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Monthly Archives: September 2005
SurfWax Service Easily Scans RSS Feeds
A new service from SurfWax: Scan Top RSS Feeds by Title: (updated hourly; covers past seven days; sorted by date) Continue Reading
Pennsylvania Students Honor Flight 93 Victims
From Sam Hine, this link to the Bruderhof Peace Barn, a tremendously moving and respectful website about a memorial to the victims of flight 93, created by the 5th-8th grade students of the Spring Valley Bruderhof School, located near the site of the crash. Continue Reading
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Identity Theft: Outline of Federal Statutes and Bibliography of Select Resources, by Sara R. Paul Free and Fee Based Appellate Court Briefs Online, by Michael Whiteman Continue Reading
Articles on Offshore Legal Services
From the Washington Times, Law firms send case work overseas to boost efficiency From the September 28, 2005 WSJ ($), Legal Services Enter Outsourcing Domain and from June 7, 2004: Are Law Firms Ready to Embrace Offshore Outsourcing? Continue Reading
Commentary on Katrina’s Impact on Telecommunications
Katrina: The Sounds of Communications Silence, by John Wohlstetter, Discovery Institute, September 22, 2005: “The near total communications shutdown caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans reveals that in the four years since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks federal, state and local governments seemed to have learned nothing from 9/11.” Continue Reading
Katrina Legal Aid Resource Center
“Resources for victims of the hurricane, for legal aid and defender programs helping them, and for private attorney volunteers…State by state links to help you find a legal aid or pro bono lawyer, and other information for those affected by Hurricane Katrina in these areas: housing, insurance, health, financial aid and general.” [katrinalegalaid.org] (Amy Hale) Continue Reading
Standards for Public Release of Geospatial Data
Guidelines for Providing Appropriate Access to Geospatial Data in Response to Security Concerns, Federal Geographic Data Committee, June 2005 (16 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Board Bulletin Will Be Online Only Beginning 2006
Federal Reserve Board press release, September 22, 2005: “The Federal Reserve Board announced on Thursday that beginning in 2006, the content of the Federal Reserve Bulletin will be published on the Board’s public web site on a continuing basis, as it becomes available. The quarterly paper version of the Bulletin will no longer be published.… Continue Reading
FCC Requires Certain Broadband and VoIP Providers to Accommodate Wiretaps
From the Order, released September 23, 2005: “In this Order, we conclude that the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) applies to facilities-based broadband Internet access providers and providers of interconnected voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service. This Order is the first critical step to apply CALEA obligations to new technologies and services that… Continue Reading
Two New CBO Reports on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
From CBO, A Guide to Understanding the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, September 2005 (32 pages, PDF) and The Risk Exposure of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, September 2005 (44 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Archivists Assess Hurricane Damage
From the Society of American Archivists: Report of Hurricane Katrina Damage Assessment (6 pages, PDF) Responding to Hurricane Katrina: Report from Mississippi Continue Reading
