[govinfo] GovInfo News 1-18-07
- From: "Patrice McDermott" <pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:53:13 -0500
- TSA to cut number of names on 'no-fly' list, begin Traveler Redress Inquiry
Program
- NARA-iArchives Digitization Agreement
- Two Analyses of President Bush's "Retreat" on Executive Power
Patrice McDermott, Director
OpenTheGovernment.org
202-332-OPEN (6736)
www.openthegovernment.org
- TSA TO CUT NUMBER OF NAMES ON 'NO-FLY' LIST
By Chris Strohm, National Journal's Technology Daily
January 17, 2007
The chief of the Transportation Security Administration told senators Wednesday
that his agency will cut in half the number of names on the government's
"no-fly" list but cautioned lawmakers against requiring the inspection of all
cargo being put on aircraft.
A TSA spokesman said the number of people who will be left on the list is
classified. The spokesman added that it would be wrong to assume that half the
names on the list were wrongly placed there. "TSA has worked with the Terrorist
Screening Center to ensure that all the individuals on the list currently pose
a threat to aviation," he said. More
The Department of Homeland Security also will begin a Traveler Redress Inquiry
Program under the TSA on Feb. 20, creating a one-stop process for requesting
corrections for people who have been subjected to additional screening or been
denied or delayed boarding or travel to or from the United States, he said.
WPost
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- TWO ANALYSES OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S "RETREAT" ON EXECUTIVE POWER
The Washington Post's Peter Baker and The New York Time's Scott Shane each have
articles today analyzing the possible sources and impacts of Bush's recent
apparent acknowledgement of the role of at least the Judiciary in national
security concerns. Of course, as noted in yesterday's News, AG Gonzales
simultaneously told the courts to defer to the White House as the White House
knows better.
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- NARA-iARCHIVES DIGITIZATION AGREEMENT
http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has given public notice
that they have entered into an agreement
[http://www.archives.gov/iarchives/iarchives-digitization-agreement.html ] with
Footnote, Inc. to digitize historic documents from the National Archives.
Comments and thoughts should be sent to Vision@xxxxxxxxx "It will be very
helpful to our ongoing efforts to expand NARA's digitizing initiatives to
receive your early feedback by March 15, 2007."
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