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Press release: “Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today introduced the “Small Business Information Security Act of 2006,” (S. 3786) legislation that will create the “Small Business Information Security Task Force” within the Small Business Administration to help small businesses both understand the information security challenges …
“CDT today urged lawmakers to reject legislation that would force Internet speakers to place government-sanctioned warning labels on a broad range of online content. “Mandatory labeling of legal online content under threat of criminal sanction is ineffective, unwise, and unconstitutional,” CDT wrote in a pair of letters sent to the leaders of the Senate Commerce …
Prepared Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales before the Senate Committee on Armed Services concerning Legislation in Response to Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Washington, D.C., August 2, 2006. “We believe that Congress should enact a new Code of Military Commissions, modeled on the court-martial procedures of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or “UCMJ,” but …
The Constitution in Crisis: With 26 Laws Implicated by Administration Misconduct, It’s Long Past Time for Real Checks and Balances, by Rep. John Conyers, Jr., August 1, 2006 (26 pages, PDF)
Press release: Conyers Calls for Limits on Presidential Pardons; Cites Need to Ensure Pardons Do Not Thwart Investigations of Administration Misconduct Related postings on Plame CIA leak, investigation and indictment
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing – Tax Haven Abuses: The Enablers, The Tools & Secrecy: “The Subcommittee’s…August 1st hearings will present case histories on the use of offshore trusts and corporations to circumvent U.S. tax, securities and anti-money laundering laws. Witnesses for the upcoming hearing will …
CBO – Supplemental Appropriations from 2000 to 2006, August 1, 2006
EPIC: “A data breach notification bill [H.R. 3997] backed by the House Financial Services Committee drew criticisms from state law enforcement officials and a coalition of consumer groups, who said that existing state laws are more effective at protecting consumers. In a letter to House leadership signed by 48 state attorneys general, the National Association …
H.R.5319 – To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms. CDT: “The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would force schools and libraries to block chat and social networking sites as a …
Press release: “The Oversight Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released a report assessing the implementation of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The report provides a snapshot of how the goals of the Intelligence Reform Act are being satisfied.” Oversight Committee Report, July 27, 2006 (41 pages, PDF)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing today: FISA for the 21st Century. Link to witness statements. AP: President Pushes To Revise Wiretap Law AP: Specter proposes challenge of Bush’s power on laws EFF: The White House/Specter Surveillance Bill S. 2453 – A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs. ACLU press …
FTC report to Congress regarding the Do Not Call Registry for Fiscal Year 2005 (20 pages, PDF)
