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Civil Rights Commission Report Review Bush Record

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From the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, whose mission is “to investigate complaints alleging that citizens are being deprived of their right to vote by reason of their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin, or by reason of fraudulent practices,” a new report: Redefining Rights in America-The Civil Rights Record of the… Continue Reading

Defense Authorization Section on Nondisclosure of Certain Products of Commercial Satellite Operations

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From Secrecy News: “Congressional conferees narrowed the scope of a new Freedom of Information Act exemption for certain categories of commercial satellite imagery and related products. As revised, the exemption would apply only to imagery whose sale to non-government customers is already prohibited “for reasons of national security.” The final language in section 914 of… Continue Reading

FEC’s Newly Designed Website

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From the press release: The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has redesigned and streamlined its Internet Web site. The primary purpose of the revamped Web site is to reorganize the site’s growing body of material to offer the most efficient presentation of relevant and appropriate information to various audiences, including the general public, candidates and their… Continue Reading

LexisNexis to Provide Access to Factiva in March 2005

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From the press release: “Factiva®, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company and a leading global news and business information provider, and LexisNexis Group, a leading global legal news and information services and products provider, today announced that LexisNexis® will provide Factiva’s world-class global content collection to legal professionals at law firms worldwide. Beginning March 1,… Continue Reading

National Jury Center Website Launched

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Press release: “The American Judicature Society’s National Jury Center has launched a Web site on the jury. The site is designed for use by potential jurors and court administrators, as well as the media, lawyers, judges, researchers, and interested members of the public.” The site includes six topical portals: Choosing Who Serves, Jury Improvement Efforts,… Continue Reading

State By State Guide for Voters

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From Newsweek, via MSNBC, a state by state voters guide to election 2004. Information provided includes how each state voted in the 2000 election, a brief analysis/projection of the 2004 race (to be updated), number of electoral college votes, whether e-voting is offered, if Nader is on the ballot, absentee ballot information, and population data.… Continue Reading

ABC News Launches Major Website Redesign

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ABC News unveiled a completely new design for its website, which includes the use of XHTML web publishing standards, and enhanced features for users (such as Flash and RSS). The changes are extensively documented in this posting by Mike Davidson, a consultant on the project. A very interesting read. [via Andy Baio’s Hot Links] Continue Reading

FOIA Request Yields Release of TSA Terror Watch List Documents

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ACLU press release: “Unprecedented Release of Government Documents Reveal Confusion and Absence of Policy in Implementing No-Fly Lists, ACLU Says.” CNN article: Review: ‘No-fly list’ lacks rules, procedures: “CNN reached those conclusions after receiving more than 300 pages of Transportation Security Administration documents, including memos and interagency e-mail.” Links to the No-Fly List filing, and… Continue Reading