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“The world of Legal Technology has…had its share of ups and downs in 2006, with companies spying on their boards, the treasury department spying on money transfers, and the government spying on, well, everyone! With all the spying going on, data security was certainly on everyone’s mind in 2006, and several key stories arose out …
SUMMARY: “The FAA is establishing requirements for human space flight as required by the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004, including rules on crew qualifications and training, and informed consent for crew and space flight participants. The requirements should provide an acceptable level of safety to the general public and ensure individuals on board …
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 …
Press Release – FBI Director’s Comments to Senate Reveal Continued Hostility Toward Libraries, Privacy Responses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Based Upon the May 2, 2006 Hearing Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Regarding FBI Oversight (PDF) ALA Criticizes DoJ’s Stance on Libraries and Privacy
“The Department of State released…Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XII, Soviet Union, January 1969-October 1970, the first of five volumes in the Nixon-Ford subseries, 1969-1976, which document U.S.-Soviet relations worldwide and reflect the global nature of the Cold War. The volumes on the Soviet Union serve as a guidepost to fuller coverage …
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 …
Press release: “The Internet Archive Receives Grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Digitize and Provide Open Online Access to Historical Collections from Five Major Libraries…The Sloan Foundation is proud to support the digitization of these high-value collections from five of the nation’s leading cultural institutions and to ensure that these materials will always be …
“Justice Expenditure and Employment Extracts series, Presents data from the Census Bureau’s Annual Government Finance Survey and Annual Survey of Public Employment. This series includes national and State-by-State estimates of government expenditures and employment for the following justice categories: police protection, all judicial (including prosecution, courts, and public defense), and corrections. Federal data for the …
Press release: “State lobbyists and the companies that hire them spent a record of more than $1 billion in 2005 to influence state lawmakers and officials, the Center for Public Integrity has found. The almost 7,400 legislators in the 50 state capitals across the country passed close to 40,000 laws last year, according to figures …
Tribal Justice and Safety in Indian Country website from DOJ: “The goal of this resource is to provide a user-friendly, current, and comprehensive resource for American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal governments to further improve the safety of their communities…This Web-based resource guide has several sections, including educational materials to assist the reader with learning …
The December 2006 issue of ABA’s Law Practice Magazine features a profile of Sabrina I. Pacifici, founder, editor, publisher of LLRX.com and author of beSpacific. After a decade of publishing the free webzine on law and technology resources, and with more than four years and 11,000 postings on beSpacific.com, I am delighted to continue my …
Expanding E-Government Results Report, December 2006 (12 pages, PDF): “During this last year, adoption, participation and customer satisfaction of 18 Presidential E-Government initiatives were tracked in order to provide a complete, timely and accurate assessment of the usage of and benefits delivered to the respective customers citizens, businesses, and government agencies alike.” [Report includes …