Executive Order Mandates Chief FOIA Officers for Each Agency by January 13, 2006
Just a reminder: Executive Order 13392, Improving Agency Disclosure of Information.
Category «Legal Research»
Ramifications of Proposed Federal Rules On E-Discovery
Document management systems go to court – New federal rules for 2006 could come down hard on IT: “First, the proposed amendments to Rule 26 will require attorneys for both parties to a litigation in Federal court to sit down prior to the proceedings to discuss their clients document management systems….Rule 37(f), also called a …
Privacy Issues Impact Posting Personal Data on E-Gov Sites
Government officials throughout the country are evaluating the risks and benefits of posting personal data about citizens and public official on e-gov sites, such as is increasingly the case with real estate records and court related documents. This Government Technology article reviews the challenges posed by this issue, and the range of responses, and non …
Discussion on Warrantless Wiretapping of Americans Inside the U.S.
From the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, a Domestic Surveillance Discussion, between two Federalist Society members, David B. Rivkin Jr. and Robert Levy (10 pages, PDF). Title 50 > Chapter 36 > Subchapter I – Electronic Surveillance
Article Analyzes Semantic Structure of Wikipedia
Analyzing and Visualizing the Semantic Coverage of Wikipedia and Its Authors, by Todd Holloway, Miran Bozicevic, Katy Börner: “This paper presents a novel analysis and visualization of English Wikipedia data. Our specific interest is the analysis of basic statistics, the identification of the semantic structure and age of the categories in this free online encyclopedia, …
FISA Court Made Modifications to Bush Surveillance Requests
Secret court modified wiretap requests – Intervention may have led Bush to bypass panel, by Stewart M. Powell, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Washington Bureau. Related commentary, references and postings: Reuters: Secret surveillance up since 9/11 – “The Justice Department’s reports to the U.S. Congress on the surveillance court’s activities show that the Bush administration made 5,645 applications …
The Relationship between Law Review Citations and Law School Rankings
Brophy, Alfred L., The Relationship between Law Review Citations and Law School Rankings (December 2005). U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper. “Much recent scholarship has focused on the US News rankings and other ranking systems; other scholarship has focused on citations of law journals. This paper combines those two areas. It explores the connections …
Washington Post Extends Free Access to Content
As reported by ClickZ News, the Washington Post.com will now provide access to articles for a 60 day period following publication, according to James M. Brady, Executive Editor. Prior to this, articles were archived after 14 days. Extending access to readers, via blogs and RSS, is credited as a key reason for the change.
Archives Releases Additional Documents Relating to Judge Samuel Alito
NARA press release: “The National Archives at College Park will release 45 documents relating to Samuel Alito. These records total 744 pages from Record Group 60, Records of the Department of Justice, Files of John Bolton, Michael Carvin, Roger Clegg, Stephen Galebach, Brian Landsberg, Mark Levin, and Richard Willard….The National Archives found the documents, consisting …
Debate Escalates on Domestic Spying Program
Following up on news that Judge Robinson resigned from the FISA court in protest over the administration’s warrantless surveillance program, related commentary and articles: Warrantless Wiretapping: Why It Seriously Imperils the Separation of Powers, And Continues the Executive’s Sapping of Power From Congress and the Courts, by Edward Lazarus. Judges on Surveillance Court To Be …
Advocacy Group on Free Expression Issues Report Calling for Strengthening Fair Use
Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright Control (76 pages, PDF), by Marjorie Heins and Tricia Beckles, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Free Expression Policy Project, December 2005. “The report recommends: creating a clearinghouse for information, including sample replies to cease and desist and “take down” letters; …
House Judiciary Cmte. Democratic Staff Report Confronts Iraq War Issues
Report prepared by the Minority Staff of the House Judiciary Committee, The Constitution in Crisis; The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War (273 pages, HTML link to Table of Contents) Press release by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. “…the report examines the Bush Administration’s actions in taking us …
