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AP reports that the White House has failed to cooperate with the bi-partisan commission investigating the 9-11 attacks. This action takes the form of refusing to provide essential documents to the commission despite the threat of a subpoena. The panel is facing a May 27, 2004 deadline to complete its work. According to an October …
As I posted yesterday, Roll Call published an article that seemed to indicate the GPO was evaluating whether it would continue providing free public access to a range of government documents. The library community apparently reacted swiftly and strongly to this information, and late this afternoon, the Superintendent of Documents, Judith C. Russell, posted the …
From Roll Call Newspaper Online, this free excerpt (subscription req’d to read complete article) on news about GPO and future public access to government documents: “In an effort to reverse declining sales revenue at the Government Printing Office, Public Printer Bruce James announced Tuesday that the agency will consider charging fees for many of the …
The Congressional Joint Inquiry Commission on 9/11 will issue its first subpoena, “to the Federal Aviation Administration because of serious deficiencies in (that) agency’s production of critical documents.” [Link]
EPIC filed an action under FOIA in the U.S. District Court, DC, “seeking the expedited release of Justice Department records concerning the lobbying efforts of federal prosecutors to oppose revisions to the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. Despite widespread media coverage of the lobbying campaign, and questions as to its legality, DOJ has refused to expedite …
This press release from New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson announces the implementation of E-Library Services, which will “enable viewing all agency reports that are generated by the States budget, financial and human resource computer systems. All such reports will be viewable in a web-browser by authorized users. The e-Info Library Services will be an official …
Web Sites Listed as ‘Terror’ Groups: See Executive Order 12947: Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process; January 23, 1995, as amended by Executive Order 13099. The respective Federal Register notices from October 10 that list the websites are here and here.
FirstGov en Español, with an official launch date of October 16, will be the federal government’s first Spanish language portal. The site appears to be fully functional now.
From Secrecy News: “In a new retreat from public oversight, the Department of Defense has blocked public access to the online database of DoD directives maintained by the Defense Technical Information Center. These unclassified DoD directives, which define nearly every aspect of Department policy and procedure, have been publicly available online for almost as long …
From PBS.org, an interview conducted by Terence Smith, with “Tom Rosenstiel, a veteran journalist and media critic for both the Los Angeles Times and MSNBC, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism…and Larry Johnson…a former CIA analyst and counterterrorism official at the State Department,” concerning the “apparent leak from the Bush White House that …
H.R. 2658/P.L. 108-87, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 (Sept. 30, 2003; 117 Stat. 1054; 56 pages). See also the homeland security appropriations FY 2004 Budget Fact Sheet (H.R. 2555/P.L. 108-90, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 (Oct. 1, 2003; 117 Stat. 1137; 21 pages)
Social Security Administration: Disclosure Policy for Law Enforcement Allows Information Sharing, but SSA Needs to Ensure More Consistent Application. GAO-03-919, September 30. Highlights.
