Category «Legislation»

KPMG's Healthcare Industry Report 2006

“KPMG’s Healthcare Industry Report–2006 offers information about the current state of the U.S. healthcare industry, recent history, and challenges ahead. We review health status, healthcare quality, and national health expenditures, and offer perspectives and statistics on various components of the healthcare system…Healthcare delivery and financing in the United States is costly, complex, and widely misunderstood. …

Subjects: Congress, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

State Department Releases Foreign Relations Volume II

“The Department of State released today Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, volume II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969–1972. The volume examines the efforts undertaken by the administration of President Richard Nixon to thoroughly reorganize the foreign policy decision-making process during Nixon’s first term. Particular attention is paid to the structure, …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

USDA Makes Subsidy Payment Information Public

Press release: “USDA will release a massive database today which, for the first time, will mean that payment data will be searchable for every individual in the U.S. who benefits from federal farm and conservation programs. In the past, while payments made to most individuals were available, shareholder data was obscured. Payment data for shareholders …

Subjects: Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legislation

NH AG Announces Security Freeze Available on January 1, 2007

Press release: “Attorney General Kelly Ayotte announced today that if you live in New Hampshire, effective January 1, 2007 you will have the right to put a “security freeze” on your credit file. A security freeze means that your file cannot be shared with potential creditors. A security freeze can help prevent identity theft. Most …

Subjects: Cybercrime, ID Theft, Legislation, Privacy

New on LLRX.com

The following articles are available in the December 2006 issue of LLRX.com: Bloggers Beware: Debunking Nine Copyright Myths of the Online World – Updated, by Kathy Biehl Criminal Justice Resources – Criminal Justice Blogs, by Ken Strutin A Compilation of State Lawyer Licensing Databases, by Trevor Rosen and Andrew Zimmerman Deep Web Research Research 2007, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Copyright, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries, Marketing, Securities Law

Wyden Proposes The Healthy Americans Act

Press release: “Following 60 years of gridlock on a desperately-needed overhaul of the nation’s health care system, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, a member of the Finance Committee, today unveiled a groundbreaking new proposal to provide affordable, high quality, private health coverage for everyone regardless of where they work or live.” Learn more about the Healthy …

Subjects: Congress, Legislation

Leahy Speech at Georgetown on Ensuring Liberty And Security Through Checks And Balances

Ensuring Liberty And Security Through Checks And Balances: A Fresh Start For The Senate Judiciary Committee In The New 110th Congress, December 13, 2006 – By Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Incoming Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, United States Senate. “When it comes to protecting Americans’ privacy, what we have today are analog rules in a digital …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legislation, Privacy

Senators Introduce Bill to Repeal Real ID Act

Press release: “Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) and Senator John E. Sununu (R-NH) introduced legislation [on December 8, 2006] to repeal Title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, which they believe places an unrealistic and unfunded burden on state governments and erodes Americans’ civil liberties and privacy rights. The Identification Security Enhancement Act …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Legislation, Privacy

Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2006

Press release: “Following up on their earlier efforts to prevent the stripping of fundamental legal protections in the Military Commissions Act, Senators Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) have introduced the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2006 [Congressional Record text]. The bill would restore basic legal and human rights for 12 million lawful permanent …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Legal Research, Legislation

GAO Report on Eminent Domain

Eminent Domain: Information about Its Uses and Effect on Property Owners and Communities Is Limited, Full text GAO-07-28, and Highlights, November 30, 2006. “In the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, Congress mandated that GAO conduct a nationwide study on the use of …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation