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Fact Sheet, Office of the Spokesman, U.S. Dept. of State, March 22, 2006: Foreign Direct Investment in the United States Fact Sheet, Office of the Spokesman, U.S. Dept. of State, March 13, 2006: How Foreign Direct Investment Benefits the United States Related postings on port operations
USNews.com: “The CIA’s Publications Review Board is sending out terse reminders to agency veterans reminding them of the rules requiring that any writings–even blogs–must first get agency approval.”
Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (PDF, 28 pages), by Timothy B. Lee “The courts have a proven track record of fashioning balanced remedies for the copyright challenges created by new technologies. But when Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 1998, it cut the courts out of this …
Press release: “Large well-respected companies are helping to fund the virulent spread of unwanted and potentially harmful “adware” by paying for advertisements generated by those programs, a new report by CDT finds. In “Following the Money: How Advertising Dollars Encourage Nuisance and Harmful Adware and What Can be Done to Reverse the Trend,” (10 pages, …
Press release: “Four years after its launch and more than 1 million hits later, freedominfo.org has a whole new look. But the dual mission of the site remainsa virtual network linking freedom of information (FOI) movements globally and an institutional memory for transparency and access to information rights throughout the world. Freedominfo.org today introduces a …
CRS Report via FAS: Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends (20 pages, PDF), updated March 9, 2006. “International terrorism has long been recognized as a serious foreign and domestic security threat. This issue brief examines international terrorist actions and threats and the U.S. policy response. As the 9/11 Commission report released on July 19, …
Press release: “BRB Publications recently expanded its free Resource Center and added its complete list of online accessible occupational licensing boards. The list, which is updated weekly, contains 4,819 name-searchable job titles. There is no fee, no registration nor a 20 second wait required. Go to http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp and click on State Occupational Licensing Boards under …
According to the Official Google Blog, Google’s newly released Finance service is in beta, with additional content and features to be added in future. Currently, users are offered data in the following categories: Market Summary, Today’s Headlines, Company Facts and Financials, Related company data, a Company Summary, Management info, blog posts and links to topical …
Following up on previous postings concerning the FBI’s use of National Security Letters to obtain library patron records, the New York Times reports today, Librarian Is Still John Doe, Despite Patriot Act Revision
S. 2453 – A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs; to the Committee on the Judiciary. [Congressional Record: March 16, 2006 (Senate)][Page S2316-S2376] “Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I seek recognition today to introduce a bill to regulate electronic surveillance programs designed to gather intelligence for national security purposes.” Related postings …
What Do You Do with a Million Books? by Gregory Crane, Tufts University
A Review of the FBI’s Handling of the Brandon Mayfield Case(Unclassified and Redacted), Special Report, March 2006; HTML (Full Report Coming Soon); List of PDF Files.