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National Academies Release Fact Sheets on Terrorist Attacks

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Press release: “The National Academies have prepared fact sheets that provide reliable, objective information on four types of potential terrorist attacks. Designed primarily for reporters, they explain the scientific underpinnings and health effects of biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological attacks. The National Research Council’s Division on Earth and Life Studies led the creation of the… Continue Reading

Senate Committee Approves Feinstein Measure to

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Follow-up to recent postings on Congressional earmarks, this February 28, 2006 press release: Senate Committee Approves Feinstein Measure to Reform Earmark Process – “The Senate Rules Committee today unanimously approved a proposal by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to require 60 votes for any provision (earmark or otherwise) added to conference report that is not… Continue Reading

GAO Identifies Challenges to Implementing Use of Governmentwide Smart Cards

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Electronic Government: Agencies Face Challenges in Implementing New Federal Employee Identification Standard, GAO-06-178, February 1, 2006. Highlights. “Many forms of identification (ID) that federal employees and contractors use to access government-controlled buildings and information systems can be easily forged, stolen, or altered to allow unauthorized access.” Continue Reading

Hurricane Digital Memory Bank

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“The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media and the University of New Orleans, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History and other partners, organized this… Continue Reading

Will Administration PR Save Ports Deal in Face of Strong Bipartisan Opposition

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Time, Is the Dubai Ports Deal Doomed? – Why Bush is still losing ground with his own party, by Michael Duffy: “Republican objections to the Dubai ports deal haven’t stabilized in Congress this week, despite the promise of a 45-day delay and nonstop crisis management by the Bush Administration. If anything, they’ve increased.” Related postings… Continue Reading

Archivist Responds to Gov’t Reclassification of Docs.

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NARA press release: “Archivist of the United States Announces New Steps in Response to Withdrawal of Declassified Records from Open Shelves at the National Archives” Related documents, news and postings: Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 Public Interest Declassification Board Holds First Meeting: Document Withdrawal from the National Archives a Serious Concern, 2/28/2006. New York… Continue Reading

Campaign Seeks Posting of Federal Legislation Online 72 Hours Prior to Vote

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“…ReadtheBill.org is a narrowly focused effort to persuade the U.S. Congress to establish the “72 Hours of Online Sunshine Rule” [H. Res. 688, introduced Feb. 16, 2006: To require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet for 72 hours before consideration by the House, and for other purposes.]” Continue Reading

Advocacy Group Proposes Legislation to Protection Online Political Speech

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“CDT today offered a legislative proposal that would exempt the vast majority of individual speakers on the Internet from campaign finance laws, without creating loopholes that could be easily exploited by state political parties and large donors. CDT drafted the proposal in response to mounting efforts in the House of Representatives to pass a measure… Continue Reading