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“Wex is an ambitious effort to construct a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia. It is sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School. Much of the material that appears in Wex was originally developed for the LII’s “Law about…” pages, to which Wex is the successor.
A timely reminder on a useful resource: see Iraq on the Record. “Prepared at the direction of Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Iraq on the Record is a searchable collection of 237 specific misleading statements made by Bush Administration officials about the threat posed by Iraq. It contains statements that were misleading based on what was …
In an article published on November 16, the New York Times reports that the defense team representing I. Lewis Libby plans to seek to obtain documents from journalists that are well beyond the scope of those used to substantiate the indictment. The article quotes Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of …
Press release: “The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux®, today announced the launch of its online patent commons reference library, the foundation of its Patent Commons Project. The Project’s goal is to provide greater confidence for developers and customers of all open source software. The site, …
From the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Office of the Inspector General, Review of Alleged Actions Violating the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, as Amended (67 pages, PDF), November 15, 2005. “We found evidence that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) former Chairman [Kenneth Tomlinson] violated statutory provisions and the Director’s Code of Ethics by dealing …
From the American Bar Association President, this November 9, 2005 letter (3 pages, PDF) requests that conferees seeking to reach agreement on the House (H.R. 3199) and Senate versions (S. 1389) accept language reforming sections 206, 213 and 215. These sections address limitations to the use of wiretaps, search warrants for homes and businesses, and …
From Salon, Throwing Google at the book – “Google’s new search engine of books puts a world of knowledge at our fingertips. Publishers say the Internet giant is robbing them of their rightful fees. Maybe it’s time to call copyright laws history,” by Farhad Manjoo.
From FindLaw: “Newly revealed documents show that Pres. Bush’s latest U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee, Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., stated in a 1985 application for a position as Assistant Deputy Attorney General that “I am and always have been a conservative,” and was “particularly proud of my contributions in recent cases in which the government …
askSam provides researchers with free access to a database to search and analyze the published opinions of Supreme Court nominee, Judge Samuel A. Alito.
Burden Reduction Proposed Rule (Phase II) Public Notice Announcing EPAs intention to initiate a rulemaking to modify the frequency of reporting under the TRI program Fact Sheet Describing Both of the Above Actions EPA Proposes Burden Reduction Rule for the Toxics Release Inventory EPA Letter to Congress Facts from OMB Watch on TRI Proposal
Government Computer News: GPO readying draft RFP for digital storage system
Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, November 8, 2005 “This report is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with Section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. The law provides that the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, …
