Congressional Requests for White House Documents on Domestic Surveillance Rebuffed

Follow up to August 20, 2007 posting, White House Fails to Comply With Subpoenas on Domestic Surveillance Program – additional related government documents and news: Letter from Fred Fielding, Counsel to the President, to Chairman Leahy, August 20, 2007 Letter from Shannen W. Coffin, Counsel to the Vice President, to Chairman Leahy, August 20, 2007 …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patriot Act, Privacy

DOT OIG Audit Initiated of FAA's Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Program

Audit Initiated of FAA’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Program: Automatic Dependent Surveillance – “Broadcast (ADS-B) is a cornerstone technology planned for FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). This satellite-based technology has significant potential to improve safety and enhance capacity of the National Airspace System by, among other things, providing greater situational awareness to …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

Google Book Search in Google Earth

Google Lat Long Blog: “…the Google Book Search and Google Earth teams are excited to announce the next step: a new layer in Earth that allows you to explore locations through the lens of the world’s books. Now when you turn on the “Google Book Search” layer in Google Earth (found in the “Featured Content” …

Subjects: Search Engines

New CRS Reports on Iran, Iraq, Enemy Combatant Detainees, Pakistan

Iraq: Government Formation and Benchmarks, Updated August 10,2007 Iran’s Influence in Iraq, Updated August 9, 2007 Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, Updated August 6, 2007 Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America: An Overview and Selected Issues, August 2, 2007 Iraq and Al Qaeda, Updated July 27, 2007 Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

White House Fails to Comply With Subpoenas on Domestic Surveillance Program

Follow up to previous posting on the government’s domestic surveillance program, today’s Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Bush Administration’s Failure To Comply With Subpoenas For Warrantless Wiretapping Documents, August 20, 2007: “Today was the deadline for the Administration to comply with the Judiciary Committee’s subpoenas for documents related to …

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

Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Creates Free Archive of Federal and State Cases

Public.Resource.Org, In Re: State and Federal Cases and Codes [the current source material is ultrafiche]: “The short-term goal is the creation of an unencumbered full-text repository of the Federal Reporter, the Federal Supplement, and the Federal Appendix. The medium-term goal is the creation of an unencumbered full-text repository of all state and federal cases and …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

GAO Launches Web Site Improvements

“The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today unveiled its newly redesigned Web site, www.gao.gov. The updated site makes the agency’s work easier to find, and it better explains what GAO is and what it does. New features on the homepage include a prominent dynamic display of GAO’s latest products, a streamlined “In the Spotlight” section, and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Department of State Declassification Plan, 2004

Via FAS, Department of State Declassification Plan 2004 Update and FY05-07 Projections, 13 pages, PDF. “prepared pursuant to…Executive Order 12958 [Classified National Security Information, as Amended]…The Order and Directive required executive branch agencies to institutionalize the declassification of permanent, classified records and establish an implementation date of December 31, 2006 for the introduction of automatic …

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

Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Seeks Shoe Screener System

Shoe Screener System: “The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS/S&T) is interested in identifying potential vendors with prototype Shoe Screener systems for Government-conducted laboratory assessment. TSA is interested in establishing a Qualified Products Listing (QPL) as a method to regulate equipment used in Registered Traveler (RT) services provided by a commercial security …

Subjects: Government Documents