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Innovation at Risk, a forthcoming book from Princeton University Press by James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer. The following content is currently available online: Synopisis If You Cant Tell the Boundaries, Then It Aint Property Abstract Patents and Software
The United States Marshals Service’s Workforce Planning and Management, Audit Report 07-38, July 2007 (102 pages, redacted for public release)
WSJ free feature – Earnings cheat sheets Q2 07: “See what to expect as companies report quarterly earnings.” See also New Feature at Markets Data Center: Historical Tables Now you can use an archive of past editions of more than 30 of the most popular tables in Markets Data Center.”
WSJ free feature: “Compare fund-raising by Clinton, Giuliani, McCain, Obama and other major candidates, in this interactive graphic. Second-quarter data.”
Follow up to previous postings on matters related to the death of Corporal Patrick Tillman, on July 13, 2007 “Chairman Waxman and Ranking Minority Member Davis sent a letter to the White House objecting to the withholding of documents related to the death of U.S. Army Corporal Patrick Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire …
sfgate.com – ON THE RECORD: DEBORAH MAJORAS CHAIRWOMAN, FTC: “She shares her thoughts on what her agency can — and cannot — do on everything from mergers to fraud to privacy to gas prices to infomercials,” Sunday, July 15, 2007
The Washington Post reports that the President’s Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB), (see Executive Order 12334, December 4, 1981) … “did not send any reports to the attorney general of legal violations during the first 5 1/2 years of the Bush administration’s counterterrorism effort…” “The President’s Intelligence Oversight Board (lOB) was established by President Gerald Ford …
Press release: “On June 11, 2007, Mr. Prakash Khatri, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CISOMB) delivered the 2007 Annual Report to Congress. The Ombudsmans annual reports focus on identifying systemic issues that cause delay in granting immigration benefits as well as pervasive and serious problems faced by individuals and …
Bill Moyers Journal, July 13, 2007: “Bill Moyers gets perspective on the role of impeachment in American political life from Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, who wrote the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and THE NATION’s John Nichols, author of THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT.” Related links: WATCH MOYERS ON IMPEACHMENT More on the …
Press release: “Throughout the 1960s and most of the 1970s, while the U.S. government conducted its space reconnaissance program under a veil of absolute secrecy, officials debated whether information about the program (including the “fact of” its existence and certain photographs) should be disclosed to other elements of the government, public, allies, and even the …
Press release: “The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland is pleased to announce the launching of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government (CIPEG). CIPEG is a multidisciplinary research and educational center that focuses on the intersections between public policy and law, ethics, and trust as they affect the uses of …
Press release: “Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III today announced a series of comprehensive measures to significantly enhance national security oversight and compliance at the Justice Department and FBI. Among the primary components of this oversight effort, which has been …
