Day archives: May 25th, 2007

Universal Affordable Broadband for All Americans

Universal Affordable Broadband for All Americans – How to Modernize Universal Service for the 21st Century and Connect Americans to a New Era of Digital Opportunity, Jim Kohlenberger, Senior Fellow, Benton Foundation “For more than 200 years, Americans have approached the future the same way that Huck Finn looked at the bend in the river: …

Subjects: Internet

Special Prosecutor Requests 2 Plus Yr Sentence for Libby

Follow up to previous postings on Plame CIA leak, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald stated in a May 25, 2007 court filing that Libby has “expressed no remorse, no acceptance of responsibility, and no recognition that there is anything he should have done differently”…”As a result, Mr Fitzgerald said, he should be sentenced to two-and-a-half to …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

White House Immigration Fact Check: Responding to Key Myths

Immigration Fact Check: Responding to Key Myths, May 25, 2007: “MYTH: The government is going to give permanent legal status to 12 million illegal aliens before securing our borders. * FACT: Temporary worker and Z visas will not be issued until benchmarks for enforcement are met. These triggers include: > Increasing border fencing. > Increasing …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

Leahy, Specter Ask Rove Lawyer To Voluntarily Provide “Lost” E-Mails Related To Panel's Probe

Follow-up to previous postings on the U.S. attorney firings, this May 25, 2007 ress release: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) sent the following letter to Karl Rove’s attorney seeking access to e-mails related to the panel’s ongoing investigation into the firings of U.S. Attorneys and politicization within …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, E-Mail, Government Documents, Legal Research

World's Largest Unclassified Database of Terror Attacks Now Online

Press release: “The world’s largest unclassified database of terrorism attacks is now available online for general use by researchers, policy-makers, media and the general public — an important tool that the researchers say may aid in the development of more effective responses to terrorism. The Global Terrorism Database was developed by START, the National Consortium …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

IG for Tax Administration Report on Uncovering Root of Terrorist Financing

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report 2007-10-082: Screening Tax-Exempt Organizations’ Filing Information Provides Minimal Assurance That Potential Terrorist-related Activites Are Identified, May 21, 2007. “The IRS does not systemically match filing data of tax-exempt organizations against a comprehensive list of potential terrorists to identify instances in which charitable and other nonprofit organizations may be …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Countering the Terrorist Mentality – State Department EJournal

Countering the Terrorist Mentality – State Department EJournal, May 2007: “This edition of eJournal USA, “Countering the Terrorist Mentality,” provides a look at the complex, global problem of terrorism. Several of the world’s leading scholars in this field, including Walter Laqueur, Bruce Hoffman, Jerrold Post, David Kilcullen, Mohammed Hafez, and Mia Bloom, examine the motivations …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Online Database of Hazardous Materials

“CAMEO Chemicals is an online library of more than 6,000 data sheets containing response-related information and recommendations for hazardous materials that are commonly transported, used, and/or stored in the United States. CAMEO Chemicals also contains the Chemical Reactivity Worksheet, which you can use to predict potential reactive hazards between chemicals of concern. CAMEO Chemicals is …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Census Bureau Reports Minority Population Tops 100 Million

The latest National and State Characteristics population estimates – for July 1, 2006 – were released May 17, 2007 – Census Bureau press release: “The nation’s minority population reached 100.7 million, according to the national and state estimates by race, Hispanic origin, sex and age released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. A year ago, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents