National Security in the Information Age: Are We Heading Toward Big Brother?

Symposium Welcome: Alexander McDaniel, Symposium Editor, University of Richmond Law Review, and Wendy C. Perdue, Dean of the University of Richmond School of Law. (9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.) “How Does the Government Collect Data Through Surveillance?” Panel Discussion: William C. Banks, Distinguished Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law and Founding Director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, and Jake Laperruque, Privacy Fellow with The Constitution Project. Professor Paul D. Crane, Associate Professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, served as moderator. (9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.) “How Does the Government Retain and Destroy Data?” lecture: Douglas Cox, Associate Professor at CUNY School of Law. (10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.) “How Does Data Impact the Courtroom?” Panel: Lt. Colonel Jeffrey Addicott (U.S. Army, ret.), Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law, and Paul Gill, Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia. Douglas A. Ramseur, Capital Defender with the Office of the Capital Defender in Central Virginia, served as moderator. (1:00 p.m.- 2:15 p.m.) Keynote Address: Thomas J. Ridge, former Pennsylvania Governor and the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. (2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

YouTube and Campaign Advertisements: The Affect of Web Based Video on the Content of Campaign Advertisements

Mentor: Steven Smith From the Washington University Undergraduate Research Digest: WUURD, Volume 6, Issue 1, Fall 2010. Published by the Office of Undergraduate Research. Henry Biggs, Director of Undergraduate Research and Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences; Joy Zalis Kiefer, Undergraduate Research Coordinator, Co-editor, and Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences; Kristin Sobotka, Editor

YouTube and Campaign Advertisements: The Effect of Web-based Video on the Content of Campaign Advertisements

From the Washington University Senior Honors Thesis Abstracts (WUSHTA), Volume 2, Spring 2010. Published by the Office of Undergraduate Research. Henry Biggs, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research / Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Joy Zalis Kiefer, Undergraduate Research Coordinator / Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences; E. Holly Tasker, Editor. Mentor: Steven Smit

The Baker's Dozen: 13 Policy Areas Critical to an Effective, Ethical, and Accountable Government

Since 2015, the Project On Government Oversight has welcomed each new Congress with a collection of recommendations for legislative action to strengthen democracy, crack down on misconduct, and reduce waste and corruption. These recommendations are based largely on findings from our own investigations, and together have formed essential, nonpartisan "to do" lists for Congress.Many of the recommendations in this report focus on issues POGO has championed since our founding in 1981, such as making government spending less wasteful and more effective or providing insiders with meaningful whistleblower protections. But this report also reflects a new and growing focus on equity and fairness in our justice system