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Privacy Technology : Legislative Documents

DOJ Reply to House Judiciary Committee - response to 34 questions - July 26, 2002 (07/26/2002)
DOJ Reply to House Judiciary Committee - response to 34 questions - July 26, 2002

Letter to the House on H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (07/24/2002)

Sign-on Letter to the House Urging Opposition to H.R. 4633, the "Driver's License Modernization Act of 2002" (06/27/2002)

Interested Persons Memo: Analysis of Changes to Attorney General Guidelines (06/06/2002)
On May 30, 2002, Attorney General Ashcroft released new Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Terrorism Enterprise Investigations. Sweeping away protections that have been in place since the 1970s, the new Guidelines allow the government to spy on domestic groups even when there is no suspicion of wrongdoing.

Interested Persons Memo: Brief Analysis of Proposed Changes to Attorney General Guidelines (05/30/2002)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to H.R. 3129, "The Customs Border Security Act of 2001" (05/21/2002)

Letter to Reps. Coble and Berman on Internet Database Accuracy and H.R. 4640 (05/21/2002)

Interested Persons Memo on H.R. 3833, the Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002 (05/20/2002)

Letter to the House Judiciary Committee Urging Opposition to H.R. 4043, the Driver's License Federal Mandate Bill (05/16/2002)

Letter to the House Regarding HR 4700, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002 (05/14/2002)

Letter to Reps. Smith and Scott on H.R. 4623, the "Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act of 2002" (05/08/2002)

Coalition Letter to the House Education and the Workforce Committee Regarding the Delay or Denial of Federal Financial Aid on the Basis of Any Drug Offense (05/03/2002)

Letter to Senate Regarding Section 1143 of the Daschle Substitute Amendment No. 3386 to the Andean Trade Preference Expansion Act (05/03/2002)

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