Category «Legal Research»

House Resolution Supporting Tracking Terrorist Financing

House Committee on Financial Services: “Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 227-183 in favor of a resolution [H. Res. 895] introduced yesterday by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Michael G. Oxley (OH), which expresses the sense of the House in support of U.S. government programs to track terrorist financing and to condemn illegal disclosure …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Legal Research, Legislation

Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State

Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Regulatory State, by Clyde Wayne Crews, June 28, 2006 (42 pages, PDF): “In the Fiscal Year 2006 federal budget, President Bush proposed $2.77 trillion in discretionary, entitlement, and interest spending. Although those costs fully express the on-budget scope of the federal government, there is considerably more to …

Subjects: Legal Research

Hearing Today on Presidential Signing Statements

Presidential Signing Statements, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, June 27, 2006 Testimony and Member Statements Related postings: ABA To Investigate Whether Presidential Authority Has Been Exceeded Expansion of Presidential Powers Concerns Scholars and Congress Commentary on Presidential Powers Pre and Post 9/11 Gore Speech Targets Executive Powers and Domestic Surveillance

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

FTC Issues Statement on Whois Databases

FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers that access to the Whois databases is “critical to the agency’s consumer protection laws, to other law enforcement agencies around the world, and to consumers.” Whois databases are online information directories that contain contact information …

Subjects: Domain Names, E-Government, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research

Report on Decline in FDA Enforcement Activity

Committee on Government Reform Minority Office: “A new report by Rep. Henry A. Waxman examines how the Bush Administration has carried out FDA’s historic enforcement responsibilities. The report is the result of a 15-month investigation that included a review of thousands of pages of internal agency enforcement records. It finds that there has been a …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Court Records Available via NARA's Order Online

Press release: “Beginning June 26, 2006 customers will be able to order copies of Court Records from a NARA Federal Records Center using Order Online!, the National Archives’ online ordering web site. Order Online! provides an easy and convenient method for customers to request reproductions of certain records and pay for these orders with most …

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