Category «Libraries»

OMB Reports to Congress on Citizen Access to Government Information

Report to Congress: Organizations Complementing Federal Agency Information Dissemination Programs, April 15, 2005 (23 pages, PDF): “This report discusses Government Printing Office’s (GPO) Federal Depository Libraries (FDLs), Federally funded CTCs, public libraries, and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) research rooms. The report describes on-line government information and services available to users of these programs, …

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Subjects: E-Government, Legal Research, Libraries

Significant Rise in Classification of Gov’t Docs Focus of New Reports

Data on the classification of government documents, compiled by the National Records and Archives Administration’s Information Security Oversight Office, is available in the 2004 Report to the President: “This report provides information on the status of the security classification program as required by Executive Order 12958, as amended, “Classified National Security Information.” It includes statistics …

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Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Libraries

DOJ Press Release Documents Use of Patriot Act

Press release today – Fact Sheet: USA Patriot Act Provisions Set for Reauthorization “Section 215 allows the FISA court to order the production of business records and other items, in the context of a national security investigation, to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person; or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine …

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, Libraries, Patriot Act, Privacy
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