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Advocacy Groups Argue Constitution Protects Cell Phone Location Information

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“In a July 31 amicus brief filed in a federal court in Pennsylvania, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, joined by CDT, ACLU and the ACLU of Pennsylvania, argued that cell phone location information is protected by the Fourth Amendment. The brief argues that a court should require the government to obtain a warrant based on probable cause in order to gain access to cell site location information stored by a cell phone company.”

  • Amicus brief in In Re Application of United States [PDF] July 31, 2008

    • : “…the Court can and must require the government to meet the requirements to obtain a Rule 41 warrant before issuing an order compelling the disclosure of stored CSLI [cell site location information].”

    Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, August 2008

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    DOJ: Special Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, August 2008: “Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) to undertake a series of actions related to claims… Continue Reading

    CBO: Behavioral Economics: Lessons from Retirement Research for Health Care and Beyond

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    Behavioral Economics: Lessons from Retirement Research for Health Care and Beyond, August 7, 2008. A Presentation by CBO Director Peter Orszag to the Retirement Research Consortium. “Research now demonstrates what many people who aren’t economists always knew: that when it comes to complex choices such as whether to save and when to retire, people’s decisions… Continue Reading

    Americans Divided on Airplane Cell Phone Use, According to New BTS Special Report

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    News release: “Americans are divided on whether cell phones should be allowed during flights, with people age 65 and older more likely to oppose their use than those between 18 and 34, according to a new Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) special report using survey data on opinions about the transportation system. BTS, a part… Continue Reading

    EPA Announces Web-Based System for Companies to Self-Disclose Environmental Violations

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    News release: “EPA today announced a pilot project that allows regulated facilities nationwide to self-disclose environmental violations in a secure environment on EPA’s Website under the Agency’s audit policy. This electronic self-disclosure system, or eDisclosure, should reduce transaction costs for companies by ensuring that each disclosure contains complete information.” Continue Reading

    Americans Made Over 1 Billion Hospital and Doctor Visits in 2006

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    News release: “Patients in the United States made an estimated 1.1 billion visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments in 2006, an average of four visits per person per year, according to new health care statistics released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data come from various components… Continue Reading

    Federal Study of Environmental Hazards in the Eight Great Lakes States

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    Public Integrity: “For more than seven months, the nation’s top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states, reportedly because it contains such potentially “alarming information” as evidence of elevated infant mortality and cancer rates. Researchers found low birth weights, elevated rates… Continue Reading

    Routine HIV Screening Recommended for All Women, Regardless of Individual Risk Factors

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    News release: “Ob-gyns should routinely screen all women between the ages of 19 and 64 for HIV, regardless of their risk factors, according to a Committee Opinion, Routine Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening, issued today by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG Committee Opinion No. 411: Routine Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening – subscription req’d… Continue Reading