Commentary Focuses on Google’s Indexing Technology and the Print Program
Indexing Versus Caching & How Google Print Doesn’t Reprint Related links on the Google Print program
Category «Legal Research»
DHS Final Rule on Classified National Security Information
Federal Register, October 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 203)[Page 61211-61217], Department of Homeland Security,Office of the Secretary6 CFR Part 7, RIN 1601-AA02. “Summary: This final rule revises the Department of Homeland Security’s procedures for managing classified national security information. This rule implements procedures required under Executive Order 12958, “Classified National Security Information,” as amended by …
Special Prosecutor Launches Website On Plame Investigation
The website of Office of Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald. Related news: Plame plans to sue White House officials
Google CEO Responds to Controversy Over Google Print Program
In following recent postings on opposition to the Google Print Program by publishers and authors, see these corporate responses, from the Official Google Blog: Why we believe in Google Print: “We’ve been asked recently why we’re so determined to pursue Google Print, even though it has drawn industry opposition in the form of two lawsuits, …
New on LLRX.com
Reinventing the Empire of Secrecy: An Agenda for the First DNI, by Lee S. Strickland The Authors Guild v. The Google Print Library Project, by Jonathan Band Researching U.S. Treaties and Agreements – Revised and Updated, by Marci Hoffman Criminal Justice Ethics Sources on the Internet, by Ken Strutin In the Wake of Katrina …
Supreme Court Nominee Miers’ Responses to Judiciary Questionnaire, Financial Data and Texans United for Life
From the New York Times (reg. req’d), links to the following documents in PDF: Senate Judiciary Committee’s Questionnaire (57 pages, PDF) 1989 Questionnaire From Texans United for Life (2 pages, PDF) Financial Statement/Net Worth (2 pages, PDF) Financial Disclosure Report – Nomination Filing (6 pages, PDF) From AP: Disclosure forms of Supreme Court nominee Harriet …
Declassified Gov’t Documents and Reports on 30 Years of Human Rights Abuses in Iraq
From the National Security Archives press release today: “The National Security Archive today posted a series of declassified U.S. intelligence documents and other U.S. agency reports on Saddam Hussein’s human rights abuses, one of which is the subject of the first trial of Saddam which begins tomorrow in Iraq.” The documents span the period from …
Goals of Google Scholar Search Outlined in Recent Presentation
A recent ppt presentation, Searching Scholarly Literature: A Google Scholar Perspective, by Google Scholar principal engineer Anurag Acharya, states that the goal of the service is to “find all scholarly work…journals, conferences, reprints, reports…[from] all countries, all languages, all sources…” The presentation briefly highlights coverage by publisher, by category (with medical at 22%), and lists …
Updated CRS Reports on Katrina Related Issues
U.S. Agriculture After Hurricane Katrina: Status and Issues (23 pages, PDF) The Role of HUD Housing Programs in Response to Disasters (21 pages, PDF) Hurricane Katrina: Medicaid Issues (34 pages, PDF) Tax Policy Options After Hurricane Katrina (17 pages, PDF) Hurricane Katrina: DOD Disaster Response (21 pages, PDF) 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes: The Pubic Health …
Assurance Sought for Public Report on Special Prosecutor’s Investigation into Plame Leak
October 11, 2005 – Text of Letter from Reps. Conyers, Harman, Lantos and Holt to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald Concerning a Final Report on the CIA Leak Investigation (PDF) “We write to seek your assurance that, upon completion of your long running investigation into the leak of a CIA operative’s name, you will submit a …
GAO Report Explains Annual Financial Report of US Gov’t
Understanding the Primary Components of the Annual Financial Report of the United States Government, GAO-05-958SP, October 1, 2005.
Dept. of Education IG Investigating Potential Fraud Associated With Gov’t Propaganda
Follow-up to previous postings on Bush administration violations of the propaganda policy, this press release today from Sen. Lautenberg: “The Inspector General of the Department of Education has informed United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) that he has referred the investigation into the payments by the Bush Education Department to journalist Armstrong Williams to …
