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U.S. High Court Upholds NASA Employee Background Questionnaire
Posted on 19 Jan 2011 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- (Mealey's) A mandatory questionnaire for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) employees is not only reasonable in light of the federal government's interests but subject to substantial protections against disclosure... Read More

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Government Employee Privacy Appeal
Posted on 5 Oct 2010 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Government employee background checks are not only standard practice but are also constitutional, Acting Solicitor General Neal K. Katyal told the U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 5 during oral arguments in an appeal by the National... Read More

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Supreme Court Grapples With NASA Privacy Questions
Posted on 5 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Supreme Court seemed unwilling Tuesday to restrict the government's ability to investigate the people who want to work inside its installations in the post-9/11 world, despite concerns that federal officials could go too... Read More

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Supreme Court To Hear NASA Privacy Case
Posted on 4 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PASADENA, Calif. - (AP) For the past three years, Robert Nelson has been juggling two lives. He's a senior research scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory by day, attempting to determine whether Saturn's giant moon Titan is volcanically... Read More

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