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Information Today
August 19, 2014
Nancy K. Herther
Revising FOIA for Improved Access to Government Information Last year, Congress introduced a bill that is now known as the FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2014. This law would allow for easier information requests and faster receipt. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
March 31, 2015
Barbie E. Keiser
Sunshine Week 2015: Open Government Is Good Government "Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information," according to the event's About page. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
March 28, 2013
Barbie E. Keiser
Transparency in Government During Sunshine Week 2013 Congress was the focal point of two events during Sunshine Week 2013 (March 10-16). On March 12, the Congressional Transparency Caucus hosted an event examining recent progress concerning the Freedom of Information Act reform. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
October 2002
Jeffrey Benner
Closing the Books Some kind of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption will almost certainly become law. Regardless of the exemption's final scope, it will be only the latest offensive in the Bush administration's sustained assault on transparency in government. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
February 3, 2015
George H. Pike
New U.S. Laws Impact Information Gathering and Security Congress has not been the only branch of government acting in ways that could impact the information industry. The Supreme Court is continuing its recent trend of increased attention to patent and copyright issues. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
March 24, 2011
Peggy Garvin
FOIA.gov: A Little Bit of Sunshine To mark Sunshine Week each year, newspapers around the U.S. carry articles and editorials making the case for our national Freedom of Information Act and local equivalents. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
April 7, 2006
Roy Mark
House Subpoenas Phone Data Sites Web sites selling confidential consumer telephone data are refusing to comply with a U.S. House of Representatives' request for information, prompting the Energy and Commerce Committee to issue subpoenas to a dozen companies. mark for My Articles similar articles
Searcher
March 2007
Mary Alice Baish
Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress Key library issues for the 110th Congress. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
October 18, 2012
New FOIAonline Platform Launched The National Archives and Records Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Commerce have partnered to develop an online system aimed at expanding public access to information requested under the Freedom of Information Act mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
November 21, 2005
Richard S. Dunham
The Patriot Act: Business Balks Businesses are joining critics who seek to curb the Patriot Act's wide-ranging investigative powers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Searcher
January 2006
Laura Gordon-Murnane
Shhh!!: Keeping Current on Government Secrecy Here is a list of Web sites, blogs, listservs, and newsletters that could help clients needing access to government documents but who might experience difficulty locating that information. mark for My Articles similar articles
PC World
October 7, 2002
Michelle Madigan
Privacy Concerns Pushed to Front Lines Feds must explore, explain any effect on privacy by new policies or practices, under pending legislation. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2009
D'Agostino & Belofsky
FOIA: Protect Your Competitive Information Learn how to protect proprietary knowledge in your company against Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
December 26, 2005
George H. Pike
Congress Extends USA PATRIOT Act by 1 Month The USA PATRIOT which had been set to expire on Dec. 31, 2005, will now expire on Feb. 3, 2006. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
August 4, 2006
Roy Mark
Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
September 15, 2006
Roy Mark
Senate Nearing Pretexting Vote With an Oct. 6 adjournment date looming, U.S. Senate leaders are hammering out backroom compromise legislation to finalize a bill criminalizing making false or fraudulent statements to obtain phone records. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
February 2, 2005
Richard Poynder
Tug of War The U.K. has finally got its own Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), bringing the number of countries with FOI legislation to 59. Are we entering a new era of open government, or will the current spate of legislation prove to be a false dawn? mark for My Articles similar articles
Chemistry World
June 1, 2015
Rebecca Trager
Chemical regulation reform gains momentum in both chambers of US Congress If reform isn't enacted into law this year, observers suggest that its prospects become much dimmer because 2016 is a US presidential election year. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
March 31, 2006
Roy Mark
Senate Passes Phone Data Confidentiality Bill A U.S. Senate panel pushed out legislation yesterday that makes it illegal to acquire, use or sell a person's confidential phone records without affirmative written consent. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
May 23, 2011
Groups Support Congressionally Mandated Reports Act The Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act requires that any report required by statute to be issued to Congress and releasable under the Freedom of Information Act be posted on a website managed by the US Government Printing Office. The reports would be available no la mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
September 23, 2005
Roy Mark
Senate Turns Attention to Data Privacy The Senate Judiciary Committee expects to vote next week on legislation making it a crime for data brokers to conceal a security breach involving personal data and increasing penalties for computer fraud when the act involves personal data. mark for My Articles similar articles
Geotimes
July 2007
Allyson K. Anderson
A Political Comment on ... The Life of a Bill A brief primer on bills originating in the Senate using S. 1321, the Energy Savings Act of 2007, a bill that the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources recently proposed. mark for My Articles similar articles
Geotimes
November 2004
Naomi Lubick
Restricting Satellite Data Access A proposal to restrict access to high-resolution remote-sensing data has led to a bit of confusion. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell
Danger & Opportunity: Stitching Together Healthcare Reform The healthcare debate moved outside the beltway in August, as members of Congress headed back home to face constituents bent on voicing their opinions on healthcare reform during townhall meetings. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010
