Pelosi Announces the Creation of Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
Pelosi Announces the Creation of Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Janaury 18, 2007
NIST Evaluation of Laboratories that Test Voting Systems
NIST Evaluation of Laboratories that Test Voting Systems: “The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in its accreditation of laboratories qualified to conduct the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting systems as provided under the act. …
New on LLRX.com for January 2007
Table of Contents for LLRX.com – January 15, 2007 issue: Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, by Sabrina I. Pacifici The Impact of Social Networking Tools and Guidelines to Use Them, by LaJean Humphries The Blog – Another Tool in Your Arsenal, by Janet Peros Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys: How the Web …
Free Acrobat for Legal Professionals eSeminar on 1/25
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Progress and Freedom Foundation Tech Agenda for 2007
Progress & Freedom Foundation released a Tech Agenda for 2007
CBO Testimony on Issues in Budgeting for Operations in Iraq and the War on Terrorism
CBO Testimony on Issues in Budgeting for Operations in Iraq and the War on Terrorism, January 18, 2007.
Record-Breaking Year for the USPTO
Fiscal Year 2006: A Record-Breaking Year for the USPTO – Patent and trademark quality best on record in over 20 years.
Senator Posts Daily Schedule Online
Montana Senator Jon Tester’s schedule.
Commentary on Military Commissions Act of 2006 and Fairness Standard
Hass, Douglas A., “Crafting Military Commissions Post-Hamdan: The Military Commissions Act of 2006”. Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 82, Spring 2007 Available at SSRN. “This Note summarizes whether terrorist attacks implicate the laws of war, what protections are due parties detained in the War on Terror, and concludes that only the laws applicable to non-international armed …
Request for Hearings on Global Climate Change
“Chairman Dingell and Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Chairman Boucher send a memorandum to Democratic Members of the Committee regarding the Committee’s plan to hold hearings on the critical issue of global climate change,” January 17, 2007.
State Dept. Guide to Benefits of Trade
Benefits of Trade – Costs of Protectionism – EJournal – U.S. Department of State, January 2007.
Manual for Military Commissions in Implementation of the Military Commissions Act of 2006
Manaul for Military Commissions released by the Department of Defense, January 18, 2007 (238 pages, PDF)[Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-366, 120 Stat. 2600 (Oct. 17, 2006)] Part I Preamble Part II Rules for Military Commissions Part III Military Commission Rules of Evidence Part IV Crimes and …