Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, Senate Democratic Leader Invokes Rare Closed Session to Force Review of WMD Intel – see this related press release from the Senate Democratic Communications Center, November 1, 2005: “For more than two years, Senate Democrats have pressed Republicans to address the misuse of intelligence. At every turn, Republicans have blocked efforts …
The official U.S. government Web site for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza, launched today by HHS. Content on, and links from the site, as follows: General Information, Health and Safety, Monitoring Outbreaks,Planning & Response Activities, Travel & Transportation, Research Activities, and News: including Press Releases, Press Conferences, Speeches Testimony The National Strategy for …
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Contracting for Response and Recovery Efforts, GAO-06-235T, November 2, 2005.
The newest additions to the Google product blogs, now numbering ten, are: Inside Google Desktop Blog: “We’ll be using this blog as an easy way to make announcements and share all kinds of information – including developer tips, in-depth feature descriptions, user feedback, and ideas on how to get more out of Google Desktop.” Google …
Oklahoma Courts Now Offer RSS Newsfeeds: “You can now receive Oklahoma appellate court opinions and Oklahoma Attorney General opinions via RSS newsfeeds at no charge.” As Jim indicates, Oklahoma joins two other trailblazing states, West Virginia and Louisiana, who also offer feeds.
Acquiring Copyright Permission to Digitize and Provide Open Access to Books, Published by the Council on Library and Information Resources and Digital Library Federation, (72 pages, PDF) Related references to Google’s announcement that Print Program scanning will resume, along with clarifications on the programs goals: From the Official Google Blog posting, October 31, 2005: “..the …
New York Times: Data Security Laws Seem Likely, So Consumers and Businesses Vie to Shape Them Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident, updated October 19, 2005 H.R. 4127, the Data Accountability and Trust Act. According to sponsor Representative Clifford B. Stearns, “This bill (16 pages, PDF) requires entities …
Senate Democrats invoked rarely used Rule 21 to force a closed door meeting today with the goal of obtaining an agreement to fully investigate the administration’s use of WMD documents as a justification for the Iraq war. According to a statement issued by Sen. Harry Reid, the “Key questions that need to be answered include: …
Forbes targets what is calls “attack bloggers” with a very broad brush, in a trio of articles as follows: Attack of the Blogs, Daniel Lyons, 11.14.05 – “Web logs are the prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies, libel and invective. Their potent allies in this pursuit include Google and …
The Law Library of Congress Public Services Division is pleased to announce the following new resource: Samuel A. Alito Nomination Collection. A bibliography, it includes a PDF excerpt of Judge Alito’s 1990 confirmation hearing (Senate Hearing 101-651, Part 5). [Emily Carr, Legal Reference Specialist, Law Library of Congress] University of Michigan Law Library, Information on …
Press release: “Congressman Jerrold Nadler today demanded the House Judiciary Committee investigate whether White House officials deliberately deceived Congress in order to obtain its authorization of the war in Iraq. In a letter to Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. calling for hearings [text of which accompanies this link], Congressman Nadler cited new evidence from …
Democratic Policy Committee Report, October 31, 2005: Bush Administration, Congressional Republicans Mismanage Hurricane Recovery – Thousands of Hurricane Survivors Still Face Immediate Needs “While rescue and relief operations in the immediate aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have been completed, thousands of hurricane survivors remain in dire need of assistance. Unfortunately, two months after Hurricane …
