Press Release:
A bipartisan group of Senators who serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee today asked an independent board that oversees classification of information to review the documents to determine if in fact too much was kept secret in the recently released Senate Intelligence reports.
in a letter to the head of the Public Interest Declassification Board, [...]
Archive of entries posted on September 2006
Wyden, Bond, Senators Ask for Review of Classified Information in Senate Intelligence Report, Say Documents Were Overclassified
Notification of Closure of the EPA Headquarters Library
Federal Register: September 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 182)
The EPA Headquarters Library will close its doors to walk-in patrons and visitors on October 1, 2006. This notice provides information regarding how members of the public can access EPA documents held in the Headquarters Repository Library collection and in electronic format.
Searchable Database of Congressional Staff Salaries Debuts
New from LegiStorm:
Based on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, LegiStorm’s first information product is a database of congressional staff salaries. The information is provided in a strictly factual, non-partisan fashion. We have no political purpose except to make the workings of Congress as transparent as possible. We expect this resource to be useful to journalists, [...]
Belgian court brings Google bad news
From the Financial Times:
Google has vowed to appeal against a Belgian court ruling that represents the first legal blow against its controversial Google News service which has provoked the ire of European publishers.
A Brussels court told the world’s most popular internet search engine to scrap links to a number of newspapers after ruling that the [...]
CUP dips 15 toes in the open access publishing water
From Information World Review:
Cambridge University Press has made 15 of its journals open access. Contributors will be able to have their paper made freely available online as soon as it is accepted for publication.
Authors, their institution or funding body, will have to pay a £1,500 fee to cover costs.
Gonzales calls for law to require ISPs to preserve customer data
From the Mercury News:
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that Congress should require Internet providers to preserve customer records, asserting that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography.
Tech manufacturers rally against Net neutrality
From News.com
Producers of networking hardware and applications gathered around a podium at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday with a single message: Not all “high-tech” companies support so-called Net neutrality legislation.
Vatican Opens Secret Archives from Pre-WWII Period
From Voice of America:
The Vatican has opened its secret archives of the pre-World War Two papacy of Pius XI.
The documents detail the 1922 to 1939 papacy of Pius XI, when his successor – the wartime Pope Pius XII – served as the Vatican’s secretary of state.
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves OPEN Government Act
Press Release:
Earlier this morning the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the OPEN Government Act (S. 394) [Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National Government]. This act is the most comprehensive legislation to reform the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in a decade.
Members Urge Investigation of EPA Library Closures
Press Release:
Prominent House Committee Ranking Members Reps. Bart Gordon (D-TN), John Dingell (D-MI) and Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) today asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate efforts underway at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to close EPA’s libraries and reduce access to environmental information.
Download the Ranking Members’ letter