Day archives: September 2nd, 2008

DOJ OIG: Report of Investigation Regarding Allegations of Mishandling of Classified Documents by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

DOJ OIG: Report of Investigation Regarding Allegations of Mishandling of Classified Documents by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, September 2, 2008. “In sum, our investigation concluded that Gonzales mishandled classified materials regarding two highly sensitive compartmented programs. We found that Gonzales took his classified handwritten notes home and stored them there for an indeterminate period of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

New GAO Reports: 2010 Census, Drug-Free Communities Support Program

2010 Census: Census Bureau’s Decision to Continue with Handheld Computers for Address Canvassing Makes Planning and Testing Critical, GAO-08-936, July 31, 2008 Drug-Free Communities Support Program: Stronger Internal Controls and Other Actions Needed to Better Manage the Grant-Making Process, GAO-08-57, July 31, 2008

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Google's New Chrome Browser – A Work in Progress

Follow up to September 1, 2008 posting, Google Launches New Beta Browser for Windows, Google Redefines Web Browser – Chrome Offers New Way To Surf Net, as Microsoft Beefs Up Internet Explorer, by Walter S. Mossberg, WSJ: “Chrome is a smart, innovative browser that, in many common scenarios, will make using the Web faster, easier …

Subjects: Search Engines

Federal Reserve – The Final Frontier: The Integration of Banking and Commerce

The Final Frontier: The Integration of Banking and Commerce, Part 2: Risk and Return Using Efficient Portfolio Analysis, Alan K. Reichert, Larry D. Wall, and Hsin-Yu Liang, Economic Review, Vol. 93, No. 2, 2008. “In the first part (in the previous issue of Economic Review) of this two-part study, the authors identified a number of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Judge Orders DOJ To Turn Over Memos Authorizing Torture Or Justify Withholding Them

ACLU news release: “A federal judge [U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York] has ordered the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) to turn over three memos that authorized the extremely harsh treatment of prisoners in CIA custody or explain by October 3 why these memos can lawfully be withheld. The American Civil …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Freedom of Information, Legal Research

AmLaw: Law Firms Lag Behind the Rest of Corporate America on the Web

AmLaw Daily: “In the last two years or so, though, Web development and marketing professionals say law firms have gotten increasingly serious about the Web. Slowly, the gap in quality between Am Law 200 Web sites and those of Fortune 500 companies has narrowed, as more and more firms put in the investment and manpower …

Subjects: Internet, Marketing

Public libraries report double-digit growth

News release: “A new study clearly finds that Americas public libraries are breaking through traditional brick-and-mortar walls to serve more people online and in person. Americas 16,543 public library buildings are leveraging technology to help children succeed in school and support lifelong learning. More than 83 percent now offer online homework resources, including live tutors …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

World Health Organization: Commission on Social Determinants of Health – Final Report

Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health (256 pages, PDF): “Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health …

Subjects: Government Documents

Criminal Victimization in the United States, Statistical Tables, 2006

Bureau of Justice Statistics: “Presents 110 tables with detailed data on major variables measured by the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).” 2006: Acrobat file | Spreadsheets (zip format)

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Legal Research

Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990-2006

Bureau of Justice Statistics: Civil Rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990 – 2006 “Examines civil rights claims based on race, age, sex, or national origin involving employment, welfare, housing, voting, or other civil rights discrimination issues. It covers civil rights claims litigated in federal district courts from 1990 to 2006. Information is presented on …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

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