Israel: Background and Relations with the United States
Israel: Background and Relations with the United States – Congressional Research Service Report, Updated 5/18/2006 (19 pages, PDF)
Category «Government Documents»
FTC Issues Report on Gas Price Increases Post Katrina
FTC Releases Report on its “Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases” The Federal Trade Commission Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases: A Commission Report to Congress (Spring 2006) – Text of the Commission Report, 222 pages, PDF Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Concerning the FTC …
UN Releases Final Report on 50th Session of Commission on Status of Women
The Final Report on the fiftieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women is now available. CRS Report – The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): Congressional Issues, updated December 14, 2006
Free Flow of Information Act
Press release, May 18, 2006: “Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA), Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), and Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) today introduced the Free Flow of Information Act (12 pages, PDF), a bill seeking to protect the public’s right to information through a free press. This legislation would provide appropriate protections …
CRS Report Addresses Gov’t Collection of Phone Calling Data
CRS Report, Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records: Legal Authorities, May 17, 2006 (19 pages, PDF) Related postings on domestic surveillance program
UN Committee Against Torture Releases Report
Via BBC, the Advance Unedited Version (11 pages, PDF), Conclusions and Recommendations of the Committee against Torture, May 19, 2006. Committee Against Torture concludes thirty-sixth session, May 19, 2006 05/19/06, On-The-Record Briefing on the Committee Against Torture Report; John Bellinger, Legal Advisor; Office of the Legal Advisor; Washington, DC AP: U.N. Urges U.S. to Shut …
Progress Report on Terrorism Prevention Act
May 17, 2006: Report on the Progress of the DNI in Implementing the “Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004” (12 pages, PDF)
Coalition Calls for End to Plan to Limit EPA Toxic Release Inventory Data
Follow-up to previous related postings, ona May 17, 2006 the CDT sent a letter to Congress, signed by more than 180 organizations (including ALA and AALL), urging that public access to data from the EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory program not be subject to limitations.
CIA Director Nominee Contends Domestic Surveillance Legal
Senate Intelligence Committee Open Hearing: Confirmation Hearing of General Michael V. Hayden to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, May 18, 2006. Opening Statement by Michael V. Hayden, Unclassified (5 pages, PDF) Via FAS, full transcript of the Hayden confirmation hearing (171 pages, PDF), and the same transcript via DNI AP: Hayden Insists …
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress
CRS report, Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress, May 12, 2006 (37 pages, PDF) White House: President Bush Discusses Border Security and Immigration Reform in Arizona, Yuma Sector Border Patrol Headquarters Yuma, Arizona, May 18, 2006 White House, Comprehensive Immigration Reform White House Fact Sheet: President Requests Funds to Strengthen Border Security, May …
FTC Guide For Protecting Consumer Wireless Networks
Press release: “Wireless Internet access can free you from the confines of cords, but not from the need for security. Without taking the proper precautions, it’s easy for others to use your wireless network connection to access the Internet, or even to access the information on your own computer. The Federal Trade Commission is introducing …
Voting Rights Enforcement & Reauthorization
From the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Voting Rights Enforcement & Reauthorization, May 2006 (108 pages, PDF) Reauthorization of the Temporary Provisions of the Voting Rights Act, February 2006 (68 pages, PDF)
