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The Brookings Institution, The Implications of Service Offshoring for Metropolitan Economies, by Robert Atkinson and Howard Wial, February 2007. [Full Report in PDF] “An examination of service offshoringthe movement of service jobs overseasforecasts higher than average job losses in twenty-eight U.S. metropolitan areas between 2004 and 2015. Information technology jobs, and the metropolitan areas where …
Declan McCullagh reported last week on the reintroduction of numerous antispyware and ID theft bills, many of which reflect the same language as previous versions of related legislation. The article has links to major bills as well as respective legislative background.
Selected Agencies Use of Criminal Background Checks for Determining Responsibility, GAO-07-215R, January 12, 2007. “This letter and its enclosure respond to the Congressional request for information on selected executive agencies’ policies and practices for making responsibility determinations before awarding contracts. Congress requested this information because of its continued concern for effective pre-contract screening to reduce …
FTC: “A new scam is swindling consumers: counterfeit checks that seem legitimate to both bank employees and consumers, but that leave unsuspecting consumers footing the bill. The Federal Trade Commission is issuing a new brochure, Giving the Bounce to Counterfeit Check Scams, which explains common angles used in these scams, the responsibilities of banks and …
Economic Report of the President – February 12, 2007: “Contains current/foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning topics such as employment, production, real income, and Federal budget outlays.” Fact Sheet: The Economic Report of the President, February 12, 2007
The Federal Bureau of Investigations Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-Up Audit, Audit Report 07-18, February 2007
Introduced today by Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO) [Chair, Armed Services Committee]: “House Concurrent Resolution [H.Con.Res. 63] Disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That (1) Congress and the American …
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Waxman “sent a letter to the chief executives of twelve Medicare insurers requesting Part D prescription drug pricing information, including profits and administrative costs associated with Medicare Part D coverage.” February 9, 2007. Letter to Insurance CEOs List of Recipients – CEOs of Twelve Medicare Insurers
“Financial Impacts of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Pharmaceutical Pricing: The goal of the hearing is to examine whether there are fraudulent, abusive, or wasteful pharmaceutical pricing practices that affect federal health programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and the Public Health Service 340B program that should be the subject of additional congressional oversight.” February 9, …
Google’s Moon Shot, by JEFFREY TOOBIN – The quest for the universal library. New Yorker, Posted 2007-01-29 “Every weekday, a truck pulls up to the Cecil H. Green Library, on the campus of Stanford University, and collects at least a thousand books, which are taken to an undisclosed location and scanned, page by page, into …
“2007-02-09: The Web Application Formats Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Widgets 1.0 Requirements. These design goals are the requirements for device-independent standards for scripting, digitally signing, securing, packaging and deploying client-side Web applications (widgets). Also known as gadgets or modules, widgets are small programs like clocks, stock tickers, news casters, games …
“Need to check the costs of litigating in federal courts? All district, appellate, and bankruptcy court fees, as well as others, are online.” Court of Appeals Miscellaneous Fee Schedule District Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule U.S. Court of Federal Claims Fee Schedule Judicial Panel on Multidistrict …