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Switchover to Democratic Control of Congressional Websites Causes Glitches

Follow up to previous postings, House and Senate Websites Are Redesigned and Relaunched and New House Committee on Science and Technology Launches Website, more news about the status of Congressional websites in transition: “HouseDemocrats.gov is coming soon. In the meantime, please visit other House Democratic web sites: www.Speaker.gov; www.democraticleader.house.gov; www.democraticwhip.house.gov“ Related websites that are online …

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Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Harvard School of Public Heath Study Examines Rate of Homicides and Firearms

Press release: “Firearms are used to kill two out of every three homicide victims in America. In the first nationally representative study to examine the relationship between survey measures of household firearm ownership and state level rates of homicide, researchers at the Harvard Injury Control Research Center found that homicide rates among children, and among …

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Subjects: Government Documents

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, by Coretta Scott King A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Professor Melvin Sylvester: includes a timeline, and bibliography of Dr. King’s writings, links to historical records and legal documents, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project: Stanford University State Department transcript of …

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

EU Law on Cosmetics Under Review

January 12, 2007: “The European Commission has today launched a consultation round for stakeholders in the field of cosmetics, to come to a simplified and modern regulatory framework for the industry, which avoids unnecessary costs. This new framework should replace the existing EU Cosmetics Directive from 1976, which has become a “patchwork” of almost 50 …

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Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Civil Rights Commission and Thurgood Marshall Law Library Host Site With Civil Rights Historical Publications

Press release: “As the Nation pauses to remember the achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) teams up with the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) and the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland School of Law, to provide the American public a website of authentic Civil …

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Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Libraries
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