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Results of OIG Investigation of 9/11 Commission Staff Referral, August 31, 2006- Correspondence – Project ID: CC-2006-085 “Summary: We issued a report on the results of our review from a referral made by the 9/11 Commission staff regarding certain inaccurate statements made by FAA officials regarding their notifications to DOD during the September 11 hijackings. …
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Labor today released America’s Dynamic Workforce 2006, a new report highlighting major trends in the American labor market and the importance of education and skills training to maintaining the competitiveness of America’s workforce.” Factsheet The full text version includes extensive discussion and additional data and analysis beyond the basic …
Mazzone, Jason, “Copyfraud”. Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No. 40 Available at SSRN [via Public Knowledge] “Copyfraud is everywhere. False copyright notices appear on modern reprints of Shakespeare’s plays, Beethoven’s piano scores, greeting card versions of Monet’s Water Lilies, and even the U.S. Constitution. Archives claim blanket copyright in everything in their collections. Vendors …
“Job losses continue in industrial sectors across the U.S. with little response from the Federal Government, noted U.S. House Science Committee Ranking Member Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN). Gordon and fellow Committee Democrats have sought to highlight this growing problem known as “offshoring” in an attempt to insure hard-working Americans are kept in the …
Report of a Survey of Videoconferencing in the Courts of Appeals, by Meghan Dunn; Rebecca Norwick, 2006 (22 pages, PDF and Table of Contents). “This report describes the ways in which videoconferencing is used in the courts of appeals. Appellate judges with varying degrees of experience with videoconferencing identify advantages and disadvantages of using videoconferencing …
“…the National Criminal Intelligence Resource Center (NCIRC) Web site…sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) for the purpose of providing a secure Web site developed to serve as a “one-stop shop” for local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement to keep up with the latest developments in the field of criminal intelligence. You will …
2006-P-00031 EPA Is Properly Addressing the Risks of Using Mercury in Rituals [Report PDF – 24 pages] [At a Glance], August 31, 2006.
White House Fact Sheet: Winning the Struggle Between Freedom and Terror in the Middle East, August 31, 2006.
From DHS, Fact Sheet: National Preparedness Month 2006 – “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that more than 1,150 national, regional, state and local organizations have joined the department to take part in National Preparedness Month. This nationwide effort encourages Americans to prepare for emergencies of all kinds in their homes, businesses, …
USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology & 21st Century Agriculture — Opportunities and Challenges in Agricultural Biotechnology: The Decade Ahead, July 13, 2006.
Press release: U.S. Sentencing Commission votes to promulgate emergency guideline amendment regarding intellectual property crimes.
3 Must-Use Online Tools for Journalists, Amy Gahran’s handout [HTML and PDF] from the annual conference of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). [via Center for Media and Democracy] Also from the SPJ conference, Tech Trends: A User’s Guide to Software, Hardware, and Other Tools Revolutionizing Journalism, by Jeff South
