Category «Legal Research»

Chief Justice Praises Judicial Independence

Press release: “Chief Justice John Roberts praised in a recent speech “the importance and rarity of the judicial independence we have in our country,” and warned against continuing attacks against it. “The long history of attack on judicial independence confirms that neither side in the political debate has a monopoly on the tactic,” he said …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, Legal Research

"Rider" Letter to Be Used by Agencies for FOIA Guide

“As announced earlier through FOIA Post, the Office of Information and Privacy is planning to publish the 2006 edition of the Department of Justice’s Freedom of Information Act Guide next month. The 2006 edition of the FOIA Guide is scheduled to be published through the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) in November, with a delivery …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Free Tax Research Wiki Authored by Tax Experts

“TaxAlmanac is a free tax research resource brought to you by Intuit, the makers of the professional tax preparation products Lacerte and ProSeries. It is a revolutionary leap forward in how tax professionals research tax laws, create and share knowledge. Our goal is to transform tax research and to improve the effectiveness of tax professionals …

Subjects: Legal Research

Hastert Issues Preliminary Report on Ex-Rep Foley's Improper Email Exchanges

Roll Call, September 29, 2006: “Foley Interviewed About Page Last Year; Democrats Not Told – Ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), who resigned Friday after reports of his improper communications with a former male House page were made public, was interviewed about some of those contacts by the chairman of the House Page Board and the then-Clerk …

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

Government Reform Minority Office Posts Abramoff Investigation Website

Press release, Friday, September 29, 2006: “Following Mr. Abramoff’s guilty plea in January, President Bush and other top White House officials issued repeated statements that Mr. Abramoff was a virtual stranger to the White House. The documents reviewed by the Committee tell a different story. They show that between January 2001 and March 2004, there …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Legal Research

DOJ Fact Sheet: Structure of the National Security Division

Department of Justice Fact Sheet: Structure of the National Security Division Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Kenneth Wainstein and the Launch of the Department of Justice National Security Division : “Establishment of the NSD was recommended by the WMD commission and made a reality by the USA …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

SEC to Rebuild Public Disclosure System to Make It 'Interactive'

SEC press release: “Sept. 25, 2006 — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox announced today that the SEC has awarded three separate contracts totaling $54 million to transform the agency’s 1980s-vintage public company disclosure system from a form-based electronic filing cabinet to a dynamic real-time search tool with interactive capabilities.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Securities Law

New on LLRX.com

Identity Theft: A Bibliography of Federal, State, Consumer and News Resources – Revised and Updated, by Sabrina I. Pacifici & Catherine Guthrie Small Content, Long Tails, and Big Ideas in Law Libraries, by Jason Eisenman E-Discovery Update – by Fios Inc.: The Myth of Search, by Conrad J. Jacoby CongressLine, by GalleryWatch.com: Congressional Intent, by …

Subjects: Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, ID Theft, Legal Research, Legislation

Previously Unreleased Bibliographies and Indexes of NSA Publications

The Memory Hole: “This page contains indexes of four periodicals published by the National Security Agency, plus a listing of publications from the NSA’s Center for Cryptologic History. These indexes haven’t been publicly released until now, and many of the Cryptologic History publications weren’t previously known to the public. Researcher Michael Ravnitzky has discovered a …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research