CRS Legislative History On Use of Military Force Post 9/11
CRS: Authorization For Use Of Military Force in Response to the 9/11 Attacks (P.L. 107-40): Legislative History, January 4, 2006. [via FAS]
Senate Hearing on Nomination of Samuel A. Alito , January 9, and 12, 2006
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on the nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for Monday, January 9, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. in the Senate Hart Office Building Room 216. Chairman Specter will preside. Media Guidelines for the …
Senate Judiciary Cmte. Chair Requests Testimony From AG on Domestic Surveillance
AP: Specter Seeks AG’s Testimony on Spying Related references: December 19, 2005 Press Briefing by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and General Michael Hayden, Principal Deputy Director for National Intelligence. The NSA Spy Engine: Echelon, by Jason Leopold Related postings on domestic surveillance
Corruption Scandal Impacting Capitol Hill Leadership
Series of articles related to the corruption scandal impacting a growing number of individuals on the Hill, as well as lobbying firms. AP: DeLay Gives Up Bid to Reclaim House Post New York Times: Officials Focus on a 2nd Firm Tied to DeLay Blunt and Boehner out front as leadership race begins Washington Post: Ethics …
Wiki Tracks Fortune 500 Adoption Of Public Blogs
Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki: “This is a directory of Fortune 500 companies that have business blogs, defined as: active public blogs by company employees about the company and/or its products.” Currently there are 19 listings that include links to the respective blogs.
CRS Report Examines Whether Google Book Search Is Fair Use
CRS Report – The Google Book Search Project: Is Online Indexing A Fair Use Under Copyright Law (6 pages, PDF), Published 12/28/2005, by Robin Jeweler, American Law Division. Abstract: “Google, Inc. is digitally scanning the collections of several prominent libraries in order to create a vast searchable database of literary works. Copyright holders who have …
Consumer Reports Investigates Organic Food – To Buy Or Not To Buy
February 2006: When it pays to buy organic
Pentagon Study Publicly Available Cites Fatal Flaw in Body Armor
New York Times: Pentagon Study Links Fatalities to Body Armor: 80% of Marine fatalities could have been prevented if higher quality body armor, which has been available since 2003, had been distributed to these troops.
CQ Report on Government Secrecy
Via OpentheGovernment.org, from CQ Researcher, December 2005, this 24 page (PDF) report on Government Secrecy.
Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary
“Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the nations top-ranking federal judge, issued his first Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary. Text (pdf).”
Senators Continue to Use Banned Cookies on Websites
According to a CNET News.com article by Declan McCullagh, pledges by many U.S. Senators not to use cookies on their e-gov sites have, in at least 23 instances, gone unfulfilled. This is in following with recent news about the use of tracking technology on other e-gov sites, including the White House and NSA.
OECD Report Reviews Best Practices for E-Gov Sites
OECD e-Government Studies e-Government for Better Government “Abstract: E-government is expected to improve the function of public administration and its relationship to the public. The good news is that information and communication technology (ICT) offers an array of tools to meet the promise of e-government. The bad news is that the reality has not yet …