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Litman, Jessica, “The Economics of Open-Access Law Publishing” . Lewis & Clark Law Review, Forthcoming – Available at SSRN. “Law journal publishing is one of the easiest cases for open access publishing. Law scholarship relies on few commercial publishers. The majority of law journals depend on unpaid students to undertake the selection and copy editing …
[Federal Register: July 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 134)][Rules and Regulations][Page 39707-40001] Foreign Assets Control Office – Sanctions; blocked person, specifically designated nationals, terrorists, and narcotics traffickers, and foreign terrorist organizations: Individuals and entities subject to various economic sanctions programs. U.S. Treasury – Office of Foreign Assets Control, Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List), July …
Press release: “The Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age released its third report today with recommendations on how to reconcile national security needs with civil liberties requirements. The report offers a new “authorized use” standard for government handling of legally collected information that bases authorization to view information on how …
Follow-up to postings related to the Plame CIA Leak Investigation, see the website for the Joseph and Valerie Wilson Legal Support Trust, which also provides a link to the 23 page complaint filed today in District Court for the District of Columbia: Valerie Plame Wilson and Joseph C. Wilson IV v. I. Lewis Libby Jr., …
Senate Republican Policy Committee Policy Paper: The Meaning and Impact of the Supreme Court’s Hamdan Decision (9 pages, PDF), July 11, 2006. “…three areas that may require Congressional response include, but are not limited to, the structure and procedures used to try combatants, the application of the Detainee Treatment Act’s habeas corpus procedures to pending …
OMB Introduces Key Resource to Give Agencies Easier Access to Emergency Response Information Federal Register, July 5, 2006 – FAR Part 18: “This rule revises FAR Part 18 to provide a single reference to the acquisition flexibilities already available in the FAR to facilitate and expedite acquisitions of supplies and services during all types of …
Although Improvements Have Been Made, More Can Be Done to Identify Businesses by Their Principal Business Activity, July 2006, Reference Number: 2006-30-097 (21 pages, PDF). “This report presents the results of our review of the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) efforts to identify businesses by their principal business activity. The overall objective of this review was …
Why Reinvent the Wheel? Model State, Regional, and Federal Enterprise Retrieval System, by Katie Mugg, Project Manager, State, Regional, and Federal Enterprise Retrieval System, San Diego Association of Governments, San Diego, California National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan “The Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) is a complex criminal justice enterprise network utilized by 50 local, …
Washington Post: Top 100 Executives by Total Compensation, 2006: Includes name of executive, title, company, total compensation, salary and company net income/loss. See also Top 100 Executives by Salary
U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2005 Annual Report – The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2005 Annual Report presents an overview of major Commission activities and accomplishments. The 2005 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics has national sentencing data and more. See also Federal Sentencing Statistics by State, District, and Circuit
Law Librarians Look Beyond Books – “Once endangered, librarians have expanded their role to include such duties as market research and competitive intelligence.” The Librarian’s Expanding Role Electronic Research Staffing Resources Finances
Press release: “In Manhattan, the public will have free remote access to a virtual file of civil cases in Supreme Court, including pleadings, preliminary conference and other case-management orders, requests for judicial intervention, notes of issue, orders to show cause and notices of motion. (Due to volume, affidavits, exhibits and other supporting motion papers will …
