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“A new study of the skills and characterisitics important to online newsrooms has been released by Medill Schol of Journalism and the cooperation of the Online News Association.” The Roles of Journalists in Online Newsrooms, by C. Max Magee, released November 1, 2006: “The survey findings depict an online journalism that is tethered to traditional …
Press release, November 1, 2006: “The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG), two of the leading public-interest advocacy groups working on behalf of a more diverse and competitive online environment, filed a complaint today with the Federal Trade Commission, calling on the commission to undertake an immediate, …
From kaiserEDU.org: “SmartLinks provides ‘pre-queried’ searches on health policy topics (Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Electronic Medical Records; Children’s Health Coverage; Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan; Direct-to-Consumer Advertising; Public Health Preparedness; Drug Safety and Regulation; Stem Cell Policy; Drug Reimportation; VA Health System) in several different internet search engines. You’ll get results from: PubMed, Kaisernetwork Daily …
“Rep. Jay Inslee…asked the inspector general at the Interior Department to find out if political appointees have changed recommendations on threatened species written by biologists at the federal agency.” [Inslee’s letter to the inspector general, October 30, 2006]
CongressPedia, Members of Congress under investigation: “This article is an index of the members of Congress currently under investigation by the congressional ethics committees (House and Senate) or law enforcement authorities, based on credible media reports.”
K. A. Taipale, “Deconstructing Information Warfare,” presented to the Committee on Policy Consequences and Legal/Ethical Implications of Offensive Information Warfare, The National Academies, Washington, DC (Oct. 30, 2006) [download presentation slides in PDF).
Library of Congress- Federal Research Division Country Profiles: Russia, October 2006 and Bulgaria, October 2006.
From the Center for Investigative Reporting and Salon.com: “At least two dozen federal judges appointed by President Bush since 2001 made political contributions to key Republicans or to the president himself while under consideration for their judgeships, government records show. A four-month investigation of Bush-appointed judges by the Center for Investigative Reporting reveals that six …
Federal Register Notice of updated guidelines, October 31, 2006: The U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”)[has] publish[ed] an updated version of its Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities (“Guidelines”) along with a new Annex. Related Treasury resources on Protecting Charitable organizations
Press release, October 30, 2006: “Without any word to the public, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has closed its specialized library [Office of Prevention, Pollution and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) Library] for research on the effects and properties of chemicals, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The librarys unique technical …
Voter Identification and Citizenship Requirements: Legislation in the 109th Congress, September 18, 2006.
October 26, 2006 press release: – “Today, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) filed a consumer protection complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging Internet financial services and real estate provider Zillow.com is misleading consumers, real estate professionals and financial service providers in on-line home valuations.” Zillow’s response to the complaint, posted on the …
