Category «Government Documents»

National Conference of State Legislatures Guide to Real ID Act

The National Conference of State Legislatures posted a Countdown to REAL ID (May 11, 2008) guide that includes links to documents arranged by Federal Issues (including text and history of the Act), State Issues (including a REAL ID State Legislation Database) and Web Resources. “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has failed to release …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

DOJ OIG Audit of Internal Controls Over Terrorism Reporting

The Department of Justice’s Internal Controls Over Terrorism Reporting, Audit Report 07-20, February 2007, (PDF, 160 pages, Full Report) “…we learned that the collection and reporting of terrorism-related statistics within the Department is decentralized and haphazard. Often the official who reported the statistic gathered it through telephone requests or e-mail to other Department staff. Also, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Group Announces Plan to Sue USDA For Ignoring Organic Regulations

Press release: “In a letter sent today, the Cornucopia Institute informed the USDA of their intention to file a complaint in federal district court accusing the agency of ignoring the organic regulations, and the intent of Congress, by their failure to enforce the law. The impending lawsuit is just the latest salvo in a seven-year-long …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

DOJ Launches First Freedom Project Website

“On February 20, 2007 Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales announced a new Department of Justice initiative to protect religious liberty: The First Freedom Project. As detailed in a report issued at the same time as the announcement, Report on Enforcement of Laws Protecting Religious Freedom: Fiscal Years 2001-2006, the Civil Rights Division of the Department …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents

Annual Energy Outlook 2007 with Projections to 2030

Annual Energy Outlook 2007 with Projections to 2030, Report #:DOE/EIA-0383 (2007), Release date full report: February 20, 2007: “The Annual Energy Outlook 2007 presents a projection and analysis of US energy supply, demand, and prices through 2030. The projections are based on results from the Energy Information Administration’s National Energy Modeling System. The AEO2007 includes …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Council on Environmental Quality Sued For Non Disclosure of Global Warming Documents

Press release: “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has sued the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today for its failure to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records related to global warming science and policy. CREW filed its FOIA request after media reports — including a 60 Minutes piece …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

GAO Report on Issues Related to the Structure and Funding of Public Television

Telecommunications: Issues Related to the Structure and Funding of Public Television, GAO-07-150, and Highlights, January 19, 2007. “How to fund public television has been a concern since the first noncommercial educational station went on the air in 1953. The use of federal funds to help support public television has been a particular point of discussion …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

New on LLRX.com for February 2007, Part 2

Knowledge Discovery Resources 2007 – An Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation, by Marcus P. Zillman LLRX.com Guide to State and Federal Legislative Research, by Sabrina I. Pacifici LawPro Links – An A to Z Directory of Web Resources, by Sabrina I. Pacifici Commentary: The Real Costs of America’s Nuclear Power Program and the Impact on …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

DHS Forms Partnership with NSF for Academic Research Initiative on Domestic Nuclear Detection

DHS press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently issued a potential $58 million, over five years, in grant opportunities for colleges and universities that will focus on detection systems, individual sensors or other research relevant to the detection of nuclear weapons, …

Subjects: Government Documents

Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century

“The Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets you’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives. The goal of the project is to make …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries