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5/2/2012 2:04:00 PM Ninety-one percent of those who attended the 2012 convention said it met or exceeded their expectations, according to the post-convention evaluation released today. The panel discussion on Watergate that brought Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein together on the 40th anniversary of the break-in received especially high marks.
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4/26/2012 11:54:00 AM Under threat of subpoena from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the federal agency responsible for improving the administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) sent to Congress last night a set of recommendations (PDF) so mundane that the effort to extract the document from the executive branch calls into question the agency’s independence.
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4/18/2012 3:08:00 PM After years of warnings about looming security threats on the Internet, cybersecurity has emerged as one of this year's key legislative issues. Unfortunately, the spate of legislation that has been introduced so far in the U.S. Congress has created grave concerns among civil liberties organizations and open government advocates. ...
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