Press release: “On Thursday, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA)…[introduced] legislation to address the NSA’s warrantless surveillance of Americans on American soil…The bill, the NSA OVERSIGHT ACT, would: Reiterate Current FISA and Wiretap Laws – states that FISA and the federal criminal wiretap statutes shall continue to be the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2006
Summary and Analysis of Proposed Legislative Changes to FOIA in 2005
From the First Amendment Center, Kevin Goldberg summarizes federal legislation in 2005 that involved FOIA issues, and comments on the status of the proposals. Postings since 2002 on FOIA Continue Reading
Business Organizations Urge Congress to Set Guidelines for Foreign Investment in the U.S.
Press release: Business Roundtable joined with other U.S. business organizations today to urge Congress to apply a specific set of principles when considering any legislation that would impact current laws governing review of foreign investment in the United States. The eight business groups delivered Principles to Guide National Security Reviews of Foreign Investment to all… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Justices Threatened, and Federal Judges Seek Increased Security
As reported today by Tony Mauro in the Legal Times, Justice Ginsburg Acknowledges Death Threat Against Her. Justice Ginsburg spoke about the threats against her and Justice O’Connor in a February 7, 2006 speech delivered to the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Retired Justice O’Connor has also recently spoken out about critics of the court… Continue Reading
California AG Sues Company For Sale of Cell Phone Records
Press release: California “Attorney General Bill Lockyer, in the first enforcement action resulting from his ongoing investigation into the sale of cell phone records, today filed a $10 million-plus lawsuit against Data Trace USA, Inc. (Data Trace) that alleges the firm unlawfully obtained and sold wireless customers’ confidential monthly call records.” Related documents, legislation and… Continue Reading
Website Tracks Censorship in Search Results
“Welcome to CenSEARCHip! This is a tool developed by Mark Meiss and Filippo Menczer at the Indiana University School of Informatics in March of 2006 to allow you to explore the differences in the results returned by different countries’ versions of the major search engines. We currently work with the Web search and image search… Continue Reading
Online Archive of Historical Documents From Institutions Around the World
“ArchiveGrid is an important destination for searching through historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world. Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a… Continue Reading
Advocacy Groups Support Protections for Blogger’s Speech on the Net
Op-Ed in Roll Call by CDT Officials Supports Protecting Bloggers without Opening Soft Money Loopholes in the Campaign Finance Laws: “H.R. 4900 protects bloggers and small speakers far better than does H.R 1606, and by design, it does not create other loopholes in the campaign finance laws. Those who truly want to protect bloggers and… Continue Reading
Judicial Business of the United States Courts 2005
Legal Decisions, Legislation & Forces of Nature Influence Federal Court Caseload in FY 2005: “Caseload statistics of the federal courts are compiled by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts…For the tenth consecutive record-breaking year, filings in the 12 regional courts of appeals rose 9 percent to an all-time high of 68,473…Civil filings fell 10… Continue Reading
Consumer Product Safety Commission GC Opinions
Office of General Counsel Advisory Opinions [“This index is intended to assist in locating Opinions on a particular subject, but the CPSC does not attest to its accuracy.”] Continue Reading
The SAFE Port Act of 2006
Press release: “Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, and Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, introduced the Security and Accountability For Every (SAFE) Port Act today, March 14, 2006.” Fact Sheet, The SAFE Port Act of 2006 WSJ Free Feature: DP… Continue Reading
Offshoring of Computing and IT Jobs
Globalization and Offshoring of Software – A Report of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Job Migration Task Force, William Aspray, Frank Mayadas, Moshe Y. Vardi, Editors “This study reports on the findings of the Job Migration Task Force established by ACM to examine the issues surrounding the migration of jobs within the computing and… Continue Reading
