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News release: “Federal Trade Commission staff…issued a report describing its ongoing examination of online behavioral advertising and setting forth revisions to proposed principles to govern self-regulatory efforts in this area. The key issue concerns how online advertisers can best protect consumers privacy while collecting information about their online activities…The report discusses the potential benefits of …
Free WSJ chart: Where the Money Goes | Selected programs from the $789.2 billion bill: Spending – 24% | Aid 38% | Tax Cuts 38% Related postings on H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Related postings on financial system
Via THOMAS: HR1: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (stimulus bill) New York Times – Stimulus Plan Places New Limits on Wall St. Bonuses: “The restriction with the most bite would bar top executives from receiving bonuses exceeding one-third of their annual pay. Any bonus would have to be in the form of …
News release: “A variety of man-made chemicals has been found in the streams and wastewaters that discharge into Lake Champlain. The chemicals found include pesticides, fire retardants, fragrances, detergent degradates, and caffeine. These findings were released today by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The chemicals were found at extremely low concentrations, measuring a few parts …
8th European Regional Meeting – Facts on new wage challenges: trends and policy issues: “Wages have been one of the most widely discussed issues throughout the region in recent years and will undoubtedly continue to be so in the context of the present financial crisis. The region from mid-90s has experienced some improvements in terms …
White House: “Today President Obama is celebrating the passage [Senate approved HR 1 by a 60-to-38 vote, House approved the compromise bill by a 246-to 183 vote] of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as a “major milestone on our road to recovery,” while still emphasizing that we have many miles yet to go…President Obama …
Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System, United States Sentencing Commission, January 2009. “During the past ten years, alternatives to incarceration1 have been imposed for between 15 and 25 percent of federal offenders. The true extent to which courts impose these alternatives is not apparent in this trend, however, because of the unique composition …
The Legislative Source Book of the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, DC (LLSDC) now has a 1.5 MB file, in PDF, of the complete Conference Report, H. Rep. 111-16, to H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which has been taken and combined from five Congressional Record (50 page) files on GPO …
H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, February 13, 2009. Cost estimate for the conference agreement for H.R. 1: “Combining both spending and revenue effects, CBO estimates that enacting the conference agreement for H.R. 1 would increase federal budget deficits by $185 billion over the remaining months of fiscal year 2009, by $399 …
“The Law Library of Congress is pleased to present a newly digitized collection to celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The collection covers three eras including nine items in the Lincoln the Lawyer collection, five on Habeas Corpus and the War Powers of the President, and eight covering The Assassination: Trials. Lincoln’s effort to …
News release: “In public testimony today before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair outlined the most significant global security threats facing the nation. Recognizing that global threats comprise a diverse set of issues and factors, Director Blair framed the analysis by identifying key areas of risk, concern and …
The Army’s Wireless Communications Programs, February 12, 2009 Letter to the Honorable Neil Abercrombie “In this report, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) summarizes the content of the Armys wireless communications programs and how that content has changed during the past several years. CBO also examines the past and projected costs of those programs and the …
