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Video News Releases (VNRs): Unattributed Prepackaged News Stories Violate Publicity or Propaganda Prohibition – Statement of Susan A. Poling, Managing Associate General Counsel (GAO), to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, GAO-05-643T, May 12, 2005 Highlights: “In two legal opinions this past year, federal agencies commissioned and distributed prepackaged news stories and introductory …
House Judiciary Committee, Immigration Subcommittee Hearing on Rep. Dreier’s Legislation Establishing a Tamper-Proof Social Security Card: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 98, the “Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2005” News Advisory 5-11-05 Testimony of EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg
From the May 3, 2005 Federal Register: Presidential records; management and custody: Clinton Administration electronic backup tapes; proposed disposal: “NARA proposes the disposition of 9,193 backup tapes created during the Clinton Administration by White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff because NARA has determined that they lack continuing administrative, historical, informational or evidentiary value. The tapes …
From FindLaw, In Re Cheney, May 10, 2005: “A federal appeals court rules that the Sierra Club and Judicial Watch “failed to establish any duty…owed to them by the federal government” to disclose any documents which may have shown what, if any, communications the White House Energy Task Force had with energy industry lobbyists and …
Speech delivered by US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Sensenbrenner at Stanford University, May 9, 2005: The Relationship Between the Legislative and Judicial Branches (text of the speech, 6 pages, PDF)
This May 1, 2005 UK Times article, Blair hit by new leak of secret war plan, is referenced in this May 5, 2005 letter of inquiry (8 pages, PDF) to President Bush, signed by 88 U.S. Representatives. The letter asks five specific questions in an effort to seek verification that the “United States and Great …
SEC press release:”The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that on May 12, 2005, it will begin the process of publicly releasing comment letters and response letters relating to disclosure filings made after Aug. 1, 2004, and reviewed by the Division of Corporation Finance and the Division of Investment Management. See Press …
Press release from New York Governor George E. Pataki, May 3, 2005: “Governor George E. Pataki today announced that he has signed legislation into law that will strengthen New York State’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). The new law sets specific new timeframe requirements that will provide clarity and guidance to local governments and State …
From the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Efforts to Hire, Train, and Retain Intelligence Analysts (190 pages, PDF).
From the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General: Social Security Number Misuse in the Service, Restaurant, and Agriculture Industries (PDF).
Interagency Contracting: Problems with DOD’s and Interior’s Orders to Support Military Operations GAO-05-201, April 29, 2005. Highlights. Related documents: GAO Finds the Administration Violated Federal Law to Hire Private Interrogators Fact Sheet: GAO Report on CACI Contract (PDF, Committee on Government Reform Minority Office)
This according to Washington Post (reg. req’d) writer Dan Eggen: “The report, titled A Review of the FBI’s Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the September 11 Attacks, provides an in-depth examination of three episodes considered potential missed opportunities to detect the Sept. 11 plot, including Moussaoui’s arrest in August 2001.” Related documents: from FindLaw, …
