ALA | Legislation Committee, Issues from Past Congresses

Classification Oversight
Whistleblowers & the Federal Government
Sensitive Information
Privatization of Government Information
GPO FY2005 Appropriations
GPO Oversight Hearing
Nomination of Archivist of the United States
Database Protection
Public Access to Science & Related Legislation
ERIC
GPO FY2004 Appropriations
Critical Infrastructure Information
USA PATRIOT Act & Related Legislation

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
Revision of FAR
OMB Memo M-02-07
Removal of Government Information
Gov't Secrecy & Information Security
GPO FY2003 Appropriations
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Presidential Records Act
Homeland Security
Terrorism Information Awareness
E-Government

Classification Oversight

"Intelligence Reform Update" (ALAWON, December 7, 2004)
"'Secrets' Perplex Panel: Classified Data Growing to Include 'Comically Irrelevant'" (Michael J. Sniffen, The Washington Post, September 3, 2004)
H.R. 4855, the Independent National Security Classification Board Act of 2004 (introduced July 19, 2004)
S.2672, The Independent National Security Classification Board Act of 2004 (introduced July 15, 2004)
"Wyden, Lott Propose Revamping National Security Classification Systems" (press release, July 15, 2004)

Whistleblowers & the Federal Government

"House panel votes to strengthen whistleblower protections" (Lori Sharn, CongressDaily, September 30, 2004)
"9/11 investigation spawns whistleblower movement" (Chris Strohm, GovExec.com, September 13, 2004)
'Whistle-Blowing Said to Be Factor in F.B.I. Firing' (Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, July 29, 2004) [Registration required.]
"Ask Your Members for Real Protection for Federal Whistleblowers" (ALAWON, July 26, 2004)
S.2628, "Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act" (introduced July 8, 2004)

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Sensitive Information

"Searches and gag orders: Homeland Security's unprecedented campaign cloaks unclassified info" (Eileen Sullivan, Federal Times, December 6, 2004)
"Unions Protest DHS Secrecy Pledge" (Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, November 30, 2004)
"Homeland Security Employees Required to Sign Secrecy Pledge" (Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, November 16, 2004) [See a copy of the nondisclosure agreement, provided by the Federation of American Scientists]
"Lawmakers question policy on transportation security information" (Chris Strohm, GovExec.com, September 15, 2004)
"DOJ Asks Court for Secrecy in Suit" (AP, September 6, 2004)
"Highway bill's secrecy rules spark public-safety debate" (James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, June 27, 2004)
H.R. 3550 'Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2004' (Engrossed Amendment as Agreed to by Senate, June 23, 2004)
"Interim Sensitive Security Information (SSI) Policies and Procedures for Safeguarding and Control" (October 8, 2003; Transportation Security Administration, via Federation of American Scientists) [pdf file]

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Privatization of Government Information

"GSA: No worries about procurement data" (Michael Hardy, FCW.com, August 2, 2004)
"A toll for federal data?" (Michael Hardy, FCW.com, July 26, 2004)
"NASA extends media archive deadline" (Sarita Chourey, FCW.com, May 28, 2004)
"9/11 Panel Chooses Publisher for Report" (Philip Shenon, The New York Times, May 25, 2004) [Registration required.]
"NASA to merge media archives" (Sarita Chourey, FCW.com, April 20, 2004)

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GPO FY2005 Appropriations

"Congress Completes FY2005 Omnibus Appropriations Bill" (ALAWON, November 22, 2004)
"Senate Passes Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill" (ALAWON, July 20, 2004)
"House Passes Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill" (ALAWON, July 15, 2004)
"GPO wants modernization money" (Florence Olsen, FCW.com, April 30, 2004)
"Government Printing Office Rolls Out Budget Priorities" (GPO News Release No. 04-11, April 28, 2004)
Prepared Statement of Bruce R. James, Public Printer, before the Subcommittee on Legislative Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, on the Appropriations Request of the U.S. Government Printing Office for Fiscal Year 2005 (April 28, 2004)

