Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
News release: “The unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down in July (-51,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment continued to fall in construction, manufacturing, and several service-providing industries, while health care and mining continued to add jobs. Average hourly …
RE: Formal Complaint of Free Press and Public Knowledge Against Comcast Corporation for Secretly Degrading Peer-to-Peer Applications; Broadband Industry Practices, Petition of Free Press et al. for Declaratory Ruling that Degrading an Internet Application Violates the FCCs Internet Policy Statement and Does Not Meet an Exception for Reasonable Network Management, File No. EB-08-IH-1518, WC Docket …
News release: “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking suggestions from the public on how it can increase its level of openness related to security at nuclear power plants and certain other facilities while still protecting sensitive information. A summary of the feedback will be posted on the NRCs Web site, provided to the Commission and …
Brookings Iraq Index – Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Post-Saddam Iraq, July 31, 2008
Management of the Office of Justice Programs Grant Programs for Trafficking Victims, Audit Report 08-26, July 2008 (144 pages, PDF)
Combating Terrorism: Actions Needed to Enhance Implementation of Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership, GAO-08-860, July 31, 2008 Information Technology: Agencies Need to Establish Comprehensive Policies to Address Changes to Projects’ Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals, GAO-08-925, July 31, 2008 Rebuilding Iraq: DOD and State Department Have Improved Oversight and Coordination of Private Security Contractors in Iraq, but …
WSJ Business Technology Blog: “Aspiring corporate-technology execs need to read. A lot. Thats the opinion of Bob Rouse, who runs the Society for Information Managements Regional Leadership Forum, which will train 265 potential chief information officers this year. Rouse has assembled a reading list of more than 30 books for the students, who are mostly …
Department of Defense, 2008 National Defense Strategy: “The NDS describes our overarching goals and strategy. It outlines how DoD will support the objectives outlined in the NSS, including the need to strengthen alliances and build new partnerships to defeat global terrorism and prevent attacks against us, our allies, and our friends; prevent our enemies from …
News release: “Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox and U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today agreed to make permanent their agencies’ longstanding relationship of sharing information on retirement and investments to protect the $5.8 trillion in retirement assets of American workers, retirees and their families held in employee benefit plans by signing …
News release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released today the National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) to address gaps and determine solutions so that emergency response personnel at all levels of government and across all disciplines can communicate as needed, on demand, and as authorized. The NECP is the nation’s first strategic plan to …
African American Children in Foster Care: HHS and Congressional Actions Could Help Reduce Proportion in Care, GAO-08-1064T, July 31, 2008 Airline Industry: Potential Mergers and Acquisitions Driven by Financial and Competitive Pressures, GAO-08-845, July 31, 2008 Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Process for Identifying and Addressing Combatant Command Priorities, GAO-08-740, July 31, 2008 …
Center for Immigration Studies – Homeward Bound: Recent Immigration Enforcement and the Decline in the Illegal Alien Population, by Steven A. Camarota, Karen Jensenius, July 2008 “Monthly data collected by the Census Bureau through May 2008 shows a significant decline in the number of less-educated, young Hispanic immigrants in the country. The evidence indicates that …
