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Press release: Federal Court Finds Air Force Engages in a Pattern or Practice of Violating the FOIA: “A federal court today granted partial summary judgment to the National Security Archive finding that the Air Force has violated the Freedom of Information Act and has engaged in a pattern or practice of violating the FOIA. In …
Press release: “The Center for Global Prosperity launches new Index of Global Philanthropy, 2006…the Index is the first comprehensive guide to the sources and magnitude of American charity abroad…” (83 pages, PDF)
Indecisive Decision: An Examination of the Greenberg & Faulkner Cases and their Impact on Libraries, by Sharon Whitfield Beyond Google and Yahoo: New, Nifty Search Engines to Optimize Your Research, by Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici A Commentary on the National Forest Land Conveyance for Rural Communities Act, by Beth Wellington Got Competitive Intelligence? …
Follow-up to two recent postings, Archivist Statement on Declassification of MOU Between National Archives and U.S. Air Force and NARA Participated In Keeping Gov Docs Secret After Declassification Occured, the following NARA press release, April 17, 2006: “On Thursday, April 13, 2006, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein learned that a second classified Memorandum …
Reuters reports that Time, the New York Times, and NBC News opposed attempts by Libby’s defense to widen the scope of discovery pertaining to Plame CIA leak documents which may be in the possession of journalists and their respective employers.
Press release: “The Department of State has released Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, volume VI, Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970, the first of five volumes to cover the end of the Vietnam war. The Presidential election of November 1968 had demonstrated just how divisive Vietnam had become in American society and politics. Vietnam was …
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA, April, 2006. This document is version 4. (15 pages, PDF, and HTML version)
WSJ free feature: Restrictions on Cellphone Use While Driving Gain Traction – State, Local Officials Push For Tough Laws, Penalties; Enforcement Tactics Differ
Press release: “The Commission has authorized the staff to release publicly the 28th Annual Report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). This report…summarizes the Commission’s administration and enforcement of the FDCPA during 2005. It presents an overview of the types of consumer complaints received by the Commission, descriptions of the Commission’s …
Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report Libby Says, by Murray Waas, National Journal: “Vice President Dick Cheney directed his then-chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, on July 12, 2003 to leak to the media portions of a then-highly classified CIA report that Cheney hoped would undermine the credibility of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, …
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, New Libby Filing Demands Release of Documents Related to Iraq Intel [“The defense intends to show the jury that the controversy over intelligence failures during the spring and summer of 2003 led certain officials within the White House, State Department and the CIA to point fingers at each other…’], today from …
ABA Journal: Understanding Search-Term Basics Ensures More Thorough E-Discovery Compliance
