The Third Branch: “…cases involving claims arising out of, resulting from, or relating to the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, are being filed in federal court. The plaintiffsalleging wrongful death, personal or respiratory injury, or property damagemay have lived near or worked on the site, and include city governments, the Port Authority of… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2006
New Digital Archiving Report Focuses on State Efforts to Support Current and Future Projects
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS and eC3 Joint Report on Digital Archiving) and National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council (eC3) Statement on Joint Report that Provides Recommendations for Improving Digital Archiving. Digital Archiving: From Fragmentation to Collaboration Continue Reading
Ruling Against Treasury Dept. in Paper Money As Barrier to Blind
American Council for the Blind v. Henry M. Pauson, Secretary of the Treasury, November 28, 2006, District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge James Robertson rules, “Treasury Department’s failure to design, produce and issue paper currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired” people violates federal law, since paper money effectively precludes… Continue Reading
Federal Judge Rules Portions of Administration Blacklisting Unconstitutional
Press release: “The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) succeeded in having two key provisions of a Bush administration anti-terrorism initiative ruled unconstitutional. Los Angeles U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins ruled in Humanitarian Law Project v. Department of Treasury that the law, an Executive Order issued shortly after 9/11 and used to blacklist hundreds of… Continue Reading
FTC Commission Issues Performance and Accountability Report for FY 2006
Federal Trade Commission Performance and Accountability Report – Fiscal Year 2006 (106 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations
“The N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics is very pleased to announce the publication of the 1st edition of its Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citation (GFILC – 296 pages, PDF).” Continue Reading
DOT Status Report on OIG Data Security
Status Report on OIG Data Security via the Data Security Portal: “Our November 21, 2006, status report notes several important developments, including the fact that as a result of our investigation in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Miami-Dade County Police Department, two individuals have been arrested for their alleged roles in… Continue Reading
2006 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
2006 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The purpose of the commission is to “monitor, investigate, and submit to congress an annual report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the Peoples Republic of China, and to provide recommendations, where… Continue Reading
Electronically Stored Information Target of New Rules
The Third Branch: “On December 1, 2006, amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16, 26, 33, 34, 45 and revisions to Form 35 will take effect unless Congress enacts legislation to reject, modify or defer them. These amendments and revisions are all aimed at one particular area of discoveryelectronically stored information, meaning all information… Continue Reading
CRS Report on Televising Supreme Court and Other Federal Court Proceedings
Televising Supreme Court and Other Federal Court Proceedings: Legislation and Issues, updated November 8, 2006. Related news: Verdict out on cameras in Supreme Court Continue Reading
Coalition Urges Court to Give E-mail Full Constitutional Protection
November 27, 2006 statement: “Last week, CDT and the ACLU joined a friend-of-the-court brief written by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, urging a federal appeals court to extend to e-mail the same constitutional protection accorded to telephone calls and regular mail. Remarkably, the constitutional status of e-mail has never been decided, and the Justice Department claims… Continue Reading
Comptroller General of the U.S. : Recommended Oversight Targets for the 110th Congress
Comptroller General of the United States, November 17, 2006. Subject: Suggested Areas for Oversight for the 110th Congress (44 pages, PDF). The report addresses several dozen issues divided into three areas: near-term oversight, policies and programs that are in need of fundamental reform, and governance issues that will ensure an economical, efficient, effective, ethical and… Continue Reading
