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Follow up to October 20, 2006 posting, National Community Reinvestment Coalition Files FTC Complaint Against Zillow.com, see Anita Ramasastry’s article, Do Zillow.com’s Web Property Estimates Violate Federal Consumer Laws? Why the Site Is Wise To Add Disclaimers to Its Home Valuations
As Director of the Project on Government Secrecy, Steven Aftergood has let the light shine in on the otherwise secret world of “sensitive” government documents, much to the benefit of scholars, researchers, librarians, journalists and interested citizens. This profile of his work by Federal Computer Week is worth a read. Related news and postings: Washington …
Free from the Legal Times today, As Dems Seek Answers, Lawyers Get Busy – “Committee chairmen are looking to ask questions and perhaps settle scores. It’s good news for the defense bar…[Rep. Henry] Waxman, 67, is one of at least a trio of seasoned Democrats who will take over committees that have traditionally pursued high-profile …
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC): “Federal prosecutors decline to prosecute 87% of FBI international terrorism referrals in FY 2006 … Despite increased agency staffing, prosecutions dropping across-the-board … Graphs and tables reveal changes in staffing and enforcement priorities since 1986.” New Findings: “Comprehensive Justice Department data documenting the enforcement actions of the FBI from 9/11/01 …
National Security Archive: “Bush administration nominee for Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates had a long career in government which showed a notable combination of ambition and caution, according to a new book by Archive senior analyst John Prados [Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2006)] which deals …
2006 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual, (effective November 1, 2006).
Press release: “Lawyers who receive electronic documents are free to look for and use information hidden in metadata information embedded in electronically produced documents even if the documents were provided by an opposing lawyer, according to a new ethics opinion from the American Bar Association.”
CRS Report, Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions, November 2, 2006.
Principles of Federal Appropriations Law: Third Edition, Index and Table of Authorities, GAO-06-1059SP (231 pages, PDF), November 7, 2006 “This is the index and table of authorities of Principles of Federal Appropriations Law, Third Edition. The Third Edition’s web based Index/Table of Authorities (Index/TOA) was replaced by an Index/TOA that incorporated information from Volume I …
Chicago Tribune: Lawyers face right to blog – “Online journals that contain legal discussions and background information are challenging traditional practices on attorney advertising.”
Follow-up to postings on the closure of EPA libraries around the country, see this related press release of November 3, 2006: “Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)…led a group of Senators in a letter to senior members of the Senate Appropriations Committee requesting that the Committee direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restore and maintain public …
“The Election Protection Hotline, 1-866-687-8683, is the only national voter assistance hotline staffed by live call center operators trained to provide state specific assistance to all voters. Lawyers, poll monitors and additional volunteers will be mobilized in 16 key states across the nation to assist voters in the days leading up to the election and …
