Bill Moyers Journal, July 13, 2007: “Bill Moyers gets perspective on the role of impeachment in American political life from Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, who wrote the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and THE NATION’s John Nichols, author of THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT.”
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Daily Archives: July 13, 2007
Secrecy and U.S. Satellite Reconnaissance, 1958-1976
Press release: “Throughout the 1960s and most of the 1970s, while the U.S. government conducted its space reconnaissance program under a veil of absolute secrecy, officials debated whether information about the program (including the “fact of” its existence and certain photographs) should be disclosed to other elements of the government, public, allies, and even the… Continue Reading
Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government Launched at University of Maryland
Press release: “The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland is pleased to announce the launching of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government (CIPEG). CIPEG is a multidisciplinary research and educational center that focuses on the intersections between public policy and law, ethics, and trust as they affect the uses of… Continue Reading
Justice Department and FBI Unveil Measures to Enhance National Security Oversight
Press release: “Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III today announced a series of comprehensive measures to significantly enhance national security oversight and compliance at the Justice Department and FBI. Among the primary components of this oversight effort, which has been… Continue Reading
DHS Privacy Office 2007 Data Mining Report to Congress
2007 Data Mining Report (PDF, 42 pages) – DHS Privacy Office Response to House Report 109-699, July 6, 2007: “This is the second report by the Privacy Office to Congress on data mining. This report describes data mining activities deployed or under development within the Department that meet the definition of data mining as mandated… Continue Reading
Pew Research Report on China's Online Population Explosion
Press release: “The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a new report on China’s internet user population. There are now an estimated 137 million internet users in China, second in number only to the United States, where estimates of the current internet population range from 165 million to 210 million. The growth rate… Continue Reading
The governance of Britain – the Government's draft legislative programme
The governance of Britain – the Government’s draft legislative programme, July 11, 2007 (67 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Report: Government Secrecy on the Rise
Press release: “The United States has faced an unprecedented rise in government secrecy over the last six years, according to a report released today by OpenTheGovernment.org and People For the American Way Foundation. Government Secrecy: Decisions Without Democracy 2007 (52 pages, PDF) documents how executive power has dramatically expanded while executive accountability has diminished.” Continue Reading
