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Memorandum for the Record: GSA OIG Biweekly Reporting on Hurricane Oversight, released 01/10/2006 PCIE and ECIE – Oversight of Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery, A 90-Day Progress Report to Congress, December 30, 2005 (PDF, 141 pages), released 01/13/2006 Hurricane Relief Oversight
Press release: “Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) Ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, released responses from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [2 pages, PDF] and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [2 pages, PDF] in response to his inquiry into reports of the commercial availability of consumer telephone records by companies …
Rice-Chertoff Joint Vision: Secure Borders and Open Doors in the Information Age: “Since 9/11, the Bush Administration has set many changes in motion to improve border security while still welcoming visitors to the United States. There have been two great challenges: to harmonize all these changes for maximum effect while maintaining the right balance between …
Combating Terrorism: Determining and Reporting Federal Funding Data, GAO-06-161, January 17, 2006. Highlights. “Seven of 34 agencies that reported receiving funding related to combating terrorism activities to OMB used different methodologies to estimate the portion of their authorized funding that supports such activities. These 7 agencies account for about 90 percent of the total fiscal …
Press release: “In New York, on January 17, 2006, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA), and the heads of the other major security agencies, challenging the NSAs surveillance of persons within the United States without judicial approval or statutory …
New York Times: Spy Agency Data After Sept. 11 Led F.B.I. to Dead Ends: “President Bush has characterized the eavesdropping program, which focused on the international communications of some Americans and others in the United States, as a “vital tool” against terrorism; Vice President Dick Cheney has said it has saved “thousands of lives.” But …
The New York Times reports on a speech given today in Washington D.C. at DAR Constitutional Hall by former Vice President Al Gore, the focus of which was presidential authority, government secrecy, domestic surveillance, and the decline of congressional power. An audience of several thousand attended Gore’s speech, which was simulcast by C-SPAN, and co-sponsored …
Treasury and IRS Issues Guidance Regarding Hybrid and Lean Burn Vehicles: “During a visit to the Detroit…Treasury Secretary John Snow announced the issuance of IRS guidance regarding the tax credit for hybrid vehicles. The credit, which was enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, may be as much as $3,400 for those who purchase …
AP reports Sen. Arlen Specter, Chief of Judiciary Panel, Says He’s Skeptical of Domestic Spying Program. Related news: U.S. Attorney General Gonzales to Testify at Spying Hearings, January 13, 2006 Postings on domestic surveillance
DHS press release: “A live test of e-Passports, that contain contactless chips with biographic and biometric information and the readers that are capable of reading these e-Passports, begins January 15, 2006 at Terminal G at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). This test is a collaborative effort between the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore …
A January 12, 2005 ABC News Nightline interview with former President Clinton clarified information on the use of warrantless wiretaps during his administration. According to Clinton: “My attitude was that once the Congress had spoken on it and given us the tools that we needed, we used it…We used the law. We either went there …
From The Nation, a commentary by attorney Elizabelth Holtzman, former Representative from New York, 1973-1981.
