FTC press release: “The federal financial institution regulatory agencies and the Federal Trade Commission are soliciting comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning identity theft red flags and address discrepancies. The NPRM, which has been reviewed and approved by each of the listed agencies, implements sections 114 and 315 of the Fair and… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2006
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Blog
“Rudd Sound Bites, the weblog of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, aims to encourage global discussion of front burner news and the most critical issues regarding food policy and obesity. Rudd Sound Bites has eleven regular contributors who are faculty members and affiliates of the Rudd Center…The Rudd Center’s mission is to… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve System Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, July 19, 2006 (30 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
Public Recognizes Debt as a Fast Growing Problem in U.S.
Press release: “Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion Strategies will release a report today, co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress, that reveals broad public concern about the growing problem of household debt in America. The national survey results…show that Americans have considerable consensus about how to address this issue…Ultimately, respondents hold individuals responsible… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Project Releases New Report on Bloggers
Press release: “A national phone survey of bloggers finds that most are focused on describing their personal experiences to a relatively small audience of readers and that only a small proportion focus their coverage on politics, media, government, or technology. Blogs, the survey finds, are as individual as the people who keep them. However, most… Continue Reading
Locating Law Librarian Jobs
Where the Jobs Are: Locating Law Librarian Jobs Made Easy presented by the Placement Committee at the 2006 Annual Meeting. Continue Reading
House Intelligence Hearing on Modernizing FISA
House Intelligence to Hold Open Hearing on Modernizing FISA, July 19, 2006. Statement of Jim Dempsey, Policy Director, Center for Democracy and Technology, July 19, 2006 (13 pages, PDF) ABA President’s Testimony to House Intelligence Committee Hearing on Domestic Surveillance, July 19, 2006 Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy Executive Director Kim… Continue Reading
House Fails to Override Presidential Veto of Stem Cell Research Bill
The House failed to override the President’s veto of HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, by roll call vote #388, 235 yeas to 193 nays. H.R. 810 ENR, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 – Senate passes Stem Cell Bill amending the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem… Continue Reading
More Corporations Plan to Implement Blogs According to New Report
Press release: “JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, reveals that 35 percent of large companies plan to institute corporate Weblogs this year. Combined with the existing deployed base of 34 percent, nearly 70 percent of all site operators will have implemented corporate blogs by the… Continue Reading
2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict Resource on Wikipedia
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, from Wikipedia [use at your own discretion] Continue Reading
Telecommuting: A 21st Century Solution to Traffic Jams and Terrorism
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing entitled Telecommuting: A 21st Century Solution to Traffic Jams and Terrorism, July 18, 2006. Links to opening statements and witness testimony Continue Reading
Producer Price Indexes – June 2006
Producer Price Index News Release text (20 pages, PDF) Technical notes Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing Table 3. Producer price indexes for selected commodity groupings Table 4. Producer price indexes for the… Continue Reading
