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The 9/11 Public Discourse Project released the Transcript of June 6th Panel Assessing Progress Of CIA And FBI Reform (43 pages, PDF) Featuring: Jamie Gorelick, Richard Thornburgh, John Gannon, Chitra Ragavan. The title is The 9/11 Commission Report: The Unfinished Agenda, Session 1, CIA and FBI Reform. Related news: From Newsweek today, ‘The Threat Is …
From the Statement Regarding Release of the Redacted, Unclassified Version of the Office of the Inspector General’s Report Entitled “The Handling of Intelligence Information Prior to the September 11 Attacks”, June 2005 Office of the Inspector General. “On June 7, 2005, the unclassified, redacted version of the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) report that …
Report on the Meeting of Experts on Digital Preservation: Metadata Specifications – REVISED: Report on the Meeting of Experts on Digital Preservation: Metadata Specifications. June 2, 2005 (PDF 140 KB “GPO is working with the library community on a national digitization plan, with the goal of digitizing a complete legacy collection of tangible U.S. Government …
Press release, June 7, 2005, Cornyn, Leahy Call For Greater TransparencyIn Congressional FOIA Exemption Attempts -Congress should not establish new secrecy provisions through secret means: “U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday to ensure greater openness in the legislative process. The bill creates additional legislative transparency by requiring that …
Follow-up to several postings on the FEC and bloggers (here, here, and here), news today from the Center for Democracy and Policy: “In two sets of comments filed today with the Federal Election Commission, CDT urged the FEC to declare that the online political speech of bloggers and other ordinary citizens is exempt from the …
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report, May 26, 2005: Some Improvements Have Been Made to Better Comply With Freedom of Information Act Requirements “This report presents the results of our Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) review. The overall objective of this audit was to determine whether the Internal Revenue Service …
Largest Compilation of Private-Sector Comments on Nationwide Interoperable Health Information Exchange to Date: “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today released a report summarizing over 500 responses from individuals and private industry on interoperable health information exchange. The report, Summary of Nationwide Health Information Network Request for Information Responses, is a compilation of …
Updated May 11, 2005, Copyright Protection of Digital Television: The Broadcast Flag: “This report addresses the adoption of a broadcast flag system by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect digital television (DTV) broadcasts from unauthorized redistribution. The report also addresses the recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of …
WSJ free feature today: How a Lawyer Finally Unveiled ‘Deep Throat’ Related reference: Identity of Watergate Confidential Source Revealed After 30 Years
Press release from the FTC, June 1, 2005: “Beginning today, a new federal rule will require businesses and individuals to take appropriate measures to dispose of sensitive information derived from consumer reports. Any business or individual who uses a consumer report for a business purpose is subject to the requirements of the Disposal Rule, a …
CRS Report, Internet: An Overview of Key Technology Policy Issues Affecting Its Use and Growth, April 13, 2005 (47 pages, PDF). [via FAS]
“In a Vanity Fair exclusive, W. Mark Felt, 91 years old and formerly second-in-command at the F.B.I., says that he is the confidential Watergate source who assisted Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernsteinand helped bring down President Richard Nixon.” [Text version, and in PDF] And tonight from the Washington Post (reg. req’d), Washington …
