Category: Government Relations News
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Shareholders Strike Back on Privacy
As public concern over federal government surveillance of online activity grows, a new wrinkle has been introduced. Shareholders in large communications companies are attempting to force those companies to disclose data about how often they share user data with the U.S. or other governments. According to The New York Times, shareholders at AT&T and…
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New Congressional Bill Confronts Open-ended Government Surveillance
The government finally confirmed, after years of denials, that it was collecting our phone records in bulk. But we are told by the President and various spokespersons that since there are very strict rules in place on the uses of such information that abuses are very unlikely. However, as the Electronic Frontier Foundation explains, “The…
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100th Anniversary of The“Constitution Annotated” Brings New App for Access
The United States has the world’s oldest constitution, written over 225 years ago. For 100 years , the publication “The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation”, has provided analysis by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and the Library of Congress. The volume give legal professionals, teachers, students and anyone researching the…
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House of Reps Own “Cable Channel”
The U.S. House of Representatives Clerk’s,“HouseLive service”, allows you to watch streaming live and archived video feeds of House floor proceedings dating back to 2009. The House Recording Studio had been video taping the proceeding for some time. But it is only with the collaboration of the Library of Congress to digitize, archive and present…