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GPO Oversight Hearing

Statement of Janis L. Johnston, Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law, Albert E. Jenner Memorial Law Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Medical Library Association, and Special Libraries Association, before the Committee on House Administration (April 28, 2004)
"Government Printing Office: Technological Changes Create Transformation Opportunities" (Statement of Linda D. Koontz, Director, Information Management Issues, General Accounting Office, before the Committee on Administration, House of Representatives, April 28, 2004)
Prepared Statement of Bruce R. James, Public Printer, before the Committee on House Administration, U.S. House of Representatives, on the Transformation of the U.S. Government Printing Office to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century (April 28, 2004)

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Nomination of Archivist of the United States

"Archivist's Resignation Questioned" (George Lardner, Jr., The Washington Post, July 26, 2004)
"Senator seeks reasons for archivist's dismissal" (Alyson Klein, CongressDaily, July 23, 2004)
"The American Library Association Joins Others in Expressing Concern About the Nomination of Allen Weinstein to Become Archivist of the United States" (ALA press release, April 23, 2004)
"Bush Nominee for Archivist is Criticized for His Secrecy" (Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Felicia R. Lee, New York Times, April 20, 2004) [Registration required.]
"Bush Picks Weinstein as Archivist" (George Lardner, Jr., Washington Post, April 20, 2004)
"Carlin to resign from NARA" (Florence Olsen, FCW.com, April 19, 2004)
"Statement on the Nomination of Allen Weinstein to Become Archivist of the United States" (Society of American Archivists, April 14, 2004)
"Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate" (April 8, 2004)

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Database Protection

"Alternative Database Protection Legislation Introduced" (ALAWON, March 8, 2004)
"Action Alert! Database Protection Legislation needs immediate grassroots action!" (ALAWON, February 19, 2004)
"Database Protection Legislation" (ALA Information page)
"Database Protection Bill Advances in Congress" (CNET News.com, October 16, 2003)
"Database Protection Bill Introduced in the House: Action Needed" (ALAWON, October 10, 2003)
H.R. 3261, Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (introduced October 8, 2003)
"Joint Legislative Hearing on H.R.___, the "Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act of 2003" (Scroll down to September 23, 2003, and view the webcast of the hearing, or read prepared statements of witnesses)
"Lawmakers to Weigh Database Protection Bill" (Andy Sullivan, Reuters, September 5, 2003)

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Public Access to Science & Related Legislation

"New Scientific Journal Challenges Establishment" (Reuters, October 12, 2003)
"Intro to Open Access: The Public Library of Science" (Marydee Ojala, EContentMag.com, October 10, 2003)
"ARL and SPARC Support Open Access to Federally Funded Research" (August 6, 2003)
"A Fight for Free Access to Medical Research: Online Plan Challenges Publishers' Dominance" (Rick Weiss, Washington Post, August 5, 2003)
"Open Access and the Case for Public Good: The Scientists' Perspective" (Michelle Romero, Online, July/August 2003)
"Legislation Would Make Research Accessible" (ALAWON, June 30, 2003)
"Public Access to Science Act" [H.R. 2613] (introduced June 26, 2003)
"Measure Calls for Wider Access to Federally Financed Research" (Warren E. Leary, New York Times, June 26, 2003) [Registration required.]

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ERIC

"Department Awards $34.6 Million Contract to Develop and Operate World's Largest Education Database" (Department of Education press release, March 18, 2004)
"Comments of the American Library Association on the U.S. Department of Education's Draft Statement of Work for the Design of ERIC" (May 6, 2003)
"ERIC Continues But Without Clearinghouses" (Barbara Quint, Information Today NewsBreak, April 21, 2003)
"ERIC Reauthorization News" (maintained by ACRL's Education and Behavioral Sciences Section, Ad Hoc Committee on Access to Government Sponsored Education Research)
"Draft Statement of Work, Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)" [Microsoft Word document]
"Spread the Word, A Large Chunk of ERIC's Funding May Disappear" (The ResourceShelf posting, April 14, 2003)

