Category «Congress»

DOJ IG Launches Investigation Into Info Gathered Via Domestic Surveillance Program

Press release: “Following requests for an investigation of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless surveillance program from Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), and other House members, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Glenn A. Fine today informed Lofgren and Hinchey that his office has opened a program review of the agency’s involvement …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Patriot Act, Privacy

New on LLRX.com for November 2006 – Part 2

The complete November 2006 issue is available at www.llrx.com There are 15 new articles in total, so please visit the homepage for links to and abstracts of all this month’s content. Many thanks to all the authors, and have a safe and happy holiday. Leveraging Blogs, RSS, News Alerts and Different Search Engines to Expand …

Subjects: Blogs, Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, RSS

Leahy Seeks Newly Disclosed Documents On Administration’s Interrogation And Detention Policies

Follow-up to this November 14, 2006 posting, CIA Provides Documentation of Presidential Order on Detention Facilities Abroad, see this press release: “Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales seeking the release of previously unknown documents, relating to the Bush Administration’s interrogation and detention policies, that came to light as …

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

Lautenberg Introduces Legislation to Require Medical Accuracy in Government Programs

Follow-up to GAO Review HHS Abstinence-Until-Marriage Education Programs, Sen. Frank Lautenberg “introduced legislation [on November 16, 2006, titled the Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act] to require that federally-funded sex education/abstinence programs teach medically accurate and factual information.” [press release]

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Failure to Identify Company Owners Impedes Law Enforcement

Related to my posting yesterday, GAO Report – Company Formations: Minimal Ownership Information Is Collected and Available, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on November 14, 2006: Failure to Identify Company Owners Impedes Law Enforcement. The hearing “…examine[d] the issue of states routinely incorporating hundreds of thousands …

Subjects: Congress, Legal Research

New on LLRX.com for November, 2006 – Part 1

Developments in Legal Outsourcing and Offshoring, by Ron Friedmann and Joy London CongressLine: New Congressional Leadership, by Paul Jenks Using RSS to Create and Enhance Current Awareness Services, by Jason Eiseman Deal or No Deal – Licensing & Acquiring Digital Resources: License Negotiations, by Kara Phillips Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys – Do Something …

Subjects: Congress, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Marketing, RSS

GAO Report Reviews Funding for Global War On Terrorism

Global War On Terrorism: Fiscal Year 2006 Obligation Rates Are Within Funding Levels and Significant Multiyear Procurement Funds Will Likely Remain Available for Use in Fiscal Year 2007, GAO-07-76, and Highlights, November 13, 2006. “As of June 2006, which represents 9 months (75 percent) of fiscal year 2006, the military services have reported obligating about …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

New Congressional Leadership and Speculation on Range of Possible Hearings

Free from the Legal Times today, As Dems Seek Answers, Lawyers Get Busy – “Committee chairmen are looking to ask questions and perhaps settle scores. It’s good news for the defense bar…[Rep. Henry] Waxman, 67, is one of at least a trio of seasoned Democrats who will take over committees that have traditionally pursued high-profile …

Subjects: Congress, Legal Research