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According to the New York Times, a nine page CRS memo released on May 3 (anyone have a link?) states that when a federal government actuary was directed to withhold data from Congress on the actual cost of the new medicare program, this conduct “would appear to violate a specific and express prohibition of federal …
“Unintended Risks and Consequences of Circumvention Technologies: The U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau’s (IBB) Anonymizer Service in Iran,” April 28, 2004. [Link] See also this related CNet article by Declan McCullagh.
From the House Committee on Government Reform: “All 19 minority members of the Committee write Secretary Thompson to protest HHS’s obstruction of their investigation into the withholding of the [Medicare] cost data. The members officially expand their Seven Member request to include the communications between HHS and congressional leadership.” Letter to HHS, April 26, 2004 …
According to this New York Times article, major U.S. air carriers, pursuant to what industry officials characterized as requests of unprecedented scope, provided the FBI with millions of passenger travel records. Northwest alone gave the government 6,000 CDs of data. This article is based on information obtained through FOIA litigation by EPIC.
Press release today from The National Archive Archives: “A federal judge’s dismissal last month of a landmark open government case was based on two factual misconceptions and deserves re-opening, according to court filings last week. The lawsuit challenges President Bush’s Executive Order 13,233 that gave former Presidents and their heirs (as well as former Vice-Presidents …
Could you be sued for turning over an Internet user’s sign-up information to law enforcement? Business Filings Databases — Updated Notes from the Technology Trenches: Bloomberg for Law Firms Metaforix@Health – Medicare Resources Online FOIA Facts – FOIA Fees Burney’s Gadgets for Legal Pros – The Fabulous Life of a Pivoting Monitor Wisdom From the …
The National Council for Research on Women issued a report today on the organization’s documentation of how specific information and resources on women’s issues is no longer available to the public through government sponsored channels. [Link to the press release] From the Executive Summary: “The report concentrates on missing information that directly affects women’s lives. …
Justices Hear Arguments in Energy Task Force Case. For reference, previous postings on this case.
Reuters reports that the appearance of President Bush and Vice President Cheney on April 29 before the 9/11 Commission (in a private session to take place in the White House) will be conducted without benefit of a written or recorded transcript, nor will their testimony be given under oath. The article further states that Bush …
The American University School of Information, in Washington, D.C. hosts this website on Critical Infrastructure Information and Protection, providing links to topical government documents including those from the White House, Executive Agencies, State Legislation, and GAO and CRS Reports.
During last week’s American Society of Newspaper Editors’ conference in Washington, D.C., Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry stated that if elected President he would “hold a full press conference at least once a month,” and that “I believe very deeply in freedom of information.” [Link]
“Department of Defense spokesman Bryan Whitman and Dana Milbank of the Washington Post debate the Pentagon’s ban on media coverage of the return of fallen service members that was broken twice this week.” [Link] The gallery of 361 photos, obtained via a FOIA request by the Memoryhole.org and whose posting resulted in this controversy. The …
