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“The Law Library of Congress is pleased to announce the release of its newly designed web site. The web site includes information on a range of legal issues and research topics as well as our services and logistics of using the Reading Room. In addition to established products such as the Global Legal Information Network …
House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Warrantless Surveillance and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: The Role of Checks and Balances in Protecting Americans Privacy Rights (Part II). Statements of Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence and Kenneth Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, United States Department of Justice. LLRX.com: The Protect America Act and Legislation …
RL34163 – The Death Penalty: Capital Punishment Legislation in the 110th Congress, September 07, 2007 (36 pages, PDF) RL34169 – The FY2008 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues, September 07, 2007 (25 pages, PDF) RL34165 – The Transition to Digital Television: Is America Ready? September 07, 2007 (13 pages, PDF) RL34171 – …
The Internet Tax Freedom Act and the “Digital Divide” by Michael Mazerov, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: “Proponents of the “Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act” argue that banning state and local taxes on Internet access is key to encouraging more households to subscribe and incentivizing companies to make broadband more widely available. Considerable real-world …
Follow up to September 6, 2007 posting, Backgrounder on H.R. 1908, the Patent Reform Act of 2007, Bloomberg News report, House Passes Bill to Curb Suits by Patent Owners: “The House approved the most sweeping changes to United States patent law in more than half a century on Friday…The measure passed by the House would …
Reports Health Care 20 Years From Now: Taking Steps Today to Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges. (Highlights of a forum convened by the comptroller general of the United States.) GAO-07-1155SP, September 2007, 2007 Maritime Transportation: Major Oil Spills Occur Infrequently, but Risks to the Federal Oil Spill Fund Remain. GAO-07-1085, September 7, 2007 Water Resources: Four Federal …
“As Congress and federal regulators consider proposals aimed at reducing the risk of identity theft, a national poll by the Consumer Reports National Research Center reveals that an overwhelming majority of Americans want lawmakers to restrict the use and availability of Social Security numbers by businesses and government agencies. According to the poll, 89 percent …
House Report 110-207: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill, 2008 – Closing the Tax Gap: “According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), taxpayers paid about $1.8 trillion in taxes on time in 2001. Research conducted by the IRS has estimated that the ‘tax gap’, or the difference between total Federal taxes owed and the …
CRS Report – P.L. 110-55, the Protect America Act of 2007: Modifications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, August 23, 2007 [via FAS] From LLRX.com, See also – Commentary: The Protect America Act and Legislation Related to the Domestic Surveillance Program, by Beth Wellington, August 2007.
Legal Information Management in a Global and Digital Age: Revolution and Tradition, by Claire M. Germain IM a Librarian: Establishing a Virtual Reference Service with Little Cost or Technical Skill, by Bonnie Shucha Search at the Foundation of the Enterprise, by John I. Alber Technology and the Generation Gap, by Genevieve Zook E-Discovery Update: Understanding …
Audit Initiated of FAA’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Program: Automatic Dependent Surveillance – “Broadcast (ADS-B) is a cornerstone technology planned for FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). This satellite-based technology has significant potential to improve safety and enhance capacity of the National Airspace System by, among other things, providing greater situational awareness to …
“Metavid, hosted by The University of California at Santa Cruz, is a project which seeks to capture, stream, archive and facilitate real-time collective [re]mediation of legislative proceedings. Metavid makes use of entirely free and open source software and video codecs to make both the footage and the architecture of the site available, accessible and recontextualizable.” …