James Warren
Why the Senate Is Sitting on 309 Bills The "hold" is a tactic so juvenile that it isn't even in the Senate rules. Yet it's never been more common, and it's keeping important legislation at bay mark for My Articles similar articles
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2015
Lydia Snowden
2015 Legislative Outlook Will 1031 exchanges survive tax reform? mark for My Articles similar articles
Food Processing
September 2010
Diane Toops
Congress Scrambles to Pass Food Safety Legislation As Congress has argued over health care reform, financial reform, two wars, a mortgage crisis and unemployment, amending the U.S. food safety system was put on the back burner. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2008
Joseph J. Summerill
Congress to Enact New Accountability in Contracting Congressional interest in oversight of government contracting began early last year with separate bills during the first three months of the 110th Congress in both the House and Senate that provided for contractor oversight and limited the number of sole source contracts. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
July 9, 2009
Kenneth Corbin
Senate Nears Vote on Rethinking U.S. Spectrum A Senate committee yesterday passed a bill that would direct two federal agencies overseeing the nation's wireless spectrum to conduct an inventory to determine how the various bands of airwaves are being used. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell
New Year Will Likely Include New Tax Scheme Odds favor both House and Senate passage of bipartisan tax package. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
November 18, 2010
Online Piracy Bill Clears Senate Judiciary By a unanimous vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee reports out the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, while digital-rights groups cry foul. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2009
Rich Smith
Fox Guards Our Financial Henhouse Filing Freedom of Information Act requests with the Federal government, Fox Business Networks demands to know the answers to questions about stimulus and bailout money. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
June 2007
Miriam A. Drake
Presidential Archives: Hype, Reality, and Limits to Access Presidential records belong to the public according to law, but in 2001 President Bush signed an executive order limiting access to these records. mark for My Articles similar articles
Searcher
May 2003
Miriam Drake
Government Doublethink: Protection or Supression in Information This article deals with government information activities after September 11, 2001 and covers regulations and actions related to government withholding, suppressing, and altering information. mark for My Articles similar articles
Information Today
August 6, 2012
Barbie E. Keiser
Cybersecurity and Privacy Concerns at the Highest Levels of Government Ensuring the privacy and security of personal information collected by federal government agencies and preventing cyberattacks in the future is a responsibility of government that all Americans can support. mark for My Articles similar articles
Reason
September 2004
Matt Welch
Watergate Blowback Watergate taught millions of Americans about the dangers of government operating without sunshine. But Bush administration officials, especially those who lived through the scandal, learned an altogether different lesson -- that checks and balances can be distractions and handcuffs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
January 2010
Estate Tax Extended The House of Representatives passed on December 3 by a vote of 225 to 200 an estate tax bill. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
May 11, 2006
Nicholas Carlson
FairPlay Score For Apple in France The French Senate deleted language that Apple said would lead to 'state-sponsored piracy.' mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2009
McGrath & Connolly
Final Rules on Mandatory Disclosure Effective Dec. 12, 2008, government contractors will face what rule authors characterize as a "sea change" in how government enforcement authorities expect to govern in the future. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
December 3, 2009
David Needle
EFF Sues Feds Over Social Network Surveillance The online rights organization wants the government to release records of its surveillance of social networking sites. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2012
McGrath & Jack
Publicly Available Information Should Be Promptly Reviewed As of Jan. 3, contractors have seven calendar days to review information after it is posted in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System and object to its public release if a Freedom of Information Act exemption applies. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2010
Moscovitz & Koppenheffer
Wall Street Reform: The Good, the Meh, and the Ugly A Foolish take on what's in the Senate bill. mark for My Articles similar articles
Geotimes
May 2003
David Applegate
Another Stab at Energy Legislation With Republicans now in control of both chambers, energy legislation is a top priority of the House and Senate leadership. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Glenn G. Kautt
SEC Audit, Part Deux An SEC audit is like a visit to the dentist: The anticipation is scarier than the actual event, but a little pain is inescapable. Here is a recount from a financial planning firm's chief compliance officer of his recent audit experience. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
July 1, 2010
Jeanne Lee
Reform Lite The 1,600-page financial reform bill passed by the Senate in May still doesn't do enough to enhance consumer protections for individual investors, some industry observers say. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2011
Rich Smith
Senators, Act Senatorially -- and Pass the STOCK Act All investors are equal -- except in the U.S. Congress. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2004
Peter M. Steffes
2005 Defense Bill Beginning to Take Shape Congress is making progress on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005. The defense authorization bill sets policy and funding levels. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
May 13, 2004
Roy Mark
Senate Approves Tech Corporate Tax Break Legislation calls for one-year reduction in foreign dividend taxes from 35 percent to 5.25 percent. mark for My Articles similar articles
CIO
October 15, 2002
Sarah D. Scalet
Fear Factor A reality check on CIOs' top five concerns about reporting security incidents. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
October 7, 2004
Roy Mark
Congress Still Hot on Tech Agenda The House and Senate are battling to session's end on new Internet access tax moratorium and blocking stock option expensing. mark for My Articles similar articles