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Press release: “Imposing new regulations on RFID technology is premature, according to Playing Tag: An RFID Primer, a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a California-based free-market think tank. A relatively new technology like RFID tends to spark fear in people, but fear should not drive government regulation, said K. Lloyd …
Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Court- In an exclusive interview, Justice Kennedy discusses life, center stage, by Stuart Taylor Jr. and Evan Thomas: ” In 19 cases during the past year, the Supreme Court split down the middle along ideological lines. The court’s four conservativesChief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas …
Press release: “Virginia Tech President Charles Steger has asked Kenneth R. Feinberg, who served as “Special Master of the federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001,” to administer distributions of the university Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund (HSMF)…The Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund was established through generous contributions from Southwest Virginians and thoughtful citizens from across …
latimes.cm: Nixon library’s changes start with Watergate – Its director is guiding its transformation from private facility to part of the federal system. First step is to broaden the story of the scandal: “”I can’t run a shrine,” says the man who ordered the demolition, Timothy Naftali, 45. Named last year as the library’s first …
Intellectual Property Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation: A free resource from MIHR and PIPRA. [thanks to Warren Leary] From Pipra’s Blog: “Lita Nelsen, head of technology transfer for MIT and one of the editors of the two volume reference book, describes it as “the How-To manual for using the tool of IP.” It is …
‘Free’ Credit Report Sites: Worth the Real Costs? Review of 24 Sites Shows Potential for Consumer Confusion, Unnecessary Services (35 pages, PDF): “This report examines Web sites that offer consumers paid access to their credit reports in combination with credit scores, credit monitoring, and/or identity theft insurance. These sites are alternatives to annualcreditreport.com, created as …
Follow up to the Google DoubleClick Merger In the News, from EPIC: The European Commission Directorate on Competition will review Google’s $3.1 billion merger with internet advertising company DoubleClick. The news comes a few days after European consumer group BEUC sent a letter (pdf) urging Commission to investigate the merger. The Article 29 Data Protection …
“The U.S. Department of Labors Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the creation of 132,000 net new jobs in June, while the nations unemployment rate held steady at 4.5%. June marks the 46th month in a row of job growth, and since August 2003, more than 8.2 million jobs have been created.” Read the Secretary’s statement. …
“On Thursday [July 5, 2007], a majority of the members of the Bundestag from the governing grand coalition and the FDP voted in favor of the government’s controversial proposal (PDF file) for a second version of the country’s Copyright Act for the Information Society, which includes the amendments proposed by the parliament’s legal committee. [via …
Review of Federal Assistance Provided to Allen County, Indiana Individuals and Households After Flooding in 2003, OIG-07-52 (PDF, 4 pages)
Follow up to previous postings on domestic surveillance programs, news today that 6th Circuit found none of the plaintiff’s had standing against the NSA with regard to the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP). See the ACLU press release: “In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed a legal challenge to the Bush …
Monthly Budget Review, July 2007.
