The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press: Public Holds Conflicting Views of Press Reports about Government Monitoring Bank Records, Released August 8, 2006. “Summary of Findings – The public is of two minds about news reports that the government has been secretly examining the bank records of American citizens who may have… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2006
DoD Rules for Military Commissions
CRS Report: The Department of Defense Rules for Military Commissions: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Proposed Legislation and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, updated July 25, 2006. Continue Reading
US Military Counterinsurgency Manual
Via FAS, US Military Counterinsurgency Manual (241 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
ACLU Continues to Battle Patriot Act NSL Letters
Press release: “The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union announced today that they have returned to court to challenge the constitutionality of the reauthorized Patriot Act’s National Security Letter (NSL) provision. The provision permits the FBI to prohibit anyone who receives an NSL from disclosing that the FBI has sought… Continue Reading
Bureau of Labor Statistics on the Employment Situation
Commissioner’s Statement on the Employment Situation, 08/04/2006 Employment Situation, 08/04/2006 Current Employment Statistics Highlights (PDF), 08/04/2006 Employment from the BLS household and payroll surveys: summary of recent trends (PDF), 08/04/2006 Continue Reading
HHS OIG Audit on Medicare Drug Discount Card Program Sponsor Public Sector Partners
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General –“Report on the Medicare Drug Discount Card Program Sponsor Public Sector Partners,” (A-06-05-00062) July 10, 2006 [HTML] [PDF] Executive Summary: “The objectives of our review were to determine whether Public Sector Partners (PSP) complied with Federal requirements to (1) ensure that beneficiaries did not exceed… Continue Reading
ABA Report on Women of Color in Law Firms
Press release: “According to “Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms,” a report by The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, women of color experience unique disadvantages based on race in addition to gender. White women experience such events based on gender alone, men of color experience such events based on race alone,… Continue Reading
Resource on Marketing Your Practice with a Blog
Blawg: Marketing Your Practice with a Weblog, by Jim Calloway and Tom Mighell. Continue Reading
GAO Letter to Congress on TSA Secure Flight Program
Transportation Security Administration’s Office of Intelligence: Responses to Posthearing Questions Regarding Secure Flight, Full text GAO-06-1051R, August 4, 2006. “This letter responds to Congress’s request for additional information related to Congress’s June 14, 2006, hearing on the progress and challenges of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Office of Intelligence. As discussed in the statement at… Continue Reading
Army's Future Combat Systems Program and Alternatives
CBO: The Army’s Future Combat Systems Program and Alternatives, August 2006 Continue Reading
TRAC's Immigration Website Adds Performance Info on Over 200 Judges
“TRAC’s Immigration website now contains detailed performance information about most of the 200-plus immigration judges in the United States. Included are year-by-year percentages of asylum matters denied by each judge, comparisons in denial rates with other judges in the same immigration court as well as with all judges in the U.S., and information about the… Continue Reading
FirstGov and FEMA Hurricane Season Sites
Learn more about hurricanes at FirtGov’s Hurricane site. Resources include: general information about hurricanes; preparing for hurricanes; state hurricane information; what to do after a hurricane. FEMA: 2006 Hurricane Season – links to resources on how to: Protect Your Family; Protect Your Property or Business Continue Reading
