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A summary of the responses to the survey on depository usage of PACER is available in PDF (3 pages) via this FDLP Desktop webpage. “GPO has requested that the Administrative Office provide no-fee public access through Federal depository libraries. However, GPO’s desire to obtain depository library access must be reconciled with the legal authority given …
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) 2005 Dataset: “The CPSC dataset includes information about potential injuries, deaths and investigations related to consumer products. Some of the products include children’s toys, bicycles, swimming pools, ATV’s (three- and four-wheelers), sports equipment, hobby items, lawn mowers, hair dryers, playground equipment and many more.” [The database is available to IRE …
New on LLRX.com for October 15, 2006 Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, Updated, by Sabrina I. Pacifici and Donna Cavallini Criminal Justice Resources: Juvenile Law and Family Court Resources, by Ken Strutin Deal or No Deal Licensing & Acquiring Digital Resources, by Kara Phillips The Tao of Law Librarianship: Flickr is the …
U.S. v. Lester Crawford, October 16, 2006: “Former FDA Chief Lester Crawford is charged with lying about, and failing to disclose, his ownership of Pepsico and Sysco stock, and stock options in Embrex Inc. while working at the federal agency, and with a conflict of interest for holding the stocks while being involved with a …
Levine, David S., “Secrecy and Unaccountability: Trade Secrets in Our Public Infrastructure”. Florida Law Review, Forthcoming. [via SSRN] “Trade secrecy – the intellectual property doctrine that allows businesses to keep commercially valuable information secret for a potentially unlimited amount of time – is increasingly intruding in the operation of our public infrastructure, like voting machines, …
Senate Committee on Finance, Minority Staff Report: Investigation of Jack Abramoff’s Use of Tax-Exempt Organizations, October 2006 (358 pages, PDF)
Follow up to previous postings on closures of EPA libraries around the country, this October 9, 2006 press release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is sharply reducing the number of technical journals and environmental publications to which its employees will have online access, according to agency e-mails released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility …
Press release, October 12, 2006: “U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, announced the release of the Committee’s report on post-9/11 funding to New York City. The report cites instances of waste, fraud, and abuse from the $20 billion in federal assistance sent to New York following September 11, …
Federal Prosecution of Human Trafficking, 2001-2005, 10/06. “Presents Federal criminal case processing statistics on peonage and slavery statutes in the U.S. criminal code with a focus on human trafficking offenses created by Congress in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. NCJ 215248” Acrobat file | ASCII file| Spreadsheets (zip format 3K)
Press release: “Together, the UW-Madison and Google will expand access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical materials from the UW-Madison libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. Some wonderful examples from their collection can be found here. The combined 7.2 million holdings of these libraries comprise one of the largest collections of historical …
Directorate of Legal Research Reports from LC: “The mission of the Directorate of Legal Research is to provide high quality, timely, and innovative research, analysis, and reference services on issues of international, and foreign and comparative law to the United States Congress, as well as to the Supreme Court, other courts, executive agencies, the legal …
“FedSpending.org, created by OMB Watch, is a free, searchable database of federal government spending. To begin searching, select either the Grants or Contracts tab at the top left side of this page. You can easily switch back and forth as you search….FedSpending.org relies on the federal government’s data for this website. The data is largely …
