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From the Chicago Tribune, this article details how some Senate staffers are reviewing tens of thousands of pages of documents related to Judge Roberts’ record in preparation for what has become an increasingly contentious showdown leading up to his confirmation hearings.
The Government Domain: Back to School for Constitution Day, by Peggy Garvin.
Exposing the Plame case mistake – “The pundits say the law that protects covert agents’ identities won’t put anybody away in this investigation. Here’s why they’re wrong.” [LA Times, reg. req’d] Related references: 21 Administration Officials Involved In Plame Leak CRS Report on Intelligence Identities Protection Act
“The Strasbourg Agreement (of 1971) concerning the International Patent Classification provides for a common classification for patents for invention including published patent applications, utility models and utility certificates. The International Patent Classification (IPC) is a hierarchical system in which the whole area of technology is divided into a range of sections, classes, subclasses and groups. …
“Annotated Bibliography of Deposit Insurance contains citations and abstracts for books, journal articles, working papers, dissertations, conference proceedings, congressional hearings, and government and international agency reports on deposit insurance published between 1989 and 1999.” [Link] Deposit Insurance: An Annotated Bibliography 1989 1999 Update: 2000-2003 (103 pages, PDF)
Posted late last night by Adam M. Smith, Google Print Product Manager, on the Google Blog: “As with many ambitious ideas, Google Print has sparked a healthy amount of discussion…Today I’d like to mention two new features that reflect these discussions and which we feel will considerably improve both programs. If you’re in the Publisher …
Leahy Faults White House For ‘Slow-Walking’ Roberts Papers That Were Promised To The Senate…”comments of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt., ranking member, Senate Judiciary Committee) on Wednesday’s Washington Post disclosure that White House officials are delaying the release of tens of thousands of pages of Reagan-era documents relating to Supreme Court nominee John Roberts.” Leahy’s Reply …
Press release from the National Archives: “Approximately 500 pages of material from five series of records from Record Group 60: Department of Justice have been processed for release. These records relate to Roberts tenure as Special Assistant to the Attorney General in 1981-82. The papers consist of notes, memoranda and other materials written by, or …
Yahoo! and Google will no doubt continue to disagree on whose search index is the largest, but a key issue remains that researchers are interested in this issue as it pertains to reliable, comprehensive, accessible, and current content, as opposed to ad revenues.
Researching Intellectual Property Law In The Russian Federation, by Julian Zegelman.
From DOJ: “Al Qaeda Training Manual: The attached manual was located in Manchester (England) by Metropolitan Police during a search of an Al Qaeda member’s home. The manual was found in a computer file described as “the military series” related to the “Declaration of Jihad.” The manual was translated into English and was introduced earlier …
As a follow-up to my December 24, 2004 posting, Advocacy and Industry Groups Submit Comments Opposing VoIP Wiretaps, today the FCC issued an order that Requires Certain Broadband and VoIP Providers to Accommodate Wiretaps. Telecommunications carriers as defined in CALEA are inclusive of “new technologies and services” that include certain classes of broadband carriers and …