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GPO FY2004 Appropriations

"Appropriations Update" (ALAWON, July 9, 2003)
"GPO Completes FY 2004 Budget Request Before Congress" (GPO Press Release No. 03-25, May 21, 2003)
"Public Printer Testifies Before House Legislative Appropriations Subcommittee" (ALAWON, May 21, 2003)
"GPO Makes FY 2004 Appropriations Presentation to Senate Committee" (GPO Press Release No. 03-13, March 31, 2003)
"Appropriations Update" (ALAWON, March 28, 2003)

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Critical Infrastructure Information

"Critical Infrastructure Information Regulations Issued by DHS" (FOIA Post, February 27, 2004)
"Procedures for Handling Critical Infrastructure Information: Interim Rule" (69 FR 8074, February 20, 2003)
"U.S. to Keep Key Data on Infrastructure Secret" (John Mintz, Washington Post, February 19, 2004)
"Infrastructure deadline pushed back" (Diane Frank, Federal Computer Week, December 18, 2003)
"Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection" (Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-7, December 17, 2003)
Amendments to Conform Regulations with Order No. 630 (Critical Energy Infrastructure Information Final Rule) (68 FR 52089-52096)
"Homeland Security proposes broad infrastructure secrecy rules" (Rebecca Daugherty, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, April 17, 2003)
"Homeland Security seeks comment on information-sharing plan" (William New, Government Executive Magazine, April 16, 2003)
Department of Homeland Security: Procedures for Handling Critical Infrastructure Information; Proposed Rule (68 FR 18523-18529, April 15, 2003)
"FERC Adopts 'Need to Know' Info Policy" (Secrecy News, March 4, 2003)
Final Rule: Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (68 FR 9857, March 3, 2003)

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USA PATRIOT Act & Related Legislation

"Action Needed: SAFE Act" (ALAWON, October 6, 2003)
S. 1709, The Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003 (introduced October 2, 2003)
S. 1695, The Patriot Oversight Restoration Act of 2003 (introduced October 1, 2003)
"Government Says It Has Yet to Use New Power to Check Library Records" (Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, September 19, 2003) [Registration required.]
"Fierce Fight Over Secrecy, Scope of Law" (Amy Goldstein, Washington Post, September 8, 2003)
"Suit Challenges Constitutionality of Powers in Antiterrorism Law" (Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, July 31, 2003) [Registration required.]
"Report on USA PATRIOT Act Alleges Civil Rights Violations" (Philip Shenon, New York Times, July 20, 2003) [Registration required.]
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, July 17, 2003)
Congressman Bernie Sanders' Remarks Delivered at the American Library Association / Canadian Library Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, June 23, 2003
"Surveillance Oversight & Disclosure Act Introduced" (ALAWON, June 13, 2003)
"Surveillance Oversight and Disclosure Act of 2003" [H.R. 2429] (introduced June 11, 2003)
"Library and Bookseller Protection Act" [S.1158] (introduced May 23, 2003)
"Anti-Terror Power Used Broadly" (Dan Eggen, Washington Post, May 21, 2003)
"Justice Dept. Lists Use of New Power to Fight Terror" (Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, May 21, 2003) [Registration required.]
Justice Dept. Report to the House Judiciary Committee regarding its' use of power under the USA PATRIOT Act (May 13, 2003)
"No Patriot Act excess, but critics unpersuaded" (Audrey Hudson, Washington Times, May 12, 2003)
"Senate Deal Kills Effort to Extend Antiterror Act" (Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, May 9, 2003) [Registration required.]
"The Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on Free Expression" (Commentary by Nancy Kranich, The Free Expression Policy Project, May 5, 2003)
"EFF Analysis of 'Patriot II': Provisions of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 that Impact the Internet and Surveillance" (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
"Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" (collection of documents related to the Act, including annual reports in addition to recent amendments; Federation of American Scientists)
"Librarians Make Some Noise Over Patriot Act" (Rene Sanchez, Washington Post, April 10, 2003)
"Republicans Want Terror Law Made Permanent" (Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, April 9, 2003) [Registration required.]
Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft from F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. and John Conyers, Jr., Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, regarding oversight of the implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act (provided by the Federation of American Scientists, April 1, 2003)
"Freedom to Read Protection Act of 2003" [H.R.1157] (introduced March 6, 2003)
"Domestic Surveillance Oversight Act of 2003" [S.436] (introduced February 25, 2003)
"FBI Oversight in the 107th Congress by the Senate Judiciary Committee: FISA Implementation Failures" [February 2003]
"Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act" (The Center for Public Integrity Special Report, February 7, 2003) [Includes a draft copy of the legislation, dated January 9, 2003.]
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, January 22, 2003)
Letter to Senator Patrick Leahy from Assistant Attorney General Daniel J. Bryant, December 23, 2002 [provided by the Federation of American Scientists]
Letter to Senator Patrick Leahy from Assistant Attorney General Daniel J. Bryant, December 23, 2002 [provided by the Federation of American Scientists]
Letter to Senator Russell Feingold from Assistant Attorney General Daniel J. Bryant, December 23, 2002 [provided by the Federation of American Scientists]

