Category «Government Documents»

2008 State of the Union Policy Initiatives

Keeping America Safe By Fostering The Freedom Agenda – U.S. Is Promoting Liberty As A Hopeful Alternative To Violent Extremism, January 28, 2008 Increasing Our Energy Security And Confronting Climate Change – The Administration Is Taking Steps To Reduce U.S. Dependence On Oil, And To Advance U.S. Leadership In Developing A Global Response To Climate …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

District Court Bars the Sale of Consumers’ Telephone Records to Third Parties

Press release: “A federal judge has barred the illegal operation of an information broker who advertised and sold confidential consumer telephone records to third parties without the consumers’ knowledge or consent. In entering summary judgment for the Federal Trade Commission, Judge William F. Downes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming also …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

FOIA Request Yields VA Data on American Casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

The Herald (United Kingdom): “The US has suffered more than 72,000 battlefield casualties since the start of the war on terror in 2001, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The query by the campaigning Veterans for Common Sense organisation shows that 4,372 American soldiers have died and another 67,671 have been wounded in action, …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Ombudsman: NGOs can help EU institutions do their job better

Press release: “The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has underlined the importance of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in pointing out possible instances of maladministration in the EU institutions. Over the past ten years, the Ombudsman’s office has received almost 1,000 complaints from NGOs and associations. They included alleged maladministration concerning environmental projects, late payment for EU …

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

Wilderness Alliance Sues Interior Over Drilling Leases

Case No. 2:08cv00064, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Natural Resources Defense Council, vs. Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, United States District Court, District of Utah, Central Division, January 23, 2008. “This suit challenges the decisions by the Bureau of Land Management, the Department of the Interior, and Secretary of the Department of …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

New CRS Report on Nuclear Power Plant Security and Vulnerabilities

Follow up to previous postings on nuclear power, this new CRS report, Nuclear Power Plant Security and Vulnerabilities, January 18, 2008: “The physical security of nuclear power plants and their vulnerability to deliberate acts of terrorism was elevated to a national security concern following the events of September 11, 2001. Title VI of the Energy …

Subjects: Government Documents

UK Counter-Terrorism Bill 2007-08

Bill 63 07-08 (90 pages, PDF), and Summary of the Bill: “A Bill to Confer further powers to gather and share information for counter-terrorism and other purposes; to make further provision about the detention and questioning of terrorist suspects and the prosecution and punishment of terrorist offences; to impose notification requirements on persons convicted of …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation, Privacy

Health Care in the 2008 Presidential Primaries

“This analysis find that the sharply contrasting health care platforms of the leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates reflect dramatic differences in the perspectives of their primary voters. The article analyzes a newly released Kaiser/Harvard survey of likely primary voters in 35 states (and the District of Columbia) with January or February primaries or caucuses, …

Subjects: Government Documents