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Tribal Justice and Safety in Indian Country Website

Tribal Justice and Safety in Indian Country website from DOJ: “The goal of this resource is to provide a user-friendly, current, and comprehensive resource for American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal governments to further improve the safety of their communities…This Web-based resource guide has several sections, including educational materials to assist the reader with learning …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Sabrina Pacifici Profiled in Law Practice Magazine, December 2006

The December 2006 issue of ABA’s Law Practice Magazine features a profile of Sabrina I. Pacifici, founder, editor, publisher of LLRX.com and author of beSpacific. After a decade of publishing the free webzine on law and technology resources, and with more than four years and 11,000 postings on beSpacific.com, I am delighted to continue my …

Subjects: Blogs, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Marketing

Expanding E-Government Results Report from OMB

Expanding E-Government Results Report, December 2006 (12 pages, PDF): “During this last year, adoption, participation and customer satisfaction of 18 Presidential E-Government initiatives were tracked in order to provide a complete, timely and accurate assessment of the usage of and benefits delivered to the respective customers – citizens, businesses, and government agencies alike.” [Report includes …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Internet

GAO Identifies Factors Hampering Development of New Drug Applications

New Drug Development: Science, Business, Regulatory, and Intellectual Property Issues Cited as Hampering Drug Development Efforts, Full text GAO-07-49, and Highlights, November 17, 2006. “Recent scientific advances have raised expectations that an increasing number of new and innovative drugs would soon be developed to more effectively prevent, treat, and cure serious illnesses. However, industry analysts …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Intellectual Property, Patent and Trademark

U.S. and Panama Complete Trade Promotion Agreement Negotiations

Press release: “The United States and Panama today announced they have completed negotiations on a free trade agreement with the understanding that it is subject to further discussions regarding labor. This comprehensive trade agreement will eliminate tariffs and other barriers to trade of goods and services, expand trade between the United States and Panama, and …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New on LLRX.com

The following articles are available in the December 2006 issue of LLRX.com: Bloggers Beware: Debunking Nine Copyright Myths of the Online World – Updated, by Kathy Biehl Criminal Justice Resources – Criminal Justice Blogs, by Ken Strutin A Compilation of State Lawyer Licensing Databases, by Trevor Rosen and Andrew Zimmerman Deep Web Research Research 2007, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Copyright, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries, Marketing, Securities Law