Category «Government Documents»

Draft Bipartisan Report Documents Extensive Abramoff Contact With White House

Roll Call reports tonight on their homepage: “Hundreds of contacts between top White House officials and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates “raise serious questions about the legality and actions” of those officials, according to a draft bipartisan report prepared by the House Government Reform Committee.” The article states the White House has reviewed …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Report Recommends Essential Steps to Enable Law Enforcement Information Sharing

Press release: “Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, issued a report that analyzes institutional failures and a lack of initiative by this Administration to enable law enforcement officers as first preventers in the War on Terror. The report, entitled LEAP: A Law Enforcement Assistance and Partnership Strategy, …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

2006 Report on Coordination of Intellectual Property Enforcement and Protection

2006 Report to the President and Congress on Coordination of Intellectual Property Enforcement and Protection (168 pages, PDF): “The report sets forth the actions and initiatives that the U.S. government has taken over the past year to combat the rising tide of global counterfeiting and piracy, and notes the importance of these efforts because of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Intellectual Property

DOJ Fact Sheet: Structure of the National Security Division

Department of Justice Fact Sheet: Structure of the National Security Division Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kenneth Wainstein and the Launch of the Department of Justice National Security Division : “Establishment of the NSD was recommended by the WMD commission and made a reality by the USA …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

FCC Announces Launch of Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

Press release: “The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is designed to provide an efficient, effective and responsive organizational structure to address matters related to public safety, homeland security, and emergency management and preparedness. The bureau is responsible for the combined public safety-related functions that were previously dispersed among the other bureaus and offices.” [via …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

SEC to Rebuild Public Disclosure System to Make It 'Interactive'

SEC press release: “Sept. 25, 2006 — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox announced today that the SEC has awarded three separate contracts totaling $54 million to transform the agency’s 1980s-vintage public company disclosure system from a form-based electronic filing cabinet to a dynamic real-time search tool with interactive capabilities.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Securities Law

GPO's Digitization and Preservation Initiatives

“One of the strategic goals of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is to digitize a complete legacy collection of tangible U.S. Government publications to make sure that these materials are available, in the public domain, for permanent public access. The conversion of tangible materials will begin with printed publications, and will eventually include microfiche …

Subjects: Government Documents