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Following-up to postings on proposals to limit public access to the EPA’s pollution release inventory data, a bipartisan letter issued yesterday on the issue “called for an investigation into the proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) to weaken regulations that require polluters to inform the public about toxic releases.” Related government document: EPA Can …
Border Security: Investigators Successfully Transported Radioactive Sources Across Our Nation’s Borders at Selected Locations, Full-text GAO-06-545R, March 28, 2006. Border Security: Investigators Transported Radioactive Sources Across Our Nation’s Borders at Two Locations, Full-text GAO-06-583T, March 28, 2006. Highlights Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Challenges Facing U.S. Efforts to Deploy Radiation Detection Equipment in Other Countries and in …
March 21, 2006 – National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse of the Legal Background and Recent Amendments “Five statutory provisions vest government agencies responsible for certain foreign intelligence investigations (principally the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]) with authority to issue written commands comparable to administrative subpoenas. These National Security Letters (NSLs) seek …
Press release: “U.S. Joint Forces Command will release on Friday, March 24 an unclassified historical report in book form on the Iraqi view of coalition military operations conducted in Iraq. Conducted by U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Joint Center for Operational Analysis, the Iraqi Perspective Project (IPP) is a research effort focused on coalition military operations …
AP: FEC Won’t Regulate Internet Politics New FEC Rules (96 pages, PDF) Supplement to FEC Rules (13 pages, PDF) Two-Page Summary of FEC Rules (PDF) March 24, 2006 posting, FEC Issues Draft Final Rules on Use of Internet In Connection with Federal Elections
National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (31 pages, PDF)
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Securing Our Border, Enforcing Our Laws, and Upholding Our Values, Fact sheet released by the White House, March 27, 2006. AP: Senate Panel Approves Immigration Bill S. 2454 – Securing Americas Borders Act – Introduced by Senator Frist, S. 2454 (PCS) is a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to …
Saddam’s Delusions: The View from the Inside, By Kevin Woods, James Lacey, and Williamson Murray, From Foreign Affairs, May/June 2006 “Summary: A special, double-length article from the upcoming May/June issue of Foreign Affairs, presenting key excerpts from the recently declassified book-length report of the USJFCOM Iraqi Perspectives Project.”
The Fog of Law: The Need for a Legal Framework for 21st Century Security Policy, Speech to the Council on Foreign Relations by Congresswoman Jane Harman, March 13, 2006.
Following up on several related postings on bloggers and campaign speech, today the FEC issued a 96 page document (PDF) promulgating its final rules that impact the publication of campaign related information. Declan McCullagh has more details and commentary. March 22, 2006 – The Commission Has Published Interim Final Rules on Definitions of Federal Election …
In response to requests by the House Judiciary Committee members for more extensive documentation on the administration’s domestic surveillance program, this afternoon DOJ released two memos (both in PDF) that supported previous statements on the issue, providing nothing of substance in the way of more details, as requested. Reponse to GOP questions Response to Democratic …
Government On-Line 2006: “This report documents the achievements of the Government On-Line initiative over six years, from 1999 to 2006. It tells of its challenges, its groundbreaking journey, and its legacy for future initiatives. Thanks to the efforts of 34 federal Departments and Agencies, you may now obtain on-line the 130 most commonly used services …
