Category «Legal Research»

NARA Final Rule on National Industrial Security Program Directive

Federal Register: April 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 68)][Rules and Regulations][Page 18007-18008], National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Final Rule: “The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), is publishing this Directive pursuant to section 102(b)(1) of Executive Order 12829, as amended, relating to the National Industrial Security Program. This order …

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

President Defends Declassification of Pre-War Iraq Intel

Follow-up to April 9, 2006 posting, Reports Substantiate WH Plan to Discredit Iraq War Critic Via Plame CIA Leak, President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, April 10, 2006: “…after we liberated Iraq, there was questions in people’s minds about the …

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal Research

Reports Substantiate WH Plan to Discredit Iraq War Critic Via Plame CIA Leak

Follow-up to April 7, 2006 posting, Plame Leak Controversy Focused on President With Release of New Info, see: today’s Washington Post: Prosecutor Describes Cheney, Libby as Key Voices Pitching Iraq-Niger Story: “As he drew back the curtain this week on the evidence against Vice President Cheney’s former top aide, Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

National Security Archive Posts Docs. Actually Declassified by Administration on Iraq Intel

“Only 14 of the full 93 pages of the National Intelligence Estimate that President Bush authorized Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, to disclose to New York Times reporter Judith Miller has actually been officially declassified, according to a posting [April 7, 2006]on the Web site of the National Security Archive …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

Waxman Requests Answers on Bush Authorizing Leak of Natonal Security Intel

Press release: “In a letter to President Bush, Rep. Waxman asks for a full accounting of the President’s and Vice President’s actions in authorizing leaks of classified intelligence about Iraq, while at the same time concealing the President’s knowledge of serious doubts about Iraq’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.” CRS Memo, Disclosure of Security Classified Information, …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

CRS Legal Analysis of Patriot Act

USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005: A Legal Analysis (74 pages, PDF): “This report describes the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (the Act) and, where appropriate, discusses the modifications to law made by the USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006.”

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patriot Act, Privacy

TRAC Launches Immigration Project

“The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) today launched a unique new website providing extensive information about one of most important and politically sensitive subjects in America today — immigration control… The purpose of the site…is to provide the American people, Congress, immigration groups, reporters and others with the authoritative information they need to judge the …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

EC Publishes Study on Scientific Publication System in Europe

Press release, April 3, 2006: “The European Commission is today publishing a study which examines the scientific publication system in Europe. Scientific publication ensures that research results are made known, which is a pre-condition for further research and for turning this knowledge into innovative products and services. Scientific publication is also an important part of …

Subjects: E-Mail, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

European Competition Network Launches One-Stop Access Website

“The European Competition Network – the European Commission together with the national competition authorities in the EU – has launched a website providing businesses, their advisors, and citizens with information about antitrust enforcement, annual reports and background documents about the Network. The ECN website will inter alia provide one-stop access to news releases from all …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research