From News.com:
The head of the Federal Trade Commission on Monday expressed sharp skepticism toward proposed laws that would levy extensive Net neutrality regulations on broadband providers.
Deborah Platt Majoras, the FTC’s Republican chairman, said extensive Net neutrality legislation currently pending in the U.S. Senate is unnecessary because there has been no demonstrated harm to consumers, that [...]
Archive of entries posted on August 2006
FTC chief critiques Net neutrality
How Many and Where Were the Nukes?
What the U.S. Government No Longer Wants You to Know about Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 197
The Pentagon and the Energy Department have now stamped as national security secrets the long-public numbers of U.S. nuclear missiles during the Cold War, including data from the public reports of the [...]
Canada sets key hearings on online music sales
From Reuters:
Hearings that could dramatically alter the way labels and publishers share online music revenue in Canada begin September 6.
The proceedings, before the Copyright Board of Canada in Ottawa, will mark the first time the federal-appointed tribunal considers rates for the online sale of music.
Three Internet users freed in Vietnam after nine months
From Yahoo! News:
Three Vietnamese arrested last October for engaging in an Internet discussion about democracy have been freed after almost nine months in detention, a global media watchdog said.
Protect Open Government and the First Amendment — Urge Senators to Oppose “The Official Secrets Act”
AALL Action Alert:
BACKGROUND
S. 3774, a bill To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, was introduced by Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) on August 2, 2006. Endorsed by eleven other senators, it would criminalize the unauthorized disclosure of classified information. Bond’s bill would give the executive branch broad discretion [...]
Coalition Launches Interactive Earmark Database
Press Release:
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today joined a coalition of groups and websites to launch an interactive online database of the more than the 1,800 earmarks in the House version of the fiscal 2007 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 5647). The effort aims [...]
NARA’s National Personnel Records Center Guide to FOIA Requests
Thanks to beSpacific for pointing out this one:
Researcher Jim Klotz recently discovered and obtained a useful and comprehensive information resource – a detailed explanation of how military records are retrieved and reviewed for release in response to FOIA requests.
Judge orders halt to NSA wiretap program
From Reuters:
A federal judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to halt the National Security Agency’s program of domestic eavesdropping, saying it violated the U.S. Constitution.
From the UK – Access denied to the laws that govern us
From the Guardian:
On August 2, the government rolled out the second stage of a long-delayed project to make the consolidated law of parliament accessible to the people. So how does it look? The public – who paid for the whole project – can’t get a look in.
No free public access sites have been granted permission [...]
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act
From the DOJ Report:
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 of civil rights or civil liberties violations allegedly committed by DOJ employees. It also [...]