Day archives: April 14th, 2010

Foreclosure Activity Increases 7 Percent In First Quarter

News release: “RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™ for Q1 2010, which shows that foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 932,234 properties in the first quarter, a 7 percent increase from the previous quarter and a 16 percent …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Council of Economic Advisers Releases a New Report on the Recovery Act

News release: “As part of the unprecedented accountability and transparency provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) was charged with providing to Congress quarterly reports on the effects of the Recovery Act on overall economic activity, and on employment in particular. Today we released …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

EFF, Yahoo and Google Argue for Fourth Amendment Protection of Email

News release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) along with Google and numerous other public interest organizations and Internet industry associations joined with Yahoo! in asking a federal court Tuesday to block a government attempt to access the contents of a Yahoo! email account without a search warrant based on probable cause. The Department of Justice …

Subjects: Courts, E-Mail, Legal Research, Privacy

Asthma and COPD Inhalers That Contain Ozone-depleting CFCs to be Phased Out

News release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced, in accordance with longstanding U.S. obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, seven metered-dose inhalers (MDI) used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be gradually removed from the U.S. marketplace. These inhalers contain ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

House passes resolution honoring National Library Week

H. Res. 1222 supporting the goals and ideals of National Library Week: April 13, 2010 Congressional Record – House H2465 “H. RES. 1222 Whereas the Nation’s school, academic, public, and special libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of people in the United States, today, more than ever; Whereas librarians are trained professionals, …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legislation, Libraries

New on LLRX.com: The Odd Couple: SharePoint and Librarians

LLRX.com – The Odd Couple: SharePoint and Librarians: Lorette S.J. Weldon examines how SharePoint is used within the library to facilitate the coordination of collaboration, capturing and organizing “corporate” knowledge, and organizing digital content. She also reviews the results from her survey, “SharePoint Usage in the Library” which demonstrated how librarians could program their department’s …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

Greening the Corporation: Advising Companies on Compliance with Corporate Sustainability Requirements

Greening the Corporation: Advising Companies on Compliance with Corporate Sustainability Requirements, by Dana Newman The General Counsel, LLC “For a growing number of businesses, implementing smart environmental policy aids legal compliance and promotes competitiveness. Gone are the days when the only companies concerned about environmental laws were heavy manufacturers. Recent developments in both the U.S. …

Subjects: Legal Research

New GAO Reports: Homeland Security, Delivery of Compensation and Medical Benefits to Deployed Civilians, Rare Earth Materials in the Defense Supply Chain, U.S. Government Financial Statements

Homeland Security: Federal Protective Service’s Use of Contract Guards Requires Reassessment and More Oversight, GAO-10-614T, April 14, 2010 Human Capital: Status of Actions Needed to Improve the Timely and Accurate Delivery of Compensation and Medical Benefits to Deployed Civilians, GAO-10-615T, April 14, 2010 Rare Earth Materials in the Defense Supply Chain, GAO-10-617R, April 14, 2010 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Central Bankers Speeches From Around the World

14 Apr 2010 – Masaaki Shirakawa: Recent economic and financial developments and the conduct of monetary policy: Statement by Mr Masaaki Shirakawa, Governor of the Bank of Japan, concerning the Bank’s “Semiannual Report on Currency and Monetary Control” before the Committee on Financial Affairs, House of Councillors, Tokyo, 13 April 2010. 14 Apr 2010- Jean-Claude …

Subjects: Government Documents

OECD: Development aid rose in 2009 and most donors will meet 2010 aid targets

News release: “New OECD figures show continuing growth in development aid in 2009, despite the financial crisis. Total net official development assistance (ODA) from the donors in the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rose 0.7% in real terms, but the rise was 6.8% once debt relief, a volatile item, is excluded (see tables and charts …

Subjects: Government Documents