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Effective October 25, 2006 the public may request records from state and local agencies [“any New York State or municipal department, board, bureau, division, commission, committee, public authority, public corporation, council, office or other governmental entity performing a governmental or proprietary function is subject to the Law”], via email in New York. See the Freedom …
Press release: “Today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released tips for bloggers who want the inside story on government agencies. The Bloggers’ FAQ on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) outlines how to use open government laws to get access to records kept by federal agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the …
Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Inspector General Audit: A Complete Certification and Accreditation is Needed to Ensure the Electronic Fraud Detection System Meets Federal Government Security Standards, September 29, 2006. (24 pages, PDF)
Council on Foreign Relations: “Five years after President Bush created the Office of Homeland Security, CFR.org sat down with Stephen E. Flynn, the Council on Foreign Relations’ top homeland security expert, to evaluate the effectiveness of that office. What follows is a report card, grading the Department of Homeland Security on some of its primary …
“The 2006 State and Metropolitan Area Data Book features more than 1,500 data items for the United States and individual states, counties and metropolitan areas from a variety of sources…topics include age, agriculture, births, business establishments, communications, construction, cost of living, crime, deaths, education, elections, employment, energy, finance, government, health and households. Also, housing, immigration, …
SearchSystems.net Public Records Directory added a category for Legislation in July, allowing users to browse and/or search state legislation and legislators [mix of free and fee-based access].
Justice Department: 2006 Forfeiture and Money-Laundering Manuals “All three manuals come from the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Criminal Division, US Department of Justice. They were released earlier this year to researcher Michael Ravnitzky. These manuals are related to – in some cases, updated versions of – the documents that the Justice Department ordered …
Commercial Space Launches: FAA Needs Continued Planning and Monitoring to Oversee the Safety of the Emerging Space Tourism Industry. GAO-07-16, and Highlights, October 20, 2006.
Press release: Federal Investigation Uncovers Extensive Mismanagement In Amtraks Use Of Outside Private Legal Firms, October 25, 2006. Review of Amtrak’s Management of Outside Legal Services – A Joint Review by the Inspectors General of the Department of Transportation and Amtrak, October 25, 2006 (49 page PowerPoint, in PDF, that is redacted)
Press release: “In a second letter to the Iraq Study Group today, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) again urged the Group to release its initial judgements on the Iraq war through an interim report, without consideration to the political calendar. In response to Boxer’s first letter, the Iraq Study Group’s co-chairs, James Baker and Lee …
The War Crimes Act: Current Issues, updated October 2, 2006 [via FAS]
Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Jag Corps Leadership Summit, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, October 23, 2006: “This new law [the Military Commissions Act of 2006] provides for full and fair military trials of captured terrorists; reinforces and clarifies our obligations under the Geneva Conventions; and buttresses our ability to gather …
