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On June 20, 2008 the House passed H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. Today the Senate passed the bill. Related commentary and articles as follows: ACLU: Senate Passes Unconstitutional Spying Bill And Grants Sweeping Immunity To Phone Companies New York Times: Senate Approves Bill to Broaden Wiretap Powers WSJ Law Blog: “As the …
The Goverment Domain: Government Topics at the SLA 2008 Conference – Peggy Garvin’s article focuses on key speakers and significant issues, services and websites that hightlighted issues, initiatives and services significant to the government documents arena. Published July 9, 2008
Declaration of Leaders Meeting of Major Economies on Energy Security and Climate Change, July 9, 2008: “We, the leaders of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States met as the world’s major economies in …
Bill Summary – H.R. 5811: The Electronic Message Preservation Act. Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform “Investigations by the Oversight Committee have revealed significant deficiencies in the preservation of e-mail by the White House and federal agencies. H.R. 5811, the Electronic Message Preservation Act, introduced on April 15, 2008, by …
News release: “The nation is in the throes of a housing downturn that is shaping up to be the worst in a generation, finds The State of the Nations Housing 2008 Report issued today by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. While the falloff in housing starts, new home sales, and existing …
News release, includes links to witness testimony and related documents: “As part of its continuing investigation into the FEMAs toxic trailers, the Committee held a hearing on July 9, 2008, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing examined the role of four manufacturers who provided trailers with dangerous levels of formaldehyde to victims of …
Overview Of Selected Tax Provisions Relating To The Financing Of Surface Transportation Infrastructure, Scheduled for a Public Hearing Before the Senate Committee on Finance on July 10, 2008, Prepared by the Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation. “This document…provides a description of present-law provisions relating to Highway Trust Fund and its dedicated taxes, a …
Center for Contemporary Conflict: Is the Sky Falling? Energy Security and Transnational Terrorism by Dr. Michael Mihalka and Dr. David Anderson, July 2008. “This paper will assess the extent to which transnational terrorists, in particular global Jihadists associated with Osama bin Laden, have been interested in attacks against the global energy infrastructure. We then assess …
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: “Chinas economy will surpass that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a new report by Albert Keidel concludes. Chinas rapid growth is driven by domestic demandnot exportsand will sustain high single-digit growth rates well into this century. In Chinas Economic RiseFact and Fiction, …
“Many developing countries are exploring whether biotechnology has a role in addressing national issues such as food security and environmental remediation, and are considering whether the putative benefits of the technology for example, enabling greater agricultural productivity and stability in the food supply outweigh concerns that the technology might pose a danger to biodiversity, health, …
2007 Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations and Unfunded Mandates on State, Local and Tribal Entities (June 2008) (116 pages)
News release: “Despite a decline in the number of Web sites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs, like OxyContin and Valium, Xanax and Vicodin, and Ritalin and Adderall, in the past year, 85 percent of Web sites selling such drugs do not require a prescription, according to Youve Got Drugs! V: Prescription Drug Pushers on …