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Citizens Against Government Waste press release: “The FOIA requests are part of an ongoing effort to determine the DOJ’s cost of antitrust litigation…seeking material related to fiscal years 2000 through 2006, including a breakdown of cases initiated, a budget itemization, and a list of consultants employed during this period of time.”
Press release: “Congressman Jerrold Nadler today demanded the House Judiciary Committee investigate whether White House officials deliberately deceived Congress in order to obtain its authorization of the war in Iraq. In a letter to Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. calling for hearings [text of which accompanies this link], Congressman Nadler cited new evidence from …
FOIA Falters – The law still works, but it needs a tune-up Related resources: See FOIA Facts, by Scott A. Hodes
Press release, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “Secret docketing procedures used by a federal court in Miami are unconstitutional, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta (11th Cir.) has ruled, meaning federal trial courts in three states must provide written explanations when they decide that sealing documents is warranted. The court’s opinion …
Reinventing the Empire of Secrecy: An Agenda for the First DNI, by Lee S. Strickland The Authors Guild v. The Google Print Library Project, by Jonathan Band Researching U.S. Treaties and Agreements – Revised and Updated, by Marci Hoffman Criminal Justice Ethics Sources on the Internet, by Ken Strutin In the Wake of Katrina …
From the New York Times (reg. req’d), links to the following documents in PDF: Senate Judiciary Committee’s Questionnaire (57 pages, PDF) 1989 Questionnaire From Texans United for Life (2 pages, PDF) Financial Statement/Net Worth (2 pages, PDF) Financial Disclosure Report – Nomination Filing (6 pages, PDF) From AP: Disclosure forms of Supreme Court nominee Harriet …
House Report 109-226: A Citizen’s Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 To Request Government Records (85 pages, PDF), September 20. 2005.
October 11, 2005 – Text of Letter from Reps. Conyers, Harman, Lantos and Holt to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald Concerning a Final Report on the CIA Leak Investigation (PDF) “We write to seek your assurance that, upon completion of your long running investigation into the leak of a CIA operative’s name, you will submit a …
The European Civil Liberties Network (ECLN) will be launched on Wednesday, October 19, 2005. [d.c.] “Participating organisations share the common objective of seeking to create a European society based on freedom and diversity, a society of fundamental civil liberties and personal and political freedoms, of free movement and freedom of information, and equal rights for …
Updates to my September 30, 2005 posting, GAO Determines Bush Administration Violated Propaganda Policy Related references: S.967, A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure that prepackaged news stories contain announcements that inform viewers that the information within was provided by the United States Government, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, …
Press release: On September 29, 2005, CCR attorneys lauded the landmark decision issued today by federal district court Judge Alvin Hellerstein that ordered the Department of Defense to release hundreds of new photographs and videotapes of abuse in Iraq that the DOD has attempted to withhold from the public. The ruling was in the Freedom …
ACLU press release: “The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Library Association, the Free Congress Foundation and members of Congress gathered today to urge the Justice Department to lift a gag order silencing Americans who have received demands for personal records under the Patriot Act. “John Doe,” an organization that is an ALA member and …
