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Economic Ranking of All 50 States Released

“This new publication by the American Legislative Exchange Council, Rich States/Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, by Arthur B. Laffer and Stephen Moore, is an invaluable resource for state lawmakers and citizens to evaluate their state’s fiscal and economic policies, while analyzing their results and ramifications.” Executive Summary Full report (114 pages, PDF)

Subjects: Government Documents

Future Trends in State Courts 2007

“The National Center for State Courts has published Future Trends in State Courts 2007, the latest in its long-running “Report on Trends in the State Courts” series. This book, which is produced annually by NCSC’s Knowledge and Information Service, helps to make courts more aware of important trends in society and judicial administration that could …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

USAID OIG Audit of USAID/West Bank and Gaza’s Assistance to Al-Quds University

6-294-08-002-P Audit of USAID/West Bank and Gaza’s Assistance to Al-Quds University, the Islamic University in Gaza, and American Near East Refugee Aid, December 10, 2007 Audit Objective: “We conducted this audit in response to congressional and USAID concerns that funds were being provided to organizations that support terrorism as reported in a March 5, 2007, …

Subjects: Government Documents

Digital Footprints: Online identity management and search in the age of transparency

Press release: “Forty-seven percent of internet users have searched for their own name online, but few monitor their online presence with great regularity. Fifty-three percent of internet users have searched online for information about personal and business contacts. These findings represent a significant change from when the Pew Internet Project first reported on this activity …

Subjects: Internet, Privacy

Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007

Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007, 12/16/07: “4.5 percent of inmates report sexual victimization in the Nation’s State and Federal prisons.” The report, Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007 (NCJ-219414) was written by BJS statisticians Allen J. Beck and Paige M. Harrison.

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

International and Foreign Legal Research: A Coursebook

International and Foreign Legal Research: A Coursebook, by Marci Hoffman Associate Director, International & Foreign Law Librarian, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Library and Mary Rumsey, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian, University of Minnesota Law School Library, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden / Boston (2007). Select individual chapters to see a detailed table …

Subjects: Legal Research

U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program

“The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Toxic Substances Hydrology (Toxics) Program was initiated in 1982 to provide objective and reliable scientific information needed to develop policies and practices that help avoid exposure to toxic substances, mitigate environmental deterioration from contaminants, provide cost-effective cleanup and waste-disposal strategies, and reduce future risk of contamination. Contamination of surface water, …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Political Bloggers at Newspaper Sites in Drivers Seat for 2008 Campaign Coverage

Editor and Publisher: “Yet it remains something newspapers are embracing as the 2008 presidential campaign hits its stride and the primaries loom. Campaign blogs were once left to partisans and non-journalists; now, along with the L.A. Times, at least five other daily papers have assigned to political blogs full-time reporters who post and edit items …

Subjects: Blogs

Google and Microsoft Battle Over Future of Desktop and Web

New York Times: Google Gets Ready to Rumble With Microsoft – “The growing confrontation between Google and Microsoft promises to be an epic business battle. It is likely to shape the prosperity and progress of both companies, and also inform how consumers and corporations work, shop, communicate and go about their digital lives. Google sees …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Microsoft, Search Engines

UN Breakthrough on Climate Change Reached in Bali

Press release: (Bali, 15 December 2007) – Climate Change Conference in Bali – “The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, took place at the Bali International Convention Centre and brought together more than 10,000 participants, including representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and the media. The two …

Subjects: Government Documents