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Hurricane Katrina: What you can do, by Mayo Clinic staff, includes resources in the following areas – The basics: Food and water; Protecting against disease; Managing a health condition; and Mental health. Related links: FDA Hurricane Katrina Recovery Update – Seafood Availability and Safety From Medline Plus: Guide to Disasters and Emergency Preparedness Resources National …
Wall Street Journal free feature – Jobs Blog: Sites That Post Openings for Katrina Evacuees, include job opportunites in specific states and localities, in the food and hospitality sectors, and in real estate.
This database provides quick instructions on how to bypass the IVR systems for dozens of major companies to obtain access to a human being from whom you may actually obtain customer service. [thanks “N”]
In a follow-up to my September 8 posting, Impartial Congressional Review of Katrina Questioned, the House voted along party lines this afternoon in favor of the establishment of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (H. Res. 437). Related links: Rep. Waxman Decries Partisan Approach to Hurricane Katrina …
Congressional Research Service Memorandum Re: Examination of Applicable Law and Legal Requests Pertaining to Hurricane Katrina
Press release: “Government agencies are expanding secrecy in many areas, according to the findings of a report released today. The 2005 Secrecy Report Card, the second annual report on secrecy from OpenTheGovernment.org, found secrecy in 2004 extended to more classified activity, more federal advisory meetings, more new patents deemed “secret,” more domestic surveillance, and more …
Press release: “Increasing numbers of law firms have begun to actively apply competitive intelligence (CI) to track competitors, even without gaining full support from the senior partners at the firm, according to a new survey of 119 firms.” [Survey is free but requires registration]
Social Security Numbers: Federal and State Laws Restrict Use of SSNs, yet Gaps Remain, GAO-05-1016T, September 15, 2005. Highlights.
From the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University: “Utah and Maine are at the top of the list for e-government in the United States, according to the sixth annual e-government analysis conducted by researchers at Brown University. At the federal level, the White House and the Department of the State head the list …
The Library of Congress Law Library Reading Room is pleased to announce the following new resources [Emily Carr, Legal Reference Specialist, Law Library of Congress], which include links to votes, hearing transcripts and Senate statements (statements made about the nominees outside of Executive Session). Supreme Court Nominees – Not Confirmed *Bork, Carswell, Haynsworth, and Thornberry …
“STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government.”
From the Congressional Budget Office, a Review of historical spending for the Federal Disaster Relief Account, 1976-2005: The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “Disaster Relief” Account, September 7, 2005.
