Category «E-Government»

Iran Intelligence Oversight Act

Congressional Record, June 19, 2006 – “By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Durbin): S. 3536. A bill to ensure oversight of intelligence on Iran, and for other purposes; to the Select Committee on Intelligence….Today, I am introducing legislation which would improve Congress’s oversight of the administration’s efforts on Iran–the Iran …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

New on LLRX.com

The Government Domain: Google’s New U.S. Government Search, by Peggy Garvin A Cup of Creativi-tea: How To Enhance Your Next Meeting, by Terri Wilson CongressLine, by GalleryWatch.com: The State Legislatures, by Paul Jenks Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys: How to Select a Website Designer, by Frederick L. Faulkner IV FOIA Facts: The Return of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Marketing

According to GAO, VA Still Does Not Have Comprehensive Info Security Program

Following up on previous postings on the VA data breach, today the GAO issued yet another related report – Information Security: Leadership Needed to Address Weaknesses and Privacy Issues at Veterans Affairs, Full text GAO-06-897T, and Highlights, June 20, 2006. “For many years, significant concerns have been raised about VA’s information security–particularly its lack of …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Privacy

DOJ OIG Survey of Access to Information Problems Encountered by Gov't Agencies

Survey Results on Access to Information Problems Encountered by Federal, State, and Local Accountability Organizations, Evaluation and Inspections Report, I-2006-006, June 2006. (107 pages, PDF) “Accountability organizations such as federal and state offices of inspector general and state and local audit organizations are responsible for helping ensure that government operations use public resources wisely and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

FTC and DOJ Allow Electronic Submission of Premerger Notification Filings

Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that they are implementing an electronic filing system that allows merging parties to submit via the Internet premerger notification filings required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Electronic filings may be submitted quickly and easily, eliminating the time and expense …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Legal Research

DOJ Posts FOIA Improvement Plans

“As was indicated in its governmentwide policy guidance issued under Executive Order 13,392 — see FOIA Post, Executive Order 13,392 Implementation Guidance (posted 4/27/06) (noting, in footnote 2, prospective treatment of improvement plans and annual FOIA reports alike) — the Office of Information and Privacy has established a special location on its FOIA Web site …

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

Congressional Mandate for NIH Public Access

Press release: House Appropriations Committee Directs NIH to Ensure Tax-Funded Medical Research is Freely Available in Agency’s Online Archive Related references and sources: Proposal to Expand Free Electronic Access to All Research Funded By NIH Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req’d), House Committee Would Require Open Access to NIH-Backed Research : “A little-noticed provision in …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries