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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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark |
Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand.  |
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.  |
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?  |
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.  |
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.  |
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  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2015 Lydia Snowden |
2015 Legislative Outlook Will 1031 exchanges survive tax reform?  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.'  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
CIO October 15, 2002 Sarah D. Scalet |
Fear Factor A reality check on CIOs' top five concerns about reporting security incidents.  |
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.  |