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Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports

"Legislation of Interest to CRS: Public Access to CRS Reports" (internal memo from the Congressional Research Service, provided by the Federation of American Scientists)
"Ney draws line at public access to research" (Paul M. Krawzak, The Times-Reporter, December 11, 2003)
"Lawmakers revive fight to get research reports online" (Ted Leventhal, Government Executive Magazine, November 24, 2003)
H.R. 3630, the "Congressional Research Accessibility Act" (introduced November 21, 2003)
Letter to Rep. Chris Shays from various open government advocacy groups (November 3, 2003)
"Access to CRS Reports (Temporarily?) Curtailed" (Secrecy News, October 28, 2003)
"Senators Want CRS Info Online" (Sara Michael, Federal Computer Week, February 11, 2003)
"Leahy, McCain Urge Senate to Open Taxpayer-Funded Congressional Reports to the Public" (press release from the office of Senator Leahy, February 11, 2003)
"Public Access to Congressional Research Service Products" (press release from the Project on Government Oversight, February 10, 2003)
"Congressional Research Service Products: Taxpayers Should Have Easy Access" (Project on Government Oversight report, February 10, 2003)

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Revision of the Federal Acquisitions Regulations with Regard to Printing

Federal Acquisition Regulation: Public Comments on Proposed Rules [Note: the comments for "Procurement of Printing and Duplicating Through the Government Printing Office" amount to a 1908-page pdf file.]
URGENT! Comments Needed by December 13th on OMB's Proposed Amendments to the FAR That Threaten Public Access and the Federal Depository Library Program (ALAWON, December 4, 2002)
"Keep Public Documents Available to the Public: Save the GPO!" (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
"Federal Acquisition Regulation; Procurement of Printing and Duplicating Through the Government Printing Office; Proposed Rule" (67 FR 68913, November 13, 2002) PDF | Text

