Policy

UPDATE09/25/95 House and Senate conferees have agreed to an appropriations bill continuing funding for the Information Security Oversight Office, which…

Postal inspectors no longer allowed to pose as journalists09/25/95 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Responding to complaints from the Society of Professional Journalists, the…

Law banning payments to witnesses and jurors found unconstitutional09/11/95 CALIFORNIA--A federal District Court judge in San Francisco held in early…

FDA pushes for limits on tobacco advertising, sales to minors09/11/95 WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Food and Drug administration, acting at the direction…

Leahy reintroduces electronic data access bill08/14/95 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) in late July reintroduced the Electronic Freedom of Information…

Senate pressures reporters to file financial disclosure statements07/31/95 WASHINGTON, D.C.--In mid-July, the U.S. Senate passed a nonbinding resolution that reporters…

Syndicate fights state's attempt to tax cartoons07/03/95 CALIFORNIA--Creators Syndicate said in late June it will take legal action against California…

CFTC urges financial newsletters to register as advisers07/03/95 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Futures regulators are cracking down on newsletter publishers they say are…

EPA rule silencing critical employees struck down06/16/95 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Environmental Protection Agency employees will be allowed to accept travel expense reimbursement…

Senate passes bill restricting speech on bomb-making06/16/95 WASHINGTON, D.C--In its efforts to craft new anti-terrorism legislation, the U.S. Senate in…