New York Times, February 2, 2006: Panel Rebuffed on Documents on U.S. Spying: “The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush’s domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance of a hearing scheduled for next week, administration and Congressional officials said Wednesday.”
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Daily Archives: February 1, 2006
HighBeam Research Expands Free Access to Reference and News Articles
Press release: “HighBeam Research, Inc. has announced a series of upgrades to its collection of content on the HighBeam Research Engine, offering more than 1.5 million full-text articles to individual researchers for free and adding reference and news articles from Knight Ridder, Oxford University Press, and The Washington Post. Full-text articles from more than 200… Continue Reading
New Book Online: Bright Ideas for Sunshine Week
“Bright Ideas for Sunshine Week – This 72-page, full-color book features examples of some of the different ways Sunshine Week was observed in 2005. Sections include news and features, editorials and commentary, graphics and presentation, broadcast reports, online presentation, and ideas for 2006. The entire book is posted [online], broken out by section for easier… Continue Reading
DHS OIG Report on Use of Pat-Downs in Screening Procedures
Review of the Transportation Security Administation’s Use of Pat-Downs In Screening Procedures (Redacted) OIG-06-10, November 2005 (PDF, 14 pages), released February 1, 2006. Continue Reading
GAO Identifies Key Themes in Government’s Lack of Disaster Preparedness
Statement by Comptroller General David M. Walker on GAO’s Preliminary Observations Regarding Preparedness and Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (9 pages, PDF), released February 1, 2006: “GAO has undertaken a body of work to address federal, state, and local preparations for, response to, and recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This correspondence contains GAO’s… Continue Reading
State of the Union Address Available Via GPO and C-SPAN Websites
“The President’s State of the Union Address was printed in the Congressional Record dated Tuesday, January 31, 2006, on pages H15-19.” Copies of this address, as well as previous addresses given by President Clinton and by President George Herbert Walker Bush are available via GPO Access, in both HTML and PDF formats. C-SPAN has an… Continue Reading
Sale of Cell Phone Records Subject of House Hearing and State AG Action
Phone Records For Sale: Why Aren’t Phone Records Safe From Pretexting?, Full Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 1, 2006. Statement of Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee FCC Chairman Martin’s Statement (10 pages, PDF), is available on his agency website. Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On… Continue Reading
Quick Guide to Search Engine Privacy Tips
Five Ways To Keep Your Google Searches Private: “Word that the government has been seeking search data from Google has struck fear into the hearts of Internet Explorer and Firefox users. Here are five simple steps to keep outsiders from uncovering private information about your Web browsing habits.” See also this posting by Bob Ambrogi… Continue Reading
