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New on LLRX.com for November, 2006 – Part 1

Developments in Legal Outsourcing and Offshoring, by Ron Friedmann and Joy London CongressLine: New Congressional Leadership, by Paul Jenks Using RSS to Create and Enhance Current Awareness Services, by Jason Eiseman Deal or No Deal – Licensing & Acquiring Digital Resources: License Negotiations, by Kara Phillips Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys – Do Something …

Subjects: Congress, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Marketing, RSS

EU: European Competitiveness Report 2006

Communication from the Commission – Economic reforms and competitiveness: key messages from the European Competitiveness Report 2006 – COM(2006) 697 final – 14.11.2006 Commission Staff Working Document – SEC(2006) 1467/2 of 14.11.2006 Presentation (PPT) of ECR 2006 by G. J. Koopman, Director for Industrial Policy and Economic Reforms, on 1 December 2006 short version – …

Subjects: Government Documents

Group Urges Appeals Court to Affirm Landmark Decision Striking Down Warrantless NSA Spying

Following up in general on postings related to the administration’s domestic surveillance program, and specifically on, Federal Judge Rules NSA Domestic Surveillance Program Unconstitutional, this news today: “The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan today urged a federal appeals court (6th Circuit, Cincinnati, Ohio) to uphold a lower court ruling declaring the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Privacy

Ready Campaign Public Service Advertisements (PSAs)

Press release: “In order to encourage Americans to prepare themselves, their families and their communities, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with The Advertising Council, has sponsored public service advertisements (PSAs) that educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to all kinds of emergencies. The Ready Campaign asks individuals to do …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Federal Court Proceedings Feature Many Languages

U.S. Courts press release: “A total of 117 languages required interpretation in federal court proceedings in fiscal year 2006 (the 12-month period ending September 30, 2006). The overwhelming majority – 95 percent – of the 205,550 language-interpreting events were in Spanish…Other frequently used languages were Mandarin (1,480 events) Vietnamese (988), Arabic (908), Korean (871), Cantonese …

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research

Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005

Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005 – Annual inventory of anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gases in the United States, November 14, 2006. “Total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 7,147.2 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) in 2005, an increase of 0.6 percent from the 2004 level according to Emissions of Greenhouse …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents