Category «Government Documents»

Fact Sheet: Proposed FISA Modernization Legislation

Office of the Director of National Intelligence, April 13, 2007, Fact Sheet: Proposed FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act)Modernization Legislation “Key Provisions of this Bill Are: Updating the definition of electronic surveillance to account for the sweeping changes in telecommunications technology that have taken place. The proposed legislation is technology neutral. In contrast to the 1978 …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Challenges Hampering IRS Infrastructure Upgrades Persist For Decades

IRS trudges on with aging computers – “More than 20 years after its first attempt at a massive upgrade of 1960s-era mainframes, the IRS still isn’t sure when the project will,” by Anne Broache, CNET News.com “The Internal Revenue Service has been trying for years to upgrade its antiquated mainframe computers, which process Americans’ tax …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

First Generation E-Rulemaking: An Assessment of Regulatory Agency Websites

Stuart Shapiro and Cary Coglianese, First Generation E-Rulemaking: An Assessment of Regulatory Agency Websites (April 11, 2007). University of Pennsylvania Law School. Scholarship at Penn Law. Paper 153. “We examine 89 websites from federal regulatory agencies in order to evaluate their ease of use for those interested in commenting on or learning about their proposed …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Group Issues Report on Missing White House Emails and Violations of the Presidential Records Act

Follow-up to postings on the escalating interest in the U.S. Attorney firings, this press release: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a report [April 12, 2007], WITHOUT A TRACE: The Missing White House Emails and the Violations of the Presidential Records Act, detailing the legal issues behind the story of the White …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

Recently Released CRS Reports on Iraq, U.S. Trade Policy, Clean Energy Act, Iran and International HIV/AIDS Spending

Iraq: Elections, Constitution, and Government, Updated April 10, 2007 U.S. Trade Policy and the Caribbean: From Trade Preferences to Free Trade Agreements, April 4, 2007 The Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve in the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 (H.R. 6), Updated April 4, 2007 Iran’s Influence in Iraq, Updated April 3, 2007 Iran: U.S. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

First Quarter Financial Disclosure Forms for Selected Presidential Candidates

From PoliticalMoneyLine: 04/14/2007 – “The HUCKABEE FOR PRESIDENT EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE INC filed its report covering 1/1/2007-3/31/2007. The committee reports $544,157 in receipts and $170,239 in disbursements. Cash on hand totals $373,918. The committee reported $52,503 in debts/obligations.” 04/14/2007 – “The JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC. committee filed its report covering 1/1/2007-3/31/2007. The committee reports $13,087,560 in …

Subjects: Government Documents

FTC Issues Report on Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children

Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission gave a mixed review of the movie, music, and video-game industries’ self-regulatory programs and their marketing of violent entertainment products to children in its latest report to Congress. This fifth follow-up report, the most comprehensive study since 2000, found that all three industries generally comply with their own voluntary …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents