Category Archives: Current Events

March 31, 2019 · 1:06 pm

Data Breaches: Range of Consumer Risks Highlights Limitations of Identity Theft Services


Report:
Data Breaches: Range of Consumer Risks Highlights
Limitations of Identity Theft Services
Anna Maria Ortiz,
U.S. Government Accountability Office

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March 30, 2019 · 1:38 pm

California law prohibiting acquisition and possession of magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds declared unconstitutional


Order:
VIRGINIA DUNCAN, et al.
v.
XAVIER BECERRA,
Attorney General of California

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March 29, 2019 · 6:43 am

Free Speech and the Regulation of Social Media Content


Report:
Free Speech and the Regulation
of Social Media Content
Valerie C. Brannon,
Legislative Attorney

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· 1:15 am

Office of Congressional Ethics: History, Authority, and Procedures


Report:
House Office of Congressional Ethics:
History, Authority, and Procedures
Jacob R. Straus,
Specialist on the Congress

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· 1:05 am

Assessing NATO’s Value


Report:
Assessing NATO’s Value
Paul Belkin,
Analyst in European Affairs

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March 27, 2019 · 5:29 am

Principal conclusions reached by Special Counsel’s inquiry into allegations that the Trump campaign conspired with Russian agents to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and subsequent counterintelligence investigation


Brief:
Summary of Principal Conclusions Reached
by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III
William P. Barr,
Attorney General of the United States

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March 26, 2019 · 2:47 am

Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB): A Legal Overview


Report:
Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB): A Legal Overview
Jon O. Shimabukuro, Legislative Attorney
Jennifer A. Staman, Legislative Attorney

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· 2:37 am

Federal Firearms Laws: Overview and Selected Legal Issues


Report:
Federal Firearms Laws: Overview and Selected
Legal Issues for the 116th Congress
Sarah Herman Peck, Legislative Attorney
Michael A. Foster, Legislative Attorney

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· 2:29 am

Data Protection Law: An Overview


Report:
Data Protection Law: An Overview
Stephen P. Mulligan, Legislative Attorney
Wilson C. Freeman, Legislative Attorney
Chris D. Linebaugh, Legislative Attorney

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· 2:22 am

Executive Order on Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities


E.O.:
Executive Order on Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency,
and Accountability at Colleges and Universities
President Donald J. Trump

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