Day archives: May 18th, 2010

New on LLRX.com – Your Cheat Sheet for Local Rule Motion Practice – Part One: Southern District of New York

Your Cheat Sheet for Local Rule Motion Practice – Part One: Southern District of New York – You know the Federal Rules backwards and forwards, but its compliance with the local rules that really makes a civil litigator look like a pro to colleagues and clients. In this column, Wendy Schneider provides professionals with the …

Subjects: Legal Research

New GAO Reports: Debt Management, Head Start, Nonprofit Sector

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: DHS Needs to Conclude Negotiations and Finalize Regulations to Implement Federal Immigration Law, GAO-10-671T, May 18, 2010 Debt Management: Treasury Was Able to Fund Economic Stabilization and Recovery Expenditures in a Short Period of Time, but Debt Management Challenges Remain, GAO-10-498, May 18, 2010 Head Start: Undercover Testing Finds …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Broad New Treasury Initiative to Increase Electronic Transactions, Save More Than $400 Million, 12 Million Pounds of Paper in First Five 5 Years

News release: “With Americans poised to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day this week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced a broad new initiative to dramatically increase the number of electronic transactions that involve Treasury and millions of citizens and businesses, a move that is expected to save more than $400 million …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

EPA Adds More Than 6,300 Chemicals and 3,800 Chemical Facilities to Public Database

News release: “The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added more than 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to a public database called Envirofacts…The Envirofacts database is EPA’s single point of access on the Internet for information about environmental activities that may affect air, water and land in …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

FEMA Launches New Mobile Web Site For Smartphones

News release: “FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate announced the launch of FEMA’s new mobile Web site, m.fema.gov. The mobile Web site makes it easier to access critical information regarding emergency preparedness and what to do before and after a disaster right on a smartphone. The new site is laid out in a user friendly, question and …

Subjects: E-Government