Additional Gov Docs. Released From Alito’s DOJ Tenure
AP: Alito dueled with government ethics chief – As Justice Department lawyer, court nominee fought over disclosure rules
Category «Legal Research»
Agencies Use FOIA Exemptions in Response to Increasing Number of Requests
“A new study by the Coalition of Journalists for Open Government…shows the use of FOIA exemptions to withhold information increased 22 percent between 2000 and 2004, despite the fact that federal agencies responded to 13 percent fewer requests for information. The exemptions most frequently used to say “no” to requesters were those recommended by Attorney …
Growing Number in Congress, Public At Odds With Administration Revision of Iraq War Intel
White House press release, November 15, 2005, Setting the Record Straight: The New York Times Editorial on Pre-War Intelligence. WSJ free feature: Majority Believe White House Misleads Public, Poll Shows New York Times: Even Supporters Doubt President as Issues Pile Up Levin and Reed Compare Bush Administration Statements with Intelligence Community Statements on Pre-War Iraq …
FOI Requests Made By Media Outpaced By Non Partisan Research Archive
According to a log [Word document: Listing of media requests] detailing FOI requests made by media organizations to the Pentagon for the period covering 2000 through February 2005, the National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute, far outpaced the number of requests made by news agencies, including AP, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington …
Report on Gov ‘t Docs That Verify Facts on Pre-War Intel
Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel, by Murray Waas, special to National Journal. “Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam …
Relocation of Nixon Archives to California Scheduled For 2006
The documents of American Presidents, beginning with Herbert Hoover, with the exception of Richard Nixon, have been administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, through the Presidential library system. Today AP reported that Congress has approved $4 million to fund the transfer of the Nixon archives from Maryland to California, and thereby from a …
FEC Will Not Regulate Bloggers, For Now
Draft Advisory Opinion 2005-16, Fired Up! LLC, by counsel, Marc E. Elias and Brian G. Svoboda, Agenda Document No. 05-55. Circulated November 14, 2005 for Open Meeting on November 17, 2005, at which time it was unanimously adopted. “Fired Up qualifies as a press entity. Its websites are both available to the general public and …
Texas AG Brings Enforcement Action For Spyware Violations
Press release: “Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today sued Sony BMG Music Entertainment as the first state in the nation to bring legal action against SONY for illegal ‘spyware.’ The suit is also the first filed under the state’s spyware law of 2005. It alleges the company surreptitiously installed the spyware on millions of compact …
Talk of Filibuster Resurfaces in Response to Alito’s Views on Reapportionment
Biden: Chance of Alito Filibuster Higher Related resources on Alito Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962 Union for Reform Judaism, Resolution Opposing the Nomination of Judge Samuel Alito Jr: “Based on Judge Alito’s extensive public record before us as outlined in the background of this Resolution, the Commission on Social Action is recommending that …
Fitzgerald Files for a New Grand Jury
The investigation into the Plame leak will, despite the prognostications of a range of commentators, in fact move forward and expand, according to today’s news that Special Counsel Fitzgerald has requested a new grand jury. According to the court filing, “…The investigation will involve proceedings before a different grand jury than the grand jury which …
Redesigned THOMAS Launched Today
Sharing navigation and design similarities with the Library of Congress site as well as the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration site, today’s launch of the upgraded THOMAS Congressional information site offers citizens, educators and researchers additional browse and search features (including the ability to Search Multiple Congresses, from the 101 to the 109; links …
Union Launches Job Tracker Database on Outsourcing and Labor Violations
Job Tracker: “Find out which companies in your area are exporting jobs, endangering workers’ health or involved in cases of violations of workers’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The database contains information on more than 60,000 companies nationwide.” Users may search by zip code, state, company name or by industry.
