Category «Government Documents»

Medical Causes of Death in State Prisons, 2001-2004

Medical Causes of Death in State Prisons, 2001-2004: “This Bureau of Justice Statistics data brief describes the specific medical conditions causing deaths in State prisons nationwide during a four-year period. For the leading medical causes of death, mortality rates are presented by gender, age, race and Hispanic origin, and the length of time served in …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Remarks by DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff to American Society of Newspaper Editors

Remarks by Secretary Michael Chertoff to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington, D.C., Release Date: January 18, 2007. “I think we owe you clarity about who is an authoritative source. I think we ourselves have realized, in part, as part of our after-action on Katrina and some other things that have happened, that we …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Government Documents, Legal Research

GAO: FEMA Needs Adequate Data, Plans, and Systems to Effectively Manage Resources

Budget Issues: FEMA Needs Adequate Data, Plans, and Systems to Effectively Manage Resources for Day-to-Day Operations, Full text GAO-07-139, and Highlights, January 19, 2007. “FEMA lacks a strategic workforce plan and related human capital strategies–such as succession planning or a coordinated training effort–which are integral to managing resources.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New on LLRX.com for January 2007

Table of Contents for LLRX.com – January 15, 2007 issue: Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, by Sabrina I. Pacifici The Impact of Social Networking Tools and Guidelines to Use Them, by LaJean Humphries The Blog – Another Tool in Your Arsenal, by Janet Peros Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys: How the Web …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, E-Records, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries, Marketing, Wiki, Wireless Web

Manual for Military Commissions in Implementation of the Military Commissions Act of 2006

Manaul for Military Commissions — released by the Department of Defense, January 18, 2007 (238 pages, PDF)[Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-366, 120 Stat. 2600 (Oct. 17, 2006)] Part I — Preamble Part II — Rules for Military Commissions Part III — Military Commission Rules of Evidence Part IV — Crimes and …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research