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24 Oct 2017, 5:36 pm by davidruiz
” Second, it would ensure that criminal defendants are notified when the government uses Section 702-derived data as evidence against them. [read post]
19 Mar 2009, 8:28 am
The USA Government Accountability Office (GAO) has discovered that it is alarmingly easy to get a US passport using forged documents.GAO conducted four tests simulating this approach and was successful in obtaining a genuine U.S. passport in each case. [read post]
19 Oct 2016, 6:27 am by Jim Sedor
Lobbying “Companies Used Clinton Fundraisers to Lobby State Department” by Kevin McCoy for USA Today Florida: “Miami Beach Voters to Weigh Ballot Questions” by Joey Flechas for Miami Herald New York: “Lobbyist Todd Howe: $85,000 from Cor Development was a bribe, not a loan” by Tim Knauss for Syracuse.com Ethics “Trump Proposes Five-Year Ban on Executive Branch Officials and Lawmakers Who Want to Become Lobbyists” by Catherine Ho for… [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 8:11 pm by Glenn Reynolds
UPDATE: A reader emails: “Regarding the US debt ceiling, you don’t think some nefarious, progressive global investor who has brought down other governments and currencies might use a GOP-led freeze of USA finances to foment a US Dollar or US Treasury debt crisis, do you? [read post]
10 Oct 2013, 7:00 am by Stephanie Farrior
US government shutdown causes postponement of Human Rights Committee review of USA In an email today to the many civil society organizations in the US that had prepared for the review (see state report and list of shadow reports by scrolling down to entry on USA here), the US Mission to the UN in Geneva conveyed this news: the U.S. [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 5:45 am by Matt Belenky
[JURIST] The US Senate [official website] approved the USA Freedom Act [HR 2048 materials] on Tuesday, which reduces the federal government's surveillance of Americans' phone records. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 1:09 pm
USA: browser toolbar for govt info.Free Government Information have released this free browser toolbar they hope willincrease awareness and usage of government information in the US. [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 3:00 pm
  Historically, government surveillance has often been used to wrongly target, and surveil communities of color. [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 4:08 pm by Aaron Mackey
Releasing all significant FISC opinions will not only comply with what Congress required under USA FREEDOM, it will help us better understand exactly what the FISC has secretly decided about our civil liberties. [read post]
22 Aug 2022, 4:08 pm by Matthew Guariglia
The government’s position defied logic and the clear text of USA FREEDOM. [read post]
20 Feb 2020, 5:12 am by Yige Wang
The Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) of the US State Department announced Tuesday that five Chinese state-run media organizations will be designated as foreign missions, including the Xinhua News Agency; China Global Television Network, which falls under China Central Television, CCTV; China Radio International; China Daily Distribution Corporation; and Hai Tian Development USA, which is the distributor for the People’s Daily in the US. [read post]
23 Sep 2013, 7:51 am by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento
U.S. lawsuits, a copyright infringement case concerning the unauthorized use of a sculpture in image format by the U.S. government. [read post]
27 Jan 2004, 10:48 am
The Inspector-General of the US Department of Justice today released his latest semi-annual report on complaints of civil rights and civil liberties infringements by government officials under the USA Patriot Act. [read post]
19 Dec 2011, 6:09 am
According to the USA Today article, state governments should prohibit all drivers from using portable electronic devices such as cellphones while behind the wheel, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) unanimously recommended Tuesday. [read post]
29 Nov 2015, 9:07 am by Walter Olson
Introducing the Government Series II Les Paul, a striking new guitar from Gibson USA for 2014 that suitably marks this infamous time in Gibson’s history. [read post]
17 Jan 2018, 8:27 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
 We continue to see meaningful ways for better laws and policies to enable more open, accountable, ethical and effective governance at every level of government though the civic uses of technology, but it would be disingenuous to see the present through rosy glasses. [read post]