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OMB Memorandum M-02-07

"Pact Reached on Use of Private Printers" (Christopher Lee, Washington Post, June 6, 2003)
"New GPO-OMB Pilot for Government Printing Announced" (ALAWON, June 6, 2003)
"GPO and OMB Announce a New Compact for Government Printing" [pdf file] (GPO Press Release 03-27, June 6, 2003)
"Printing Changes Still on the Way, OMB Says" (Brian Friel, Government Executive Magazine, April 21, 2003)
"Cheney Task Force Records and GAO Authority" (remarks by Rep. Henry Waxman on the House floor, February 12, 2003)
"Government Printing Office Wins Budget Job" (Associated Press, December 27, 2002)
"Printing of Budget in Dispute" (Alan Cooperman, Washington Post, December 20, 2002)
GAO Decision: Bureau of Land Management: Payment of Pocatello Field Office Photocopying Costs. B-290901, December 16, 2002
"GAO Backs Printing Office in Dispute with White House" (Brian Friel, Government Executive Magazine, November 14, 2002)
Letter from GAO to Senator Byrd, Regarding FY2003 Continuing Resolution (November 13, 2002)
GPO Reform Takes Shape" (WhatTheyThink.com, November 12, 2002)
"Senator Blasts White House Over Printing Issue" (Brian Friel, Government Executive Magazine, October 3, 2002)
Statement by the President Regarding H.J. Res. 111 (September 30, 2002)
"White House Rejects Order to Use Printing Office" (Brian Friel, Government Executive Magazine, September 27, 2002)
H.J. Res. 111 - Joint Resolution "Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes" (September 27, 2002)
Impact of OMB Memorandum M-02-07 on public access to government documents and federal government printing (Hearing held by the Joint Committee on Printing, July 10, 2002) -- Includes testimony of Ms. Julia F. Wallace, on behalf of ALA, ARL, AALL, and MLA, and the Honorable Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer.
Letter from Ben Cooper, Executive Vice-President/Public Policy for the Printing Industries of America, in response to OMB Memo on Printing and Duplicating (May 29, 2002)
GPO Statement Regarding OMB Memo on Printing and Duplicating (May 17, 2002)
Procurement of Printing and Duplicating through the Government Printing Office (OMB Memo M-02-07, May 3, 2002)
"Involvement of the Government Printing Office in Executive Branch Printing and Duplicating" (Memorandum for Emily C. Hewitt, General Counsel, General Services Administration, prepared by Walter Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General, dated May 31, 1996)

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Removal/Elimination of Government Information

"Shhh...someone might hear you: Access to government information sharply curtailed under Ashcroft" (Alex Johnson, MSNBC, November 18, 2004)
"Announcement of Intent to Initiate the Process to Remove Aeronautical Information from Public Sale and Distribution" (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Notice) (69 FR 67546, November 18, 2004)
"Senators question DOJ regarding order to destroy depository library documents" (ALAWON, August 25, 2004)
"Justice Dept. Rescinds Order to Pull Publications" (Christopher Lee, The Washington Post, August 5, 2004)
"Update: Dept. of Justice Rescinds Withdrawal/Destruction of Publications" (ALAWON, August 2, 2004)
"Libraries ordered to destroy US pamphlets" (Sean P. Murphy, The Boston Globe, July 24, 2004)
