Key Findings of Congressional Delegation to the Middle East
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Key Findings of Congressional Delegation to the Middle East, July 21-25, 2006
House Passes 21st Century Emergency Communications Act of 2006
Fact Sheet on H.R. 5852 Committee on Homeland Security: “Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 5852, The 21st Century Emergency Communications Act of 2006. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Reps. Dave Reichert (WA) and Bill Pascrell (NJ) originally part of the Committee on Homeland Security’s Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned legislation, takes the necessary …
GAO Reports Spotlight Lack of Controls on Public Access to Sensitive Military Equipment
DOD Excess Property: Control Breakdowns Present Significant Security Risk and Continuing Waste and Inefficiency, Full-text GAO-06-981T, and Highlights, July 25, 2006 DOD Excess Property: Control Breakdowns Present Significant Security Risk and Continuing Waste and Inefficiency, Full-text GAO-06-943, and Highlights, July 25, 2006: “GAO investigators posing as private citizens purchased several sensitive military equipment items from …
Treasury Report on Dynamic Analysis of Permanent Tax Relief
Press release: “This Report presents a detailed description of Treasury’s dynamic analysis of the President’s proposal to permanently extend the tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003 that are currently set to expire at the end of 2010.” Treasury Report on Dynamic Analysis of Permanent Tax Relief (30 pages, PDF), July 25, 2006
Hearing on the 60th Anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act
House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law — Oversight Hearing on “The 60th Anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act: Where Do We Go From Here?” Opening Statement of Chris Cannon Chair, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.. The current federal regulatory process faces many significant challenges…Other problematic issues that have arisen over the …
Letter Report on Electronic Voting
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB Letter Report on Electronic Voting, July 2006 (Download the 13 page report from this page). “Many jurisdictions will face unprecedented challenges as they prepare to use new electronic voting equipment for the November 2006 elections. Because it will be the first time electronic voting is used on a large …
DHS IG Audit of Customs and Border Protection Biometric Program
Review of CPB Actions Taken to Intercept Suspected Terrorists at U.S. Ports of Entry (PDF, 11 Pages), July 25, 2006. “We reviewed the procedures employed by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to prevent known and suspected terrorists from entering the United States through the country’s 324 air, …
Digital Governance in Municipalities Survey
“The survey, Digital Governance in Municipalities Worldwide – 2005 (110 pages PDF), was conducted by the E-Governance Institute of Rutgers University-Newark and the Global e-Policy e-Government Institute of the Graduate School of Governance, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. It was co-sponsored by the United Nations Division of Public Administration and Development Management and the American Society for …
FAS Wins FOIA Lawsuit Over NRO Budget Documents
Secrecy News: “In a rare victory for public access to intelligence agency records, a federal court yesterday ordered (pdf) the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to process its FY 2006 budget request for release under the Freedom of Information Act. Judge Reggie B. Walton of the D.C. District Court granted a motion filed by the Federation …
New Blog Focuses on Tech Policy, Civil Liberties
“CDT launched PolicyBeta, a new blog dedicated to expanding the dialogue about technology policy, civil liberties and preserving democratic values in the digital age. PolicyBeta will feature regular posts on issues ranging from domestic surveillance to spyware, and will provide CDT experts an opportunity to discuss in detail the latest trends and developments affecting the …
World Trade Organization Negotiations and Related Reports
CRS Report – World Trade Organization Negotiations: The Doha Development Agenda, updated July 10, 2006 (21 pages, PDF) Doha Development Agenda (DDA) – Fact Sheet – USTR, July 24, 2006 WTO World Trade Report focuses on subsidies: “Government subsidies can be useful instruments in correcting market failures and working towards social objectives but can also …
The Boundaries of Belonging: Reflections on Migration Policies into the 21st Century
The Boundaries of Belonging: Reflections on Migration Policies into the 21st Century (16 pages, PDF) by Alison Crosby, Inter Pares, Canada. “This paper examines the politics of categorization that defines people who move, as well as the migration containment policies that set and maintain the boundaries of these categories. The paper explains why “the problem” …