11, 2007: “Congressman Tom Lantos (D-San Mateo, San Francisco) today introduced legislation to ensure that many of the genealogical records involving the families of former slaves in this country will be preserved, digitized and catalogued…Unlike most Americans, researching African-Americans family histories from the 19th Century has been hampered by the lack of …
Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Admnistrative and Commmercial Law, Print No. 10, Interim Report on the Administrative Law, Process and Procedure Project for the 21st Century, December 2006. [NOTE: this document is 1446 pages long].
Press release: “U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today reintroduced two bills [Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act and the Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act] aimed at protecting individuals from identity theft by requiring businesses to notify consumers in the event of a security breach and prohibiting the sale or display of an individuals …
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, January 10, 2007 – “Balancing Privacy and Security: The Privacy Implications of Government Data Mining Programs.” Link to prepared witness testimony and member statements Related postings on the domestic surveillance program
Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight, GAO-07-308SP, January 9, 2007. “Iraq has had three successful elections, adopted a constitution, and installed its first elected government. At the same time, since the initial ground offensive ended in 2003, the costs to secure and stabilize Iraq have grown substantially, as has the level …
There are many changes as a result of the power shift on the Hill, not the least of which appears tangibly in the websites of various committees. This is a result of committee name changes [see New House Committee on Science and Technology Launches Website] and shift of party control, so new web links are …
Press release: “U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Barack Obama (D-IL) have introduced legislation that would implement extensive changes to lobbying and ethics rules in Congress. The Feingold-Obama bill improves substantially on S. 2349, the lobbying disclosure and ethics bill that the Senate passed in March 2006 and that the Senate will begin considering today. …
Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Ways and Means during the 109th Congress, December 22, 2006 (193 pages, PDF).
CRS Report, 9/11 Commission Recommendations – Implementation Status, December 4, 2006. Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007, (279 pages, PDF). Published January 5, 2007 – via GPO.
The No Child Left Behind Act: An Overview of Reauthorization Issues for the 110th Congress, December 16, 2006.
“Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released Guide to Earmark Reform. The report evaluates the recently-passed House ethics package (H. Res. 6) and the President’s proposal for earmark reforms, and compares each with CAGW’s recommendations.” Related postings on earmarks
From a press release by Sen. Harry Reid, January 4, 2007: “…In the first 10 bills we will introduce this afternoonand in our on-going oversight of the war in Iraqwe intend to address three priorities of the nation: one, providing real security; two, restoring transparency, accountability and responsibility to the United States government; and three, …
