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Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview

Description: This report provides information about the Data Mining and Homeland Security. Data mining has become one of the key features of the homeland security initiatives. Data mining can be a potential means to identify terrorist activities such as money transfer etc.
Date: July 19, 2007
Creator: Seifert, Jeffrey W.
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The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape

Description: This report provides information about The Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape on the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is an independent agency directly responsible for congress.
Date: June 15, 2006
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
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Federal Affirmative Action Law: A Brief History

Description: This report provides a brief history about the Federal Affirmative Action Law which remains a focal point of public debate as a result of legal and political developments at the federal,state and local levels.
Date: July 16, 2007
Creator: Feder, Jody
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FCC Media Ownership Rules: Current Status and Issues for Congress

Description: On June 2, 2003, the Federal Communications Commission modified five of its media ownership rules, easing restrictions on the ownership of multiple television stations and on local media cross-ownership, and tightening restrictions on the ownership of multiple radio stations in local markets.
Date: May 9, 2005
Creator: Goldfarb, Charles B.
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The FCC’s Broadcast Media Ownership Rules

Description: This report provides information about The FCC’s Broadcast Media Ownership Rules which is intended to foster the three long-standing goals of U.S media policy-competition, localism, and diversity of voices.
Date: March 17, 2008
Creator: Goldfarb, Charles B.
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Digital Surveillance: The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

Description: This report provides information about The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act on Digital Surveillance. CALEA is intended to preserve the ability of law enforcement officials to conduct electronic surveillance effectively and efficiently.
Date: December 29, 2004
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
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Digital Surveillance: The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

Description: This report provides information about The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act on Digital Surveillance. CALEA is intended to preserve the ability of law enforcement officials to conduct electronic surveillance effectively and efficiently.
Date: January 29, 2008
Creator: Figliola, Patricia Moloney
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FCC Media Ownership Rules: Issues for Congress

Description: This report provides information about the Issues for Congress on FCC Media Ownership Rules. The media ownership rules strongly influences both the structure of the media sector and the relative negotiating power of individual companies and entire sector.
Date: May 16, 2003
Creator: Goldfarb, Charles B.
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Open Access Publishing and Citation Archives: Background and Controversy

Description: This report begins with an inventory of basic information: definitions and guides to histories of the growth of open access publishing and citation archives and descriptions of selected major open access activities. It moves on to summarize major points of difference between proponents and opponents of nongovernmental open access publishing and databases, and then highlights federal, including National Institutes of Health (NIH), open access activities and contentious issues surrounding these d… more
Date: July 26, 2005
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
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FCC Media Ownership Rules: Current Status and Issues for Congress

Description: On June 2, 2003, the Federal Communications Commission modified five of its media ownership rules, easing restrictions on the ownership of multiple television stations and on local media cross-ownership, and tightening restrictions on the ownership of multiple radio stations in local markets.
Date: August 3, 2006
Creator: Goldfarb, Charles B.
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China’s Space Program: An Overview

Description: This report gives an overview of China's Space program and the contents include launch activities, principles, funding, military space activities, international cooperation
Date: October 21, 2003
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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Satellite Television: Historical Information on SHVIA and LOCAL

Description: This historical report summarizes the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) and the Launching Our Communities Access to Local Television Act (LOCAL), and the debate over whether a company called Northpoint should be able to use the same frequencies as satellites to transmit data and television using terrestrial systems.
Date: December 15, 2004
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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