Washington — Amid new revelations about U.S. intelligence information on Hillary Clinton’s private email account, congressional Republicans are demanding to know whether the former secretary of state, her lawyer and the State Department have hindered investigators or compromised classified material. Clinton was questioned Thursday during a presidential campaign stop about the rapidly widening furor as […]
Internet companies oppose Florida proposals to regulate web – PalmBeachPost.com
Some Florida lawmakers want to impose state-level regulations on the free-wheeling online world, and are drawing opposition from some of the nation’s biggest Internet companies including Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Ebay. The conflict is over two proposed laws. One would affect who controls a person’s email and social media accounts and the secrets they may […]
House Oversight panel approves FOIA reforms – The Hill
The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at increasing the public’s access to government documents. The changes to the Freedom of Information Act, approved by voice vote, were sponsored by Reps. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md). The House unanimously passed a similar bill last Congress. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported […]
