Category «Government Documents»

Conyers, Reyes Introduce FISA Revision Legislation

Press release: “Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) introduced The Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007 – the RESTORE Act,in an effort to address concerns about civil liberty protections in the hastily-enacted Protect America Act that was signed into …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patriot Act, Privacy

New GAO Reports: Ryan White Care Act, Prescription Drug Pricing, Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq

Ryan White Care Act: Impact of Legislative Funding Proposal on Urban Areas, GAO-08-137R, October 5, 2007 Prescription Drugs: Trends in Usual and Customary Prices for Drugs Frequently Used by Medicare and Non-Medicare Health Insurance Enrollees, GAO-07-1201R, September 7, 2007 Stabilizing and Rebuilding Iraq: U.S. Ministry Capacity Development Efforts Need an Overall Integrated Strategy to Guide …

Subjects: Government Documents

Analyst Toolbox, A Toolbox for the Intelligence Analyst,

“The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) has prepared and made available via the Office of Justice Programs Information Technology Initiatives Web site, a valuable resource for the law enforcement community. This resource titled: Analyst Toolbox, A Toolbox for the Intelligence Analyst, represents the results of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Copyright Office Announces Customized Email Subscription Services

“The Copyright Office is pleased to announce that it has implemented a new email subscription service to make it easier to receive messages on the topics that interest you. This service is an expansion and replacement of the existing NewsNet newsletter. At this time, we are offering three topics: “What’s New at the Copyright Office,” …

Subjects: Copyright, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

New Supplement to the 2005 FDA Food Code Posted

“The Food Code is an important part of the strategy for achieving uniform national food safety standards and for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our nation’s food safety system. This Supplement, which updates the 2005 Food Code, reflects the current science, emerging food safety issues, and imminent health hazards related to food safety. A …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Deployment Health and Family Readiness Library

“This library provides Service members, families, leaders, Health Care providers, and veterans an easy way to find deployment health and family readiness information. Within this library you’ll find access to fact sheets, guides, and other products on a wide variety of topics published by the services and organizations that serve you. You’ll also find additional …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Guide to Finding Proposed Legislation Using EUR-Lex

European Information Association: “See also our guides to using OEIL and PreLex. Produced by the Commission and Parliament respectively, these two sources allow you to monitor the progress of proposed legislation through the various stages leading to adoption (or rejection – not all proposals are adopted). Proposals are generally published by the European Commission. They …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Library of Congress Launches Wise Guide Portal

“This Wise Guide portal was designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation’s library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government. The “Wise Guide” will be refreshed monthly, much like a magazine, offering links to the best of the Library’s online materials. …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Libraries