Monday, February 25, 2008
Tweet[IWS] CRS: PRIVACY & CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD: NEW INDEPENDENT AGENCY STATUS [20 February 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL34385
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: New Independent Agency Status
February 20, 2008
Harold C. Relyea, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34385_20080220.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Summary
Recommended by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the
United States (9/11 Commission), the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
(PCLOB) was initially established as an agency within the Executive Office of the
President (EOP) in 2004. Critics, however, maintained that the board appeared to be
a presidential appendage, devoid of the capability to exercise independent judgment
and assessment or to provide impartial findings and recommendations. This
viewpoint gained acceptance in the 110th Congress when the PCLOB was
reconstituted as an independent agency within the executive branch by the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act (IR9/11CA), signed
into law on August 6, 2007. Monitoring the transition of the PCLOB to, and its
initial operations in, its new independent status, this report will be updated as events
warrant.
Contents
Initial Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reconstitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PCLOB Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL34385
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: New Independent Agency Status
February 20, 2008
Harold C. Relyea, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34385_20080220.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Summary
Recommended by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the
United States (9/11 Commission), the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
(PCLOB) was initially established as an agency within the Executive Office of the
President (EOP) in 2004. Critics, however, maintained that the board appeared to be
a presidential appendage, devoid of the capability to exercise independent judgment
and assessment or to provide impartial findings and recommendations. This
viewpoint gained acceptance in the 110th Congress when the PCLOB was
reconstituted as an independent agency within the executive branch by the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act (IR9/11CA), signed
into law on August 6, 2007. Monitoring the transition of the PCLOB to, and its
initial operations in, its new independent status, this report will be updated as events
warrant.
Contents
Initial Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reconstitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PCLOB Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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