Senate Republican Conference Report – Securing America's Prosperity

Senate Republican Conference Message of the week, August 4, 2006 – “The nation is enjoying sustained job creation and robust economic expansion under Republican leadership, despite inflation concerns and high energy costs. The economy is making progress, with 19 consecutive quarters of economic (GDP) growth and 35 consecutive months of jobs gains producing more than …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

Small Business Information Security Act of 2006

Press release: “Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today introduced the “Small Business Information Security Act of 2006,” (S. 3786) legislation that will create the “Small Business Information Security Task Force” within the Small Business Administration to help small businesses both understand the information security challenges …

Subjects: Congress, Cybercrime, ID Theft, Legislation

Opposition to Mandatory Government Warning Labels on Web Content

“CDT today urged lawmakers to reject legislation that would force Internet speakers to place government-sanctioned warning labels on a broad range of online content. “Mandatory labeling of legal online content under threat of criminal sanction is ineffective, unwise, and unconstitutional,” CDT wrote in a pair of letters sent to the leaders of the Senate Commerce …

Subjects: Blogs, Censorship, Congress, Free Speech, Government Documents, Internet, Legislation

Sixth Annual Global E-Government Study

From Inside Politics – Press release: “South Korea climbs to top rank in global e-government…The United States ranks fourth, behind South Korea, Tawain and Singapore.” Global E-Government Full Report, 2006 Note from the report’s author, Darrell M. West: “Due to the number of requests for raw e-government data on individual city, state, federal, and foreign …

Subjects: E-Government