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According to AP, Clinton’s collection of presidential materials and documents, totally about 630 tons, of which 80 million pages are designated as official documents, are now on their way to his library. The Clinton Presidential Center currently allows the public to “browse over 20,000 documents in 400+ categories.”
From the Freedom of Information Center, State FOI Laws: “The following sites contain basic statutes about open meetings and open records. Many states have multiple statutes that provide exemptions.” The page indicates the last update was May 1, 2004.
From the Federal Register, June 20, 2004, National Archives and Records Administration, Public availability and use: Federal records and donated historical materials containing restricted information; access restrictions: “NARA is revising its regulations on access to Federal records and donated historical materials containing restricted information. This rule entirely rewrites and reorganizes this portion of NARA’s regulations …
From the Cmte. on Government Reform, Minority Office HHS Restricts Communications between U.S. Scientists and WHO Officials: “A new HHS policy requires the World Health Organization to submit all requests for expert scientific advice to political officials at HHS who pick which federal scientists will be permitted to respond. Letter to HHS on International AIDS …
Foreign Lobbyist Database Could Vanish – “Justice Department officials say a huge database that serves as the public’s lone window on lobbying activities by foreign governments has been allowed to decay to a point they cannot even make a copy of its contents.” Foreign Agents Registration Unit (FARA), Counterespionage Section From AP, DOJ: Our Computer …
Press release from National Security Archive: “The United States Supreme Court today remanded to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals a case concerning the application of a federal open government law to the Energy Task Force chaired by Vice President Cheney in 2001.” From the National Resources Defense Council, The Cheney Energy Task Force – …
From FindLaw: Department of Justice memo to White House counsel, Aug 1, 2002, Re: Standards of Conduct for Interrogation, 50 pages, PDF) Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee letter to White House counsel, Aug. 1, 2002: Interrogation and Torture Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee memo to Defense Department general counsel William J. Haynes II, …
As an update to previous postings concerning access to CRS reports online, The Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland, provides a searchable archive currently comprising 400 CRS reports on 50 topics, from 1993 to present (the most current entry, Sensitive Security Information and Transportation Security: Issues and Congressional Options, 6/9/2004). The site also references …
Patterns of Global Terrorism 2003 “Note: Corrected Year in Review, Appendix A, and Appendix G were posted on June 22, 2004. Numbers in the text, specifically numbers of killed and wounded, will be revised to reflect to corrected Appendices.” Global Terrorism Report Incorrectly Documented Drop in Number of Attacks
In a June 18 letter to White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) made the following request concerning the 9/11 Commission report to be released in July: “The White House should take all reasonable steps to guarantee that there will be no appearance of impropriety should any section of the report …
The text of the 400 page report, authored by the Senate Intelligence Committee, has been redacted by as much as 40%. Related reference, New bill would allow Pentagon to gather intelligence on US residents without their knowledge. See also the Privacy Act of 1974.
Freedom of Information Act Guide, May 2004: “The “Justice Department Guide to the Freedom of Information Act” is an overview discussion of the FOIA’s exemptions, its law enforcement record exclusions, and its most important procedural aspects. Prepared by the attorney and law clerk staff of the Office of Information and Privacy, it is updated and …
