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H.R.4411 — H.Rpt.109-412, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 Pt. 1 (28 pages, PDF) and Pt. 2 (25 pages, PDF): “Prohibits the acceptance of any bank instrument for unlawful Internet gambling. It’s primary purpose is to give U.S. law enforcement new, more effective tools for combating offshore Internet gambling sites that illegally extend their …
Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants 2003 and 2004 (07/05/2006) “This publication provides information concerning the quality, quantity, and cost of fossil fuels used by electric power generating plants in the United States. These plants are comprised of regulated utility power plants and independent power producers, including combined heat and power producers in …
Press release: “Effective July 17, the Central Intelligence Agency website began using industry-standard SSL (secure sockets layer) to enable secure communications between visitors’ browsers and our Web server and a digital SSL server certificate issued by a trusted commercial Certificate Authority to authenticate that visitors are connected to the CIA website and not a copy …
CDT, July 14, 2006: “Contrary to press reports of a White House compromise on NSA legislation, Senator Specter has agreed to a bill that would shield the Administration from accountability for its illegal warrantless wiretapping. The bill has been erroneously described as requiring judicial review of the President’s warrantless wiretapping program. In fact, the bill …
Press release: “E-mail mismanagement continues to take a hefty toll on U.S. employers, with costly lawsuits–and employee terminations–topping the list of electronic risks. As recent court cases demonstrate, e-mail can sink businesses–legally and financially. Last year, the inability to produce subpoenaed e-mail resulted in million dollar–even billion dollar–lawsuits against U.S. companies. In fact, 24% of …
And you thought gadgets were only for the kitchen: The Return, by Brian Neale, Roger Skalbeck, Susan Skyzinski and Barbara Fullerton And you thought gadgets were only for the kitchen: The Future, by Brian Neale, Roger Skalbeck, Susan Skyzinski and Barbara Fullerton Writing Justice Blackmun, by Linda Greenhouse Statement of Meredith Fuchs, General Counsel, The …
From Paula J. Hane: “In a move designed to reach users outside library environments, OCLC is planning to launch a new destination site and downloadable search box for searching the content of libraries participating in WorldCat. Scheduled for a beta release sometime in August 2006, the new WorldCat.org site will continue OCLC’s efforts begun with …
Press release, July 12, 2006: “As cable companies aggressively entice telephone customers with attractively priced service bundles, many are also outperforming traditional telephone companies in satisfying customers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Residential All-Distance Telephone Customer Satisfaction StudySM released today.” J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Residential All-Distance Telephone Customer Satisfaction Study (8 …
Press release: “The number of federally registered political action committees (PACs) increased slightly, from 4,210 on January 1, 2006, to 4,217 by July 1, 2006 according to a semi-annual survey by the Federal Election Commission. Corporate PACs remain the largest category, with 1,621 committees, followed by non-connected 1,233 trade/membership/health – 935, labor – 283, …
Follow-up to previous postings on expansion of presidential powers, a new commentary by John W. Dean, The Bush Administration’s Adversarial Relationship with Congress — as Illustrated by Its Refusal to Even Provide the Number of Signing Statements Issued by President Bush.
AP: “Chief Justice John Roberts said Thursday the Supreme Court is not interested in televising its hearings, and might never be.”
Follow-up to postings on documents and news related to the terror finance tracking program, this recently published CRS report, posted by FAS: Treasury’s Terrorist Finance Program’s Access to Information Held by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), July 7, 2006. Also from USNews.com, a reports that the That Times Leak Was No Surprise.