Day archives: June 15th, 2010

Hearing on “Drilling Down on America’s Energy Future: Safety, Security, and Clean Energy”

Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, briefing memo for Hearing entitled Drilling Down on America’s Energy Future: Safety, Security and Clean Energy: “The United States’ dependence on foreign oil has also increased over time. In 1995, the United States imported 45 percent of its oil. By 2008, that number had increased …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents

WSJ: Librarian Sifts Mexican Press to Tally Drug-Cartel-Related Killings in Juárez

WSJ.com: “Ms. Molloy, a 54-year-old librarian at New Mexico State University here, spends most mornings sifting reports in the Mexican press to create a tally of drug-cartel-related killings in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. She is striving to fill a widening information gap about these homicides in Juárez, some 50 miles southeast of Las Cruces, across the …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

TRAC: Immigration Prosecutions Once More on the Rise

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC): “After several months of moderation, U.S. federal immigration prosecutions have returned to the high levels of last summer. According to the most recent figures released by the Department of Justice, there were 8,287 immigration prosecutions in March 2010, up 30 percent from February and more than in any month since …

Subjects: Legal Research

Frank Announces House Offer on Investor Protection, Executive Compensation, Fed and Emergency Liquidity Provisions

Follow up to Frank Announces House Offer to Base Text on Private Funds, Credit Rating Agencies, Thrifts and Insurance, this new announcement: “Chairman Frank, on behalf of the House conferees, released the House offer on the titles listed below. The issues will be subject to debate when the House-Senate Conference Committee convenes in room 2128 …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Several State Attorneys General Announce Probes of Google Wireless Data Collection

News release: “Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is asking Google whether its “street view” cars collected personal information transmitted over wireless networks without permission while photographing Connecticut streets and homes. Google has acknowledged that “street view” cars in some locations have intercepted information from unsecured personal WIFI networks. In Europe, notably Ireland, Google admitted intercepting packets …

Subjects: Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

New GAO Reports: Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, Strategic Framework for U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan, Negative Home Equity

Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Challenges and Strategies for Preventing Improper Payments, GAO-10-844T, June 15, 2010 The Strategic Framework for U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan, GAO-10-655R, June 15, 2010 Defense Infrastructure: Observations on the Department of the Navy’s Depot Capital Investment Program, GAO-10-726R, June 14, 2010 GAO Proactive Testing of ARRA Tax Credits for COBRA Premium …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

State Department: 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report

News release: “The 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2010, outlines the continuing challenges across the globe, including in the United States. The Report, for the first time, includes a ranking of the United States based on the same standards to which we hold other countries. The United States takes its first-ever ranking not …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents