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Pew Research Center Survey: War Support Slips, Fewer Expect a Successful Outcome

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press – War Support Slips, Fewer Expect a Successful Outcome – Country is ‘Losing Ground’ On Deficit, Rich-Poor Gap, Released: February 15, 2007 “Public support for the war in Iraq continues to decline, as a growing number of political independents are turning against the war. Overall, a …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Boxer to Introduce Passengers' Bill of Rights

Press release, February 15, 2007: “Following incidents at JFK and Austin airports where passengers were forced to remain on planes for as long as 11 hours, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today announced that she is planning to introduce a “Passengers’ Bill of Rights” in the Senate to ensure that air travelers are not unnecessarily …

Subjects: Congress

DHS Forms Partnership with NSF for Academic Research Initiative on Domestic Nuclear Detection

DHS press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently issued a potential $58 million, over five years, in grant opportunities for colleges and universities that will focus on detection systems, individual sensors or other research relevant to the detection of nuclear weapons, …

Subjects: Government Documents

Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century

“The Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets you’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives. The goal of the project is to make …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

New on LLRX.com for February 2007 – Part I

Creating Intranet Applications for Knowledge Sharing Within Law Firms, by Jason Eiseman Technology and Policy Issues With Acquiring Digital Collections, by Roger V. Skalbeck and Iva M. Futrell Seven Legal Technology Trends for 2007: Widening the Digital Divide in Law Practice, by Dennis Kennedy GAO Releases Database of Comptroller General Decisions, by Michael Ravnitzky The …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Marketing, PC Security

GAO Report on Freedom of Information Act Processing Trends

Freedom of Information Act: Processing Trends Show Importance of Improvement Plans, GAO-07-491T, and Highlights, February 14, 2007. “Based on data in annual reports from 2002 to 2005, the public continued to submit more requests for information from the federal government through FOIA. Despite increasing the numbers of requests processed, many agencies did not keep pace …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

House Oversight Committee Committee Hearing on Iraq Reconstruction Overview

“On Thursday, February 15, the three top auditors overseeing work in Iraq provided new information about the status of Iraq reconstruction projects and troop support contracts. The hearing examined whether the findings of these auditors should affect Congress’ assessment of the President’s new request for additional taxpayer dollars.” Chairman Waxman’s Opening Statement Supplemental Memo on …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents