Category «Legislation»

2007 State of the Union Address, Policy Initiatives and Democratic Response

White House: 2007 State of the Union Policy Initiatives (topics include: energy, health care, education, immigration, HIV/AIDS, malaria, defense and spending reforms), Overview Fact Sheet, January 23, 2007. [Summary and Full PDF Report] The State of the Union Address by the President of the United States, January 23, 2007 [Congressional Record] State of the Union …

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

Corporations and Environmental Groups Call For System to Combat Global Warming

Press release: “United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) urges lawmakers to enact a policy framework for mandatory reductions of GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions from major emitting sectors, including large stationary sources, transportation, and energy use in commercial and residential buildings. The cornerstone of this approach would be a cap-and-trade program. The environmental goal is to …

Subjects: Congress, Legislation

Groups Request Records on Warrantless Mail Surveillance

Follow up to January 7, 2007 posting, Presidential Signing Statement for Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act Includes Power to Open Mail, see this press release today: “The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for National Security Studies today filed three Freedom of Information Act requests seeking the immediate release of records related to President …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Legislation, Patriot Act, Privacy

New on LLRX.com for January 2007

Table of Contents for LLRX.com – January 15, 2007 issue: Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, by Sabrina I. Pacifici The Impact of Social Networking Tools and Guidelines to Use Them, by LaJean Humphries The Blog – Another Tool in Your Arsenal, by Janet Peros Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys: How the Web …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries, Marketing, Wiki, Wireless Web

New on LLRX.com

Part 1 of the January 2007 issue includes: Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide: completely revised and updated, by Sabrina I. Pacifici CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com – Authorization and Appropriation, by Paul Jenks The Government Domain: Testing the THOMAS Beta, by Peggy Garvin Commentary: The Iraq Troop Surge, by Beth Wellington

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

State Department Resources on 110th Congress

110th Congress – Background Information 110th United States Congress – Wikipedia U.S. Congress – U.S. Department of State Preview of the 110th Congress – Foreign Press Center Briefing U.S. Senate Senators-Elect 2006 U.S. House of Representatives New Members – 110th Congress Reports Agricultural Issues in the 110th Congress Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade: Key Issues …

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

GovTrack Announces New Features for the New Congress

From the announcement on the GovTrack homepage: “The full text of bills is now displayed in HTML and highlights the changes made to the text during its legislative history, such as due to amendments and substitutions. The people pages now show a recent voting history, an ideology meter, and pages for senators show their constituent …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Switchover to Democratic Control of Congressional Websites Causes Glitches

Follow up to previous postings, House and Senate Websites Are Redesigned and Relaunched and New House Committee on Science and Technology Launches Website, more news about the status of Congressional websites in transition: “HouseDemocrats.gov is coming soon. In the meantime, please visit other House Democratic web sites: www.Speaker.gov; www.democraticleader.house.gov; www.democraticwhip.house.gov“ Related websites that are online …

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

Lantos Introduces Bill to Preserve Family Records of Descendants of Slaves

Press release, January 11, 2007: “Congressman Tom Lantos (D-San Mateo, San Francisco) today introduced legislation to ensure that many of the genealogical records involving the families of former slaves in this country will be preserved, digitized and catalogued…“Unlike most Americans, researching African-Americans family histories from the 19th Century has been hampered by the lack of …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation