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Uniform Limited Liability Company Act Approved by American Bar Association’s House of Delegates

Press release: “The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (ULLCA), a new act which provides the states with modern, updated legislation governing the formation and operation of limited liability companies, was approved today by the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates at its Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The new uniform law, drafted and approved by …

Subjects: Legal Research

2006 Report on Firefighter Fatalities in the United States

2006 Report on Firefighter Fatalities in the United States: “The specific objective of the study Firefighter Fatalities in the United States is to identify all of the on-duty firefighter fatalities that occur in the United States and to analyze the circumstances surrounding each occurrence. The study is intended to help identify approaches that could reduce …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ Poised to Implement New Rules Shortening Dealth Penalty Appeals

LA Times: “The Justice Department is putting the final touches on regulations that could give Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales important new sway over death penalty cases in California and other states, including the power to shorten the time that death row inmates have to appeal convictions to federal courts. The rules implement a little-noticed …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Legal Research

USDA OIG Reports: Strategic Plan, Semiannual Report to Congress, Major Management Challenges

Strategic Plan FY 2007-2012 (PDF) – “This strategic plan establishes our vision and seeks to provide a roadmap for OIG to provide a worthy return on the United States taxpayers’ investment.” Semiannual Report to Congress FY2007 – First Half – No. 57 (PDF) Major Management Challenges (August 2007) (PDF)

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Treasury IG Reports – Taxpayer Service Savings Estimates for FY 06, and Noncompliance With Security Policies

2007-40-125 Taxpayer Service Savings Estimates for Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007 Could Not Be Validated, Report Date: 08/13/2007 >>Audit Highlights: PDF | HTML >> Audit Reports: PDF | HTML 2007-20-117 Efforts Have Been Made, but Manager and Employee Noncompliance With Security Policies and Procedures Puts Personally Identifiable Information at Risk, Report Date: 08/13/2007 >>Audit Highlights: …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New DHS OIG Audits: Katrina, Bio-Surveillance Integration System Program, ADVISE, Information Technology Management

INTERIM REPORT, Hurricane Katrina: A Review of Wind Versus Flood Issues, OIG-07-62 (PDF, 25 pages) – New 08/13/2007 Better Management Needed for the National Bio-Surveillance Integration System Program, OIG-07-61 (PDF, 38 pages) – New 08/13/2007 Improvements to Information Sharing are Needed to Facilitate Law Enforcement Efforts During Disasters, OIG-07-60 (PDF, 51 pages) – New 08/13/2007 …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

ABA Launches New Consumer E-Commerce Site

“Safeselling.org offers a resource for business people launching ecommerce enterprises and for businesses venturing into online sales. First-time entrepreneurs and established small to medium-sized business expanding their horizons should find helpful information on this site about selling goods and services online…Safeselling.org is a companion to safeshopping.org, an earlier project of the Cyberspace Law Committee of …

Subjects: E-Commerce

DOD OIG Audits of Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions and Garnishment Program

D-2007-115 Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services Contract (August 9, 2007) (Project D2006-D000AS-0173.000) PDF and Summary D-2007-114 DoD Garnishment Program (July 19, 2007) (Project D2005-D000FC-0264.000) PDF and Summary: “Active, reserve, and retired military and Federal civilian employees have pay garnished to pay personal and commercial debts…During FY 2005, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service Garnishment …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents