Category «E-Government»

10 Million Pages of CIA Declassified Records Available

Press release: “The CIA recently delivered more than 420,000 additional pages of redacted declassified electronic records to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) facility in College Park, Maryland. The declassified CIA records are hosted on the CIA Records Search Tool (CREST), which is an electronic search and retrieval system. CREST now includes more than …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

USPTO Report On Paper Search Collection of Registered Marks That Include Design Elements

Report of the USPTO Concerning the Paper Search Collection of Registered Marks that Include Design Elements: “The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has developed a plan to provide the public with access to United States trademark registrations that include design elements exclusively through its electronic search systems and through microfilm. Under the plan, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patent and Trademark

Commerce Department Report Encourages Commercial Technologies for First Responders

Press Release: “The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in a report released [June 8, 2007] encourages the federal, state and local public safety community to consider utilizing commercial technologies in satisfying broadband interoperable communications among first responders.” Spectrum Policy For The 21st Century – The President’s Spectrum Policy Initiative: A …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Recent CRS Reports on ID Theft Laws, Defense Asqusition, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program

Identity Theft Laws: State Penalties and Remedies and Pending Federal Bills, June 1, 2007 Defense Acquisition: Overview, Issues, and Options for Congress, June 4, 2007 The Terrorism Risk Insurance Program: Current Issues and Background, May 31, 2007 Liability of Interactive Computer Service for Violating the Fair Housing Act, May 30, 2007

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Legal Research

House Delegation Report on Darfur, Sudan and Egypt

Press release: “House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD) led a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CoDel) of 11 Members to Darfur, Sudan and Egypt in early April. The delegation met with officials of those two nations, as well as representatives of relief organizations. Participants in today’s meeting discussed the CoDel’s trip, a report on the trip compiled …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

DHS – Temporary Travel Flexibility Permitted Within Western Hemisphere

Press release: “The U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security announced today that U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda who have applied for but not yet received passports can nevertheless temporarily enter and depart from the United States by air with a government issued photo identification and Department of State official …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

GAO Reports and Testimony: DHS Acquisitions, FAA Cost Allocation and Wetlands Permit Decisions

Department of Homeland Security: Ongoing Challenges in Creating an Effective Acquisition Organization GAO-07-948T, June 7, 2007 Federal Aviation Administration: Cost Allocation Practices and Cost Recovery Proposal Compared with Selected International Practices GAO-07-773R, June 8, 2007 Waters and Wetlands: Corps of Engineers Needs to Ensure That Permit Decisions Made Using Funds from Nonfederal Public Entities Are …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

AG's Report to the President on Executive Order 13,392

Attorney General’s Report to the President on Executive Order 13,392 (June 1, 2007) [posted 6/8/07 – 118 pages, PDF] “On June 1, 2007, the Attorney General submitted his second report to the President on Executive Order 13,392. In accordance with the Executive Order, this report is based on the annual FOIA reports for Fiscal Year …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research