Now Online, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
GPO Releases 21st Century Edition of Historical Reference Directory House Document No. 108-222, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 – 2005
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Judiciary Cmte. Democrats Request Docs. on Domestic Surveillance Prior to Hearing
Press release: “The Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales seeking information relating to the Bush Administration’s domestic spying program in preparation for the panels Feb. 6 hearing on the program’s legality. The senators are seeking documents and correspondence from the days immediately following the Sept. …
Analysis of Abramoff Money Trail Traces Majority of Contributions to One Party
Daily Prospect: “A new and extensive analysis of campaign donations from all of Jack Abramoffs tribal clients, done by a nonpartisan research firm, shows that a great majority of contributions made by those clients went to Republicans. The analysis undercuts the claim that Abramoff directed sums to Democrats at anywhere near the same rate.” [via …
Blogging Slowly Makes Headway on the Hill
Congress catching on to the value of blogs
Senators Call for Testimony on Domestic Spying From Past and Current Officials
Additional information related to Judiciary Chair Sends Questions to AG On Domestic Spying: Press release: “U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Russ Feingold sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter urging him to call on more current and former high level Bush Administration officials including former Attorney General John Ashcroft, Deputy Attorneys General …
CRS Report Reviews Proposed Changes to Congressional Gift and Travel Rules
CRS Report, Congressional Gifts and Travel: Legislative Proposals for the 109th Congress, January 17, 2006 (10 pages, PDF): “It has been a decade since the House and Senate examined their rules on the acceptance of gifts and travel expenses. Press accounts of alleged excesses in privately funded congressional travel and gifts, particularly from lobbyists, have …
President Declares Domestic Spying Program “Legal”
Press Conference of the President, January 26, 2006: “…Secondly, I said, before we do anything, I want to make sure it’s legal. And so we had our lawyers look at it — and as part of the debate, discussion with the American people as to the legality of the program. There’s no doubt in my …
Survey of Cyberpreparedness By State and Local Governments
Press release: “The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), which represents the chief information officers (CIOs) of the states, and the Metropolitan Information Exchange (MIX), an association of county and municipal CIOs, have released findings from a pair of surveys of state and local government cybersecurity preparedness.” Survey Findings (7 pages, PDF) Survey …
Surveillance Increasingly Woven Into Fabric of Online World
This New York Times essay, A Growing Web of Watchers Builds a Surveillance Society, by David Shenk, offers especially cautionary insight in light of the growing public and political response to revelations about the government’s domestic surveillance program. After Subpoenas, Internet Searches Give Some Pause Survey finds solid opposition to release of Google data to …
Judiciary Chair Sends Questions to AG On Domestic Spying
In advance of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Wartime Executive Power and the NSA’s Surveillance Authority, February 6, 2006, the Committee’s Republican Chairman, Arlen Specter, sent a letter on January 24, 2006, to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, listing 15 questions for which he expected detailed responses. The following questions are in the …
Gov’t Warned Prior to Katrina Hit Of Storm’s Impact and Cost
A 39 page report from the Department of Homeland Security’s National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, titled: Fast Analysis Report (Update to Reflect Category 5 Status) to DHS 1P on Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, dated August 28, 2005, provides detailed estimates of the tremendous potential consequences of the storm on civilians, public and private infrastructure, …
Search Full Text Archive of State of the Union Addresses
From askSam, a searchable version of the full text of all of the State of the Union Addresses from 1790-2005.
