http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31351.pdf
Explores the tension between presidential claims of privilege and congressional prerogatives of oversight and investigation of executive branch actions. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.
http://millercenter.org/policy/commissions/warpowers/appendices
Provides a collection of additional information relating to the National War Powers Commission Report including a war powers primer, an overview of facts relevant to war powers issues in selected conflicts since World War II, federal courts and the war powers, polls relating to war powers, and a war powers bibliography. From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
Report by panel headed by former Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher and co-directed by William and Mary interim president W. Taylor Reveley III. Calls for the replacement of the ineffective War Powers Resolution of 1973 by a proposed new War Powers Consultation Act of 2009 to resolve ongoing problems about how war powers are allocated among the branches of government. From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/energy/energy-policy-memo.pdf
White House policy statement calling for more production of traditional energy resources from environmentally sensitive areas such as the outer continental shelf. From the White House.
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr205.pdf
Michael Dobbs, author of a recent book on the Cuban missile crisis, distills the key findings of his book, including ten lessons for a modern-day president. From the U.S. Institute of Peace.
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33312_20080408.pdf
Explains the background to the current controversy over presidential authority to restrict foreign investment in the interests of U.S. national security. Covers the Exon-Florio provision, Treasury Department regulations, the Byrd Amendment, and the role of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.
http://www.opm.gov/ses/transition/index.asp
Covers standards of ethical conduct, positions and individuals subject to change in the transition, the process of appointments, and compensation. From the Office of Personnel Management
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RL30319.pdf
Reviews judicial cases involving the question of executive communications privilege, what presidential papers and communications it can be applied to, and recent claims of executive privilege. Also includes an appendix reviewing claims of executive privilege in all administrations since John Kennedy. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL34456.pdf
Discusses historical national security-related presidential transition activities, provides a representative sampling of national security issues the next administration may encounter, and offers suggestions relevant to each of the five phases of the presidential transition period. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/98-606.pdf
Reviews the circumstances behind the creation of and underlying authority for the Executive Office of the President, and provides profiles of the entities that have been located within that structure. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2008/nr08-81.html
Covers 11,000 pages of Clinton's daily schedules as First Lady. Includes some 4700 redactions for protection of individual privacy including social security numbers, telephone numbers and home addresses. From the National Archives and Records Administration
