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Congressional Documents on Secrecy and Security - 2006

2007 Congressional Documents on Secrecy and Security

• Democratic Reps Tell EPA to Suspend Closure of Libraries, letter from Reps. Waxman, Dingell, Gordon and Oberstar, November 30.
• Congress Directs Revisions to Sensitive Security Information, FY 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Report, sec. 525, September 28.
• House Debate on Biodefense Act, BARDA FOIA Exemption, September 26.
• House Adopts Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, September 13.
• Sen. Obama on Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, floor statement, September 11.
• Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (S. 2590), passed in the Senate September 7.
• A Bill to Prohibit Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information, introduced by Sen. Bond, et al, August 2.

Implementing FOIA � Does the Bush Administration�s Executive Order Improve Processing?
26 July 2006 - House Government Reform Committee

• Published Hearing Record
• Opening Statement of Rep. Todd Russell Platts, Chairman
• Statement of Linda Koontz, Government Accountability Office
• Statement of Daniel J. Metcalfe, Department of Justice
• Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy
• Statement of Rep. Brad Sherman
• Statement of Patrice McDermott, OpenTheGovernment.org
• Statement of Tonda Rush, Sunshine in Government Initiative

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You:
S. 2590, the "Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006"
18 July 2006 - Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management

• Opening Statement of Sen. Tom Coburn, Chairman
• Statement of Sen. John McCain
• Statement of Sen. Barack Obama
• Statement of Gary D. Bass, OMB Watch
• Statement of Mark Tapscott, Editorial Page Editor, Washington Examiner
• Statement of Eric Brenner, Maryland Grants Office
• Related Background from Sen. Tom Coburn

Can You Clear Me Now? Weighing Foreign Influence Factors in Security Clearance Investigations
13 July 2006 - House Committee on Government Reform

• Published Hearing Record
• What Price Free Speech? Whistleblowers and the Ceballos Decision (pdf), hearing before the House Committee on Government Reform, June 29.
• House Debate on Resolution Condemning Disclosure of Classified Information (H.Res.895), June 29.
• Senate Resolution Condemning the Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information on Terrorist Finance (S.Res. 524), June 29.
• Sen. Bond on Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information on Terrorist Finance, June 28.
• House Bill Would Modify Policy on Sensitive Security Information, HR 5441, 2007 DHS Appropriations Act, reported in the House, May 25.
• Introduction of the "Free Flow of Information Act" (S. 2831), introduced by Sens. Lugar, Specter, et al, May 18.
• Amendment to Prohibit Expiration of Security Clearances Approved in House, introduced by Rep. Simmons, May 10.
• The Big Chill in Washington, DC, statement by Rep. McDermott, May 9.
• Executive Branch Reform Act of 2006 (H.R. 5112), introduced by Rep. Tom Davis and Rep. Henry Waxman, April 6 (Fact Sheet).
• Introduction of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Record Collections Act (S.2499), introduced by Sen. Kerry, April 4.
• A Bill to Permit Access to Firearms Trace Information (S.2460), introduced by Sen. Menendez, March 27.

Plane Clothes: Lack of Anonymity at the Federal Air Marshal Service
Compromises Aviation and National Security
25 May 2006 - House Judiciary Committee

• Investigative Report by the Committee

Low Clearance: Why Did DoD Suddenly Stop Processing Private Sector Security Clearances?
17 May 2006 - House Government Reform Committee

• Transcript (pdf)

Progress or More Problems: Assessing the Federal Government's Security Clearance Process
17 May 2006 - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

• Transcript

The Need to Know: Information Sharing Lessons for Disaster Response
30 March 2006 - House Committee on Government Reform

• Transcript

Drowning in a Sea of Faux Secrets:
Policies on Handling of Classified and Sensitive Information
14 March 2006 - Subcomm on National Security, House Comm on Govt Reform

• Hearing Transcript
• Opening Statement of Rep. Christopher Shays, Chairman
• Statement of Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States
• Statement of J. William Leonard, Information Security Oversight Office
• Statement of Davi M. D'Agostino, Government Accountability Office
• Statement of Robert Rogalski, Department of Defense
• Statement of Glenn S. Podonsky, Department of Energy
• Statement of Thomas S. Blanton, National Security Archive
• Statement of Anna K. Nelson, American University
• Statement of Matthew M. Aid, historian
• Pre-Hearing Briefing Memo
• Attachments to Briefing Memo, part 1 (4 MB)
• Attachments to Briefing Memo, part 2 (3.5 MB)

2005 Congressional Documents on Secrecy

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Last Updated January 15, 2007