National/Federal Campaigning to Oversee Elections, While Denying the Last One Yahoo News – Jennifer Medina, Nick Corasaniti, and Reid Epstein (New York Times) | Published: 1/30/2022 Nearly two dozen Republicans who have publicly questioned or disputed the results of the 2020 election are running for secretary of state across the country, in some cases after being directly encouraged by allies of former President Trump. [read post]

Today, for reasons both technological and political, there is an increasing divergence and growing conflict between U.S. and foreign laws that compel, and prohibit, production of data in response to governmental surveillance directives.[1][2]  Major U.S. telecommunications and Internet providers[3] face escalating pressure from foreign governments, asserting foreign law, to require production of data stored by the providers in the United States, in ways that violate U.S. law.[4]  At the… [read post]

Lobbyists’ Revolving Door Leads Back to Capitol Hill Jobs Bloomberg Government – Megan Wilson | Published: 11/5/2019 More than 100 staff members traded in jobs with high-paying K Street firms, corporations, trade associations, or nonprofits for long hours on Capitol Hill beset by partisan brawls and legislative gridlock. [read post]