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Toll Lane Ahead for Internet Traffic? Tech Giants’ Internet Battles: “Web titans like Google and Yahoo! are battling some of the smartest lobbyists in the business. And they’ve just lost a big one on Capitol Hill.” Related postings on net neutrality
AP reports that Sen. Specter Threatens to Block NSA Funds. Related postings on the domestic surveillance program
Press release: “The nation’s governors teamed with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) to bring state concerns about REAL ID to the attention of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to a joint analysis by NGA, NCSL and AAMVA, the statute in its current …
Follow-up to April 25, 2006 posting, White House and Congresss Repond to Rise in Gas Prices, this press release today from Sen. Specter, Bipartisan Legislation Seeking to Foster Competition and Reduce Oil & Gas Prices Receives Committee Approval: “Today the Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation [Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act of 2006, …
Following up on recent postings, the House today passed the Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 2006 by a vote of 409-0.
WSJ free feature: Restrictions on Cellphone Use While Driving Gain Traction – State, Local Officials Push For Tough Laws, Penalties; Enforcement Tactics Differ
From ALA, this guide to 2005-2006 Congressional PATRIOT Act Votes and Library Funding Support, which includes “a record of how your Members of Congress voted for the PATRIOT Act reauthorization and for funding for libraries. Please refer to their voting record when you meet with them during National Library Legislative Day.”
As noted in a series of previous postings on the sale of cell phone records and associated privacy issues, it was reported on April 7, 2006 that the House Engery and Commerce Committee’s demand for the business records of companies engaged in this commerce has not yielded reponses. Therefore, the committee issued subpoenas to 12 …
Press release: “Committee Approves Bill to End Secret Contacts between Lobbyists and Executive Branch Officials” Executive Branch Reform Act of 2006 (H.R. 5112 – 28 pages, PDF) Fact Sheet: The Executive Branch Reform Act of 2005 Rep. Waxman’s Statement
House Report Report 109-382, March 2, 2006. Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Directing the Attorney General to Submit to the House of Representatives All Documents In the Possession of the Attorney General Related to Warrantless Electronic Surveillance of Telephone Conversations and Electronic Communications of Persons in the United States Conducted …
Press release, Thursday, March 30, 2006: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved by voice vote S. 2389, the Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act, which prevents unscrupulous companies and individuals from fraudulently obtaining consumers’ private phone records in a deceptive practice known as “pretexting.” …The Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act, which covers …
Press release, MArch 30, 2006: “Transparency in federal courtrooms today scored a victory when legislation introduced by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, and Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, to allow federal trial and appellate judges to permit cameras in the courtroom passed the Senate Judiciary Committee…The bipartisan “Sunshine in the Courtroom” bill would allow …
