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New GAO Reports: Visa Waiver Program, Individual Retirement Accounts, Defense Budget, Tax Preparers, Global War on Terrorism

Visa Waiver Program: Actions Are Needed to Improve Management of the Expansion Process, and to Assess and Mitigate Program Risks, GAO-08-967, September 15, 2008 Individual Retirement Accounts: Additional IRS Actions Could Help Taxpayers Facing Challenges in Complying with Key Tax Rules, GAO-08-654, August 14, 2008 Defense Budget: Independent Review Is Needed to Ensure DOD’s Use …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOE Gas Price Watch Reporting Form

Gas Price Watch Reporting Form: “The Department of Energy is very concerned about the impact of gasoline prices on American families. While we are working to address longer term supply issues, we’re also working to make sure American families are being treated fairly. If you believe there may be price-gouging, or price-fixing, please contact your …

Subjects: E-Government

Lehman Brothers Announces Bankruptcy Filing

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Announces It Intends to File Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition; No Other Lehman Brothers’ U.S. Subsidiaries or Affiliates, Including Its Broker-Dealer and Investment Management Subsidiaries, Are Included in the Filing, September 15, 2008 Federal Reserve Board announces several initiatives to provide additional support to financial markets, including enhancements to its existing liquidity …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

New on LLRX.com – Guide to DNA Post-Conviction Resources

Criminal Law Resources: DNA Post-Conviction Resources – Ken Strutin’s article includes a collection of recent and representative web-based materials concerning DNA technology developments and legal research on the impact of wrongful convictions and DNA exonerations on the justice system.

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research

Legal Guide to Student Voting

Brennan Center for Justice: “Tailored for college students, the Legal Guide to Student Voting is an easy-to-use clickable map designed to arm students with the correct information necessary to cut through confusing and misleading registration and voting laws. The Guide also dispells common myths about the registration process that can discourage student votersparticularly those living …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents

The Municipal & Utility Guidebook to Bringing Broadband Fiber Optics to Your Community

The Municipal Guidebook to Bringing Broadband Fiber Optics to Your Community (126 pages, PDF) “is the first comprehensive guide written for city, county, and utility officials. The guide highlights the economic and quality-of-life benefits to communities that have a robust fiber infrastructure, and examines in detail four communities that have successfully deployed fiber-to-the-home services to …

Subjects: Government Documents

Schedule of Presidential Debates and Debate History Resources

Via State Department: “The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was established in 1987 to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners. Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Seasonal Variation in Traffic Congestion: Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Technical Report: Seasonal Variation in Traffic Congestion: A Study of Three U.S. Cities, August 2008, TR-005 “Most urban areas of the country face rising congestion levels as increasing volumes of vehicular traffic exceed the capacity of the transportation system. The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) reported that, in 2005, Traffic congestion …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States

The Sentencing Project, Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States: “Since the founding of the country, most states in the U.S. have enacted laws disenfranchising convicted felons and ex-felons. In the last 30 years, due to the dramatic expansion of the criminal justice system, these laws have significantly affected the political voice of many American …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

New Findings Provide Clearest Picture Yet of How Enrollees in the World Trade Center Health Registry Were Affected by 9/11

News release: “A new analysis from the World Trade Center Health Registry provides the most comprehensive picture yet of how 9/11 affected enrollees physical and mental health two to three years after the disaster. The report released by the Health Department in the Journal of Urban Health, also includes the first estimates of respiratory …

Subjects: Government Documents

Open Source Tobacco Wiki Research Project

“Welcome to TobaccoWiki, the online research project to which anyone can contribute. We need your help to mine the millions of pages of previously-secret, internal tobacco industry documents now posted on the Internet. The purpose of Tobaccowiki is to make it easier to find information about tobacco industry behavior, and to reveal what has been …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Wiki

ACLU Voices Concerns About New New FBI Guidelines To Prevent Terror

New York Times: “The Justice Department made public on Friday a plan to expand the tools the Federal Bureau of Investigation can use to investigate suspicions of terrorism inside the United States, even without any direct evidence of wrongdoing. Justice Department officials said the plan, which is likely to be completed by the end of …

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

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