"Justice Department asks depository libraries to destroy forfeiture documents" (ALAWON, July 23, 2004)
"Hill set to probe Berger's actions" (James G. Lakely and Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times, July 22, 2004)
"What You Don't See at Olympic Park" (Blaine Harden, Washington Post, June 21, 2004)
"U.S. Will Revise Data on Terror" (Josh Meyer, Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2004)
"Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Governmental Public Domain Information" (UNESCO, 2004) [courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists]
"Making Women's Issues Go Away" (Rebecca Traister, Salon.com, April 28, 2004)
"Interior back online" (Sarita Chourey, FCW.com, March 26, 2004)
"Interior to seek injunction suspension" (Sarita Chourey, FCW.com, March 22, 2004)
"Internet Cutoff Ordered at Interior" (Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, March 16, 2004)
"Court orders Interior to disconnect systems from the Internet again" (Wilson P. Dizard III, Government Computer News, March 16, 2004)
"Taking Spin Out of Report That Made Bad Into Good Health" (Robert Pear, New York Times, February 22, 2004) [Registration required.]
"Gay Rights Information Taken Off Site" (Stephen Barr, Washington Post, February 18, 2004)
"White House Web Scrubbing" (Dana Milbank, Washington Post, December 18, 2003)
"Politics and Science" [Rep. Henry Waxman's ongoing investigation of "the Bush Administration's Promotion of Ideology Over Science"
"Judge orders Interior to shut off Internet connections" (Wilson P. Dizard III, Government Computer News, July 28, 2003)
"Lamberth finds EPA in contempt for e-document purge" (Wilson P. Dizard III, Government Computer News, July 25, 2003)
"US Oil Platform Watcher Shuts Net over Indian Suit" (Reuters, July 1, 2003)
"DOD IG pulls report off Web site" (Dan Caterinicchia, Federal Computer Week, June 23, 2003)
"Members Say Pentagon 'Transformation' Involves Unprecedented Exemptions from Oversight" (Letter to Speaker of the House Hastert and Minority Leader Pelosi from Reps. Waxman, Skelton, Obey, and Spratt, May 13, 2003)
"35 Annual Reports of Special Concern slated for deletion under the Defense Transformation for the 21st Century Act of 2003" (compiled by Daniel Cornwall, April 20, 2003)
"Homeland Security Agents Pull Ohio Libraries' Haz-Mat Documents" (American Libraries online, April 7, 2003)
"Labor Secretary is Urged to Reinstate Reports on Mass Layoffs" (Economic Policy Institute press release, January 24, 2003) [pdf format]
"Abortion and Breast Cancer" (New York Times editorial, January 6, 2003) See also "Breast Cancer Data" - Letter to the Editor from Andrew Von Eschenbach, M.D., Director of the National Cancer Institute, January 8, 2003) [Registration required.]
"Shooting the Messenger: Report on Layoffs Killed" (David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, January 3, 2003) A brief notice is available on the BLS site at http://www.bls.gov/bls/mlsdiscontinued.htm
"U.S. Revises Sex Information, and a Fight Goes On" (Adam Clymer, New York Times, December 26, 2002) [Registration required.]
"Political Ideology Distorting Public Health Information" (Minority Office, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform)
"Disappearing Data" (Marylaine Block, Ex Libris, December 6, 2002)

