Category «Government Documents»

Metadata Exposes Authors of ICE’s ‘Mega’ Detention Center Plans

Wired [no paywall]: “Comments and other data left on a PDF detailing Homeland Security’s proposal to build “mega” detention and processing centers reveal the personnel involved in its creation. A PDF that Department of Homeland Security officials provided to New Hampshire governor Kelly Ayotte’s office about a new effort to build “mega” detention and processing …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Defense, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants

The New Yorker – How the Administration is overwhelming federal courts and getting away with third-country removals. [no paywall]: “In March of 2025, the Trump Administration was widely criticized for sending more than two hundred Venezuelans to CECOT, a notoriously brutal mega-prison in El Salvador. Yet, over the past eleven months, the Administration has continued …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Congress.gov New, Tip, and Top

Library of Congress, In Custodia Legis: “In the previous release, we enhanced access to the Senate legislation actions overview display and added the ability to download the text of legislation in XML format. With this release, member profile pages for current members of the Senate now include a “committees” tab that lists the member’s committee assignments …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

DOJ Scrubs Record of Interviews With Trump Accuser From Epstein Files

Follow up to Epsteinalysis.com via The New Republic: “The Department of Justice spoke four separate times to a woman who credibly accused Donald Trump of having sex with a minor he met through Jeffrey Epstein—but most accusations against the president appear to have been removed from the government’s documents on the alleged sex trafficker. A …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Epsteinalysis.com

Under the moniker – Axiomofinfinity – for which there is no further information that I could locate – a individual or group has posted a remarkable searchable database, Epstein Files Explorer, of over one million documents and over two million pages that comprise the Epstein Files released by the DOJ. Applications used – Programmatic applications …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting

Follow up to White House Webpage Pushing Save Our Elections Act – Via the Brennan Center – New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting – Update: When this article was first published, the SAVE America Act included a provision that would have also required voters to show documents such as …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Records, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits

“Trump signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to increase domestic production of glyphosate and elemental phosphorus, calling both “critical to the national defense” and that shortages of the weedkiller would add “pressure to the domestic food system.” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supported the move, despite his past …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

White House Webpage Pushing Save Our Elections Act

Using the federal government official White House site, the Save our Elections Now is pushing hard to force Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act or the SAVE Act.  Quoting the text on this page the goals and rationale are as follows: A Valid ID Before Registering to Vote in a Federal Election …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, E-Records, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Maryland bans partnerships with ICE citing ‘unaccountable agents’

Follow up to my post today – Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act – See Also via the Washington Post: “Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation ending 287(g) agreements between the state’s law enforcement agencies and the federal immigration enforcement agency. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed into law Tuesday emergency legislation …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Trump Action Tracker

Trump Action Tracker – “Documenting the actions, statements, and plans of President Trump and his administration that echo those of authoritarian regimes and may pose a threat to American democracy, since January 2025…This project is led by Professor Christina Pagel, a UK-based health services researcher and science communicator. She created and maintains the dataset underlying …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Defense, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act

ICE.gov: “ICE’s 287(g) Program The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 added Section 287(g) to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), authorizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to delegate state and local law enforcement officers the authority to perform specified immigration officer functions under ICE’s direction and oversight. Likewise, Title 25 …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy