Category «Government Documents»

New on LLRX.com

The following articles are available in the December 2006 issue of LLRX.com: Bloggers Beware: Debunking Nine Copyright Myths of the Online World – Updated, by Kathy Biehl Criminal Justice Resources – Criminal Justice Blogs, by Ken Strutin A Compilation of State Lawyer Licensing Databases, by Trevor Rosen and Andrew Zimmerman Deep Web Research Research 2007, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Copyright, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries, Marketing, Securities Law

Library of Congress Launches RSS Feeds

List of Library of Congress RSS Feeds News – A bulletin service of the latest news from the world’s preeminent reservoir of knowledge, providing resources to Congress and the American people Upcoming Events – Listing of the dozens of free concerts, lectures, exhibitions, symposia, films and other special programs offered at the Library on Capitol …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Libraries, RSS

GAO Assesses FinCEN and IRS Effectiveness At Ensuring Bank Secrecy Act Compliance

Bank Secrecy Act: FinCEN and IRS Need to Improve and Better Coordinate Compliance and Data Management Efforts, Full text GAO-07-212, and Highlights, December 15, 2006: “…FinCEN and IRS lack a documented and coordinated strategy with time frames, priorities, and resource needs for improving NBFI compliance with BSA requirements.”

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

GAO Recommends More Oversight for National Flood Insurance Program

National Flood Insurance Program [NFIP]: New Processes Aided Hurricane Katrina Claims Handling, but FEMA’s Oversight Should Be Improved, Full-text, GAO-07-169, and Highlights, December 15, 2006. NFIP paid an unprecedented dollar amount for a record number of claims from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Congress increased NFIP’s borrowing authority with the U.S. Treasury from a pre-Katrina level …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

AP Reports White House Tightens Publishing Rules for USGS Scientists

AP: “The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, who study everything from caribou mating to global warming, subjecting them to controls on research that might go against official policy. New rules require screening of all facts and interpretations by agency scientists. The rules apply to all scientific papers and …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research