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Government Secrecy & Information Security

"Cornyn plans bill to force a more open government" (Chuck Lindell, Austin American-Statesman, December 11, 2004) [Registration required.]
"NRC restores additional, hearing-related documents to its web site" (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission press release no. 04-144, November 16, 2004)
"NRC restores Web docs" (Dibya Sarkar, FCW.com, November 8, 2004)
"NRC library goes off-line" (Dibya Sarkar, FCW.com, October 26, 2004)
"GAO policy reflects security concerns" (Aliya Sternstein, FCW.com, October 4, 2004)
"Secrecy Report Card: Quantitative Indicators of Secrecy in the Federal Government" (openthegovernment.org, August 26, 2004)
"Agencies misuse classification authority, managers say" (Chris Strohm, govexec.com, August 24, 2004)
"NRC Modifies Availability of Security Information for All Nuclear Plants" (NRC News no. 04-091, August 4, 2004)
"White House Considers Disclosing Intelligence Budgets" (Douglas Jehl, New York Times, July 29, 2004) [Registration required.]
"High Court Backs Vice President" (Charles Lane, Washington Post, June 25, 2004)
Cheney, Vice President of the United States, et al. v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia et al. (decided June 24, 2004)
"Senators Urge C.I.A. to Declassify Critical Report" (Douglas Jehl, New York Times, June 9, 2004) [Registration required.]
"Transportation Security Administration: Protection of Sensitive Security Information; Interim Final Rule; request for comments" (69 FR 28066, May 18, 2004) PDF | TEXT
"Mapping the Risks: Assessing the Homeland Security Implications of Publicly Available Geospatial Information" (John C. Baker et al, RAND Corporation, 2004) [View the entire document & summary as a pdf file; or purchase a print edition.]
"Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Cheney Case" (AP, Washington Post.com, April 27, 2004)
"Nuclear Security Decisions Are Shrouded in Secrecy" (R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, March 29, 2004)
"Amici Curiae Brief Submitted to U.S. Supreme Court" (ALAWON, March 12, 2004)
"Under Bush, Expanding Secrecy" (Dana Milbank, Washington Post, December 23, 2003)
"Keeping Secrets" (Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News and World Report, December 22, 2003)
"Pentagon IG Sets New Policy on Web Information" (John M. Donnelly, Defense Week Daily Update, December 18, 20030 [provided by the Federation of American Scientists; see the memorandum at http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/dod/dodigweb.pdf]
"Supreme Court to Hear Case on Cheney Energy Records" (Charles Lane, Washington Post, December 15, 2003)
"Administration Gains New Power to Withold 'Sensitive' Information" (OMB Watch, September 10, 2003)
"Bush Rejects Saudi Request to Release 9/11 Details" (Randall Mikkelsen, WiredNews, July 29, 2003)
"Cheney Loses Ruling on Energy Panel Records" (Henri E. Cauvin, Washington Post, July 9, 2003)
"9/11 Commission Says U.S. Agencies Slow Its Inquiry" (Philip Shenon, New York Times, July 8, 2003) [Registration required.]
2002 Annual Report to the President (Information Security Oversight Office, NARA, June 30, 2003)
"Lawmakers Take Aim at Excessive Government Secrecy" (Chuck McCutcheon, Newhouse News Service, May 20, 2003)
"Graham 9/11 Coverup Claim Lacks Proof" (Keith Epstein, Tampa Tribune, May 18, 2003)
"Shuttle Panel Neutrality a Concern" (Eric Pianin, Washington Post, May 12, 2003)
"Shuttle Accident Board Erodes Open Meeting Law" (Steven Aftergood, Secrecy News, May 12, 2003)
"Civilian Members of Shuttle Investigation Board are on NASA Payroll" (Kevin Spear, Jim Leusner and Gwyneth K. Shaw, Orlando Sentinel, May 10, 2003)
"Bush Administration Documents on Secrecy Policy" (Federation of American Scientists)
BushSecrecy.org (produced by Public Citizen)
"Shays, GAO win information access battle" (Peter Brand, TheHill.com, April 29, 2003)
"Balancing Security of Plants with the Public's Right to Know" (Jennifer Lin and Adam Fifield, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 21, 2003)
"Judges Question U.S. Move in Cheney Suit" (Henri E. Cauvin, Washington Post, April 18, 2003)
"Executive Order on National Security Classification Amended" (FOIA Post, April 11, 2003)
"Stonewalling Security" (Danielle Brian, TomPaine.com, April 9, 2003)
"States Put a Leash on Information" (Mimi Hall, USA Today, April 3, 2003)
"'Sensitive But Unclassified' and Other Federal Security Controls on Scientific and Technical Information: History and Current Controversy" (CRS Report RL31845, by Genevieve J. Knezo, April 2, 2003) [pdf document]
"White House Request to Restrict Clinton Pardon Data Upheld" (George Lardner Jr., Washington Post, April 2, 2003)
"Secrecy: The Bush Byword" (New York Times editorial, March 28, 2003)
"Release of Documents is Delayed" (Dana Milbank and Mike Allen, Washington Post, March 26, 2003)
"Bush Orders a 3-Year Delay in Opening Secret Documents" (Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, March 26, 2003) [Registration required.]
Executive Order: Further Amendment to Executive Order 12958, As Amended, Classified National Security Information (March 25, 2003)
"A New Executive Order" (Secrecy News, March 26, 2003)
"Rules for Releasing Papers Readied" (Washington Post, March 22, 2003)
"U.S. Ready to Rescind Clinton Order on Government Secrets" (Adam Clymer, New York Times, March 21, 2003)
"Terror Threats Prompt States to Shrink Access to Security-Related Records" (Joel Campbell, UF News, University of Florida, March 14, 2003)
"Draft Bush Executive Order on Classified National Security Information" (Federation of American Scientists)
"Bush Draft Executive Order: Running in Place" (Secrecy News, March 13, 2003)
"HHS Sought 'One Voice' From Its Many Mouths" (Rick Weiss, Washington Post, March 12, 2003)
"Spoon-feeding the Press: The Bush Administration's Unprecedented War on Public Information - and How the Major News Media Are Going Along" (Camille T. Taiara, San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 12, 2003)
"Draft Executive Order on Secrecy Advances in P

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