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Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Legislative Hearing on “Legislative Proposals to Update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).” (H.R. 4976, H.R. 5223, H.R. 5371, H.R. 5825, S. 2453, and S. 2455). Links to Chairman’s Opening Statement and Witness statements Related postings on domestic surveillance program
Military Commissions Act of 2006: A bill to facilitate bringing to justice terrorists and other unlawful enemy combatants through full and fair trials by military commissions, and for other purposes – September 6, 2006 (86 pages, PDF) Related government documents: Message to the Congress of the United States on the Military Commissions Act of 2006, …
CBO Testimony on the Budgetary Impact of Current and Proposed Border Security and Immigration Policies, August 30, 2006 Related postings on immigration issues
EPIC: “A Florida bank was required to pay $50 million in a class-action settlement resulting from violations of federal privacy law. Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust purchased 656,600 names and addresses from the Florida DMV for use in direct marketing. The purchase violated the Drivers Privacy Protection Act, a 1993 law passed after it was …
RL32812 – The Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, July 25, 2006, Philip D. Winters (29 pages, PDF).”In March 2006, the House passed a $92 billion supplemental appropriation (H.R. 4939). The funding, requested by the President, included $68 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, $19 billion for hurricane relief, and $4 billion for foreign …
Free Congress Foundation: “Senator Barack H. Obama (D-IL)…teamed with Coburn, Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE), Ranking Member on the FFM Subcommittee, and Senator John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) to introduce S. 2590, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, the purpose of which is to provide citizens with a website, managed by the Office of Management …
“Reflink is a reference portal of selected information sources dealing with refugee, asylum, human rights and related topics.” [Lyonette Louis-Jacques] Also from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): UNHCR Legal Information includes: RefPol – Large selection of refugee policy documents, positions and guidelines, mainly UNHCR documents (more added daily); RefLeg National legislation, …
Press release: “Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today told a meeting of the Progress & Freedom Foundation that she has formed an Internet Access Task Force to examine issues being raised by converging technologies and regulatory developments, and to educate and inform the enforcement, advocacy and education initiatives of the Commission. “I also …
DHS Office of Immigration Statistics: Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2005 (August 2006) (PDF – 7 pages). Related government documents: See also 2005 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: “a compendium of tables that provides data on foreign nationals who, during a fiscal year, were granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., …
Follow up to August 16, 2006 posting, CBO Cost Estimate for Pension Protection Act of 2006, see today’s Presidential signing statement and Fact Sheet: The Pension Protection Act of 2006: Ensuring Greater Retirement Security for American Workers.
CBO Cost Estimate for Pension Protection Act of 2006, H.R. 4 – as cleared by Congress on August 3, 2006 (21 pages, PDF). See also Overview of major provisions of Pension Protection Act of 2006
Press release, August 14, 2006: “Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna… announced the filing of Washington’s second lawsuit under the state’s computer spyware act. The state’s suit accuses four California-based corporations of installing software that takes control of a consumer’s computer by launching aggressive and persistent pop-ups that demand payment for a movie download service.” …
