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“Lincoln/Net presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln’s Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln’s writings and speeches, as well as other materials illuminating antebellum Illinois.” Lincoln/Net- Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project, by Drew E. VandeCreek, D-Lib Magazine, January/February 2007, Volume 13 Number 1/2
“This National Institute of Justice Special Report is intended as a resource for individuals responsible for investigations involving the use of the Internet and other computer networks. Any crime could involve devices that communicate through the Internet or through a network. Criminals may use the Internet for numerous reasons, including trading/sharing information (e.g., documents, photographs), …
From the announcement on the GovTrack homepage: “The full text of bills is now displayed in HTML and highlights the changes made to the text during its legislative history, such as due to amendments and substitutions. The people pages now show a recent voting history, an ideology meter, and pages for senators show their constituent …
Follow up to previous postings, House and Senate Websites Are Redesigned and Relaunched and New House Committee on Science and Technology Launches Website, more news about the status of Congressional websites in transition: “HouseDemocrats.gov is coming soon. In the meantime, please visit other House Democratic web sites: www.Speaker.gov; www.democraticleader.house.gov; www.democraticwhip.house.gov“ Related websites that are online …
On January 13, 2007 Michael Fagan updated his Fagan Finder Image Search Engines page, according to his
Press release: “Firearms are used to kill two out of every three homicide victims in America. In the first nationally representative study to examine the relationship between survey measures of household firearm ownership and state level rates of homicide, researchers at the Harvard Injury Control Research Center found that homicide rates among children, and among …
The Meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, by Coretta Scott King A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Professor Melvin Sylvester: includes a timeline, and bibliography of Dr. King’s writings, links to historical records and legal documents, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project: Stanford University State Department transcript of …
The BBC reports that the government has decided to provide free public access to a database of UK laws.
CRS Report, Federal Drug Price Negotiation: Implications for Medicare Part D, January 5, 2007.
January 12, 2007: “The European Commission has today launched a consultation round for stakeholders in the field of cosmetics, to come to a simplified and modern regulatory framework for the industry, which avoids unnecessary costs. This new framework should replace the existing EU Cosmetics Directive from 1976, which has become a patchwork of almost 50 …
Press release: “As the Nation pauses to remember the achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) teams up with the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) and the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland School of Law, to provide the American public a website of authentic Civil …
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