Category «Legislation»

FTC Releases Report Examining Laws That Apply Differently to the U.S. Postal Service and its Private Competitors

Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today issued a report entitled Accounting for Laws that Apply Differently to the United States Postal Service and its Private Competitors, which fulfills its requirement under the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA). The report identifies and quantifies – to the extent possible – the Postal Service’s economic burdens …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

New CBO Reports:Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness, Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations

Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness, January 2008 A Comparison of Science and Technology Funding for DOD’s Space and Nonspace Programs, January 15, 2008 Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations (House Version), January 2008 Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations (Senate Version), January 2008 Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations, (Appropriations Version), January 2008 Effects of Gasoline …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at a Press Conference on REAL ID

Press release, January 11, 2009: “One of the biggest concerns we’ve had for the last several years, one we continue to have at the Department of Homeland Security, is how do we promote a secure form of identification across America? And Congress has spoken to this by passing the REAL ID Act several years ago, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation, Privacy

Publishers Say Enactment of NIH Mandate on Journal Articles Undermines Intellectual Property Rights Essential to Science Publishing

Follow up to December 27, 2007 posting Mandate for Public Access to NIH-Funded Research Now Law, see this press release: “The Association of American Publishers [January 3, 2008] criticized a controversial new NIH research publication policy that was enacted as part of the omnibus appropriations package for 2008, and reaffirmed that journal publishers who have …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

DOJ FOIA Post: Congress Passes Amendments to the FOIA

“For the first time in well over a decade, Congress has enacted amendments to the Freedom of Information Act. No changes to the Act’s nine exemptions were made. Rather, the amendments address a range of procedural issues impacting FOIA administration, including the codification of several provisions of Executive Order 13,392, “Improving Agency Disclosure of Information.” …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Freedom of Information, Legislation

Open CRS Posts Recent Reports on: Democracy Promotion, National Aviation Security Policy, Pay-As-You-Go Procedures for Budget Enforcement

January 3, 2008 – The Effect of State-Legalized Same-Sex Marriage on Social Security Benefits and Pensions January 2, 2008 – National Aviation Security Policy, Strategy, and Mode-Specific Plans: Background and Considerations for Congress December 31, 2007 – Pay-As-You-Go Procedures for Budget Enforcement December 28, 2007 – U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

CA sues EPA, citing new technical report: Study demonstrates that CA's standards more effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions than federal Energy Bill

California Air Resources Board Technical Assessment, January 2, 2008: Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Reductions Under the CAFE Standards and ARB Regulations Adopted Pursuant To AB1493. “In public comments explaining his denial of a waiver under Sec. 209(b) of the Clean Air Act for California to enforce its regulations implementing AB1493, U.S. EPA Administrator Steven Johnson …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

New on LLRX.com

Mis-Information at the Heart of the University: Why Administrators Should Take Libraries More Seriously, by Stuart Basefsky Carpe Diem: Establish an Institutional Repository for Your Organization, by Carol A. Watson What’s New in Cordless Mice? by Jeffrey J. Beard FOIA Facts: FOIA – The Year in Review, by Scott A. Hodes E-Discovery Update: A Contrarian …

Subjects: Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries, Recommended Books

President Bush Signs FOIA Amendments into Law

White House press release: “On Monday, December 31, 2007, the President signed into law: S. 2488, the “Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government Act of 2007,” which amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by: (1) establishing a definition of “a representative of the news media;” (2) directing that required attorney fees be paid …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

New on LLRX.com

Mis-Information at the Heart of the University: Why Administrators Should Take Libraries More Seriously, by Stuart Basefsky Carpe Diem: Establish an Institutional Repository for Your Organization, by Carol A. Watson What’s New in Cordless Mice? by Jeffrey J. Beard FOIA Facts: FOIA – The Year in Review, by Scott A. Hodes E-Discovery Update: A Contrarian …

Subjects: Congress, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries