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State Election Laws: Overview of Statutes Regarding Emergency Election Postponement Within the State, September 22, 2004: “Due to the possibility of an emergency or disaster, including the threat of a terrorist attack, occurring immediately before or during a scheduled election, some states have enacted statutes providing for the temporary postponement of elections in their respective …
GovExec.com reports on some of the public comments to DHS that document concerns with the TSA’s Secure Flight passenger screening program. Links are provided to comments from organizations including the Business Travel Coalition and EPIC.
From the Select Committee on Homeland Security, a new report, Bioterrorism: America Still Unprepared (32 pages, PDF): “Based on surveys and interviews with over 100 state and local public health officials, this investigation has concluded that our nation is not prepared to distribute federally supplied vaccines and medicines quickly enough to respond successfully to a …
This chart provides the following information: a link to each record, the date the record was produced, the date it was released, the authoring agency, and the record description. Many of the documents have text that is redacted; in numerous instances, there is no legible text at all.
From the press release: “The National Security Archive today filed suit against the Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”) seeking the expedited processing and release under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) of the 2004 Iraq National Intelligence Estimate (“NIE). As the New York Times reported on September 16, 2004, the NIE spells out a dark assessment …
This Los Angeles Times commentary (reg. req’d) documents how a CIA Office of Inspector General report on 9/11, although completed several months ago, will not be made available to the Congress until after the election.
Information Technology: Major Federal Networks That Support Homeland Security Functions GAO-04-375, September 17, 2004. Highlights. “Nine agencies identified 34 major networks that support homeland security functions— 32 that are operational and 2 that are being developed… Of these 34, 21 are single-agency networks designed for internal agency communications. Six of the 34 are used to …
The National Book Foundation website lists the 9/11 Commission Report as a candidate for the 2004 National Book Award Finalist in the non-fiction category. See the press release here.
Report of the Department of Justice’s Task Force on Intellectual Property (October 2004, 96 pages, PDF): “This final report of recommendations..outline[s] both substantive and tangible methods for the Department of Justice to expand and enhance its efforts in protecting the nation’s creative and intellectual resources.” Commentary: Justice Dept. wants new antipiracy powers
U.S. Government Manual: Main Page, Quick Search for Current Edition (2004-05) [Link]: “As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, …
From the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, whose mission is “to investigate complaints alleging that citizens are being deprived of their right to vote by reason of their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or by reason of fraudulent practices,” a new report: Redefining Rights in America-The Civil Rights Record of the …
From Secrecy News: “Congressional conferees narrowed the scope of a new Freedom of Information Act exemption for certain categories of commercial satellite imagery and related products. As revised, the exemption would apply only to imagery whose sale to non-government customers is already prohibited “for reasons of national security.” The final language in section 914 of …
