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Tim Stanley and the Justia team keep rolling out new services for the legal community that assist us in accessing essential government documents via user-friendly websites, with accompanying RSS feeds and customized search capabilities. Today news is about the launch of a free, searchable database of Federal Register Regulations, Proposed Rules and Notices. This site …
Google Librarian Center posting: “Today we announced our 13th Library Project partner, the Bavarian State Library. With the announcement of a fourth library partner located outside the U.S., we’re making headway towards our goal of helping people find books from libraries all over the world through Google Book Search. We’re making a good deal of …
2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – U.S. Department of State Human Rights 2006; Preface, Overview and Acknowledgements, and Introduction; Africa; East Asia and the Pacific; Europe and Eurasia; Near East and North Africa; South and Central Asia; Western Hemisphere; Appendices; Related Material
Emergency Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Audit of Program Support Centers Award Process for a Contract With the Alabama Department of Public Health, Division of Minority Health PDF (A-03-06-00527), 03/05/2007 Emergency Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Audit of Program Support Centers Award Process for a Contract With the Tennessee Department of Health, Office …
Via DefenseTech: “Compiled by former West Point professor and military historian Kim Kagan whos the sister of Robert Kagan, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and frequent commentator on military affairs and Fred Kagan, one of the principle authors of Bushs new surge plan the newly-released Iraq Report is a bi-weekly …
National Women’s History Month – The U.S. Celebrates Women’s Achievements in March – “The 2007 Women’s History Month theme, Generations of Women Moving History Forward, celebrates the wisdom and tenacity of prior and future generations of women and recognizes the power of generations working together.” Department of State Publications: Women of Influence Working for Women …
Follow-up to February 22, 2007 posting, New Report Shows No Precedent for Mass U.S. Attorney Firings, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on Part IIPreserving Prosecutorial Independence: Is the Department of Justice Politicizing the Hiring and Firing of U.S. Attorneys? for Tuesday, March 6, 2007. Related news: Joint Statement of Former …
House Subcommittee Hearing: “The State of the [Freedom of Information Act]: Assessing Agency Efforts to Meet FOIA Requirements” – On February 14, 2007, the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in the House of Representatives held a hearing entitled “The State of the FOIA: Assessing Agency Efforts …
Judiciary’s FY ’07 Budget Authorized by Congress: “A continuing resolution has provided the Judiciary with $5.980 billion in enacted appropriations for the remaining months of fiscal year 2007, a 4.9 percent increase over FY 2006.” Judiciary Budget Facts and Impact
Nuclear Weapons: Annual Assessment of the Safety, Performance, and Reliability of the Nation’s Stockpile, GAO-07-243R, February 2, 2007. ” Congress asked us to describe the processes that DOE and DOD have established for fulfilling the requirements of the annual assessment. To determine this process, we reviewed the major reports and briefings generated during the annual …
National Institute on Aging: “Americans in their early to mid-50s today report poorer health, more pain and more trouble doing everyday physical tasks than their older peers reported at the same age in years past, a recent analysis has shown. The research, published in print and online this week by the nonprofit National Bureau of …
Combating Terrorism: Improved Training and Guidance Needed to More Effectively Address Host Nation Support and Enhance DOD’s Force Protection Efforts GAO-07-200NI, January 31, 2007. Note: “GAO products with the suffix NI following the report number are not posted on GAO’s Web site and are not available over the Internet. Order a printed copy of GAO-07-200NI …
