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Rethinking How We Provide Bibliographic Services for the University of California, Final Report, December 2005 (80 pages, PDF). Executive Summary: “…The continuing proliferation of formats, tools, services, and technologies has upended how we arrange, retrieve, and present our holdings. Our users expect simplicity and immediate reward and Amazon, Google, and iTunes are the standards against …
Press release: “In New York on March 9, 2006, attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a significant motion for summary judgment in the challenge to the legality of the NSA Domestic Spying Program (CCR v. Bush), asserting that the Bush Administration has already admitted enough incriminating facts to prove the NSA Program …
USNews.com: Finding out what Uncle Sam has on you: “The U.S. Freedom of Information Act is approaching its 40th birthday. Given that March 12 begins national Sunshine Weekan effort to cast light onto the growing recesses of government secrecyU.S. News is providing links so its readers can file requests for federal records under the FOIA …
H.R. 4709, Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 2006, March 9, 2006 – Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 2, 2006.
H.R. 4900: Internet Free Speech Protection Act of 2006 – To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude certain communications made over the Internet from certain requirements of such Act, and for other purposes. See also House Cmte. Approves Exemption For Bloggers From FEC Regulations
AP: “Reporters who write about government surveillance could be prosecuted under proposed legislation that would solidify the administration’s eavesdropping authority, according to some legal analysts who are concerned about dramatic changes in U.S. law.” Related postings on domestic surveillance
NPR: “Newly retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor took on conservative Republican critics of the courts in a speech Thursday. She told an audience at Georgetown University that Republican proposals, and their sometimes uncivil tone, pose a danger to the independence of the judiciary, and the freedoms of all Americans.”
Declan McCullagh reported that NORAD orders Web deletion of transcript: “In an unusual follow-up to a public event, the Defense Department has ordered that a transcript of an open hearing on aviation restrictions be yanked from the Web.” North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) See also Current Administration Classifying Documents at Unprecedented Rate and the …
Feds suggest 21-day deadline for Google subpoena The U.S. Justice Department has set a suggested deadline for Google to hand over information about its users’ search habits: 21 days.” Related postings on DOJ’s legal efforts to obtain specific Google database search records
National Security Archive press release: “The Justice Department official who oversaw national security matters from 2000 to 2003 e-mailed his former colleagues after revelation of the controversial warrantless wiretapping program in December 2005 that the Department’s justifications for the program were “weak” and had a “slightly after-the-fact quality” to them, and surmised that this reflected …
Following-up on two recent postings, CIA Opposes Document Release for Libby Case and Decision on Key Documents in Libby Case Pending Judge’s Determination, today U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton granted Libby access to summaries of the President’s Daily Briefings (PDBs) for a range of specific dates, rather than the full text of the documents, …
Telecommunications: States’ Collection and Use of Funds for Wireless Enhanced 911 Services. Full text, GAO-06-338, March 10, 2006: Highlights Survey on State Wireless E911 Funds. Full text, GAO-06-400SP, March 10, 2006