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Monthly Archives: August 2006
EPIC Reports $50M Class Action Verdict Against Bank for Privacy Violation
EPIC: “A Florida bank was required to pay $50 million in a class-action settlement resulting from violations of federal privacy law. Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust purchased 656,600 names and addresses from the Florida DMV for use in direct marketing. The purchase violated the Drivers Privacy Protection Act, a 1993 law passed after it was… Continue Reading
E-Gov Initiatives Garner Mixed Results At 5 Year Mark
Govexec.com: E-Gov at Five Years, Part Two: Waiting for Success, by Daniel Pulliam. “Several of the technology projects are outright success stories, genuinely improving federal services online and easing their delivery…But others are stagnating under agency resistance, legal challenges and congressional concern.” Continue Reading
Rutgers-Camden Law School Library Offers NJ Supreme Court's Attorney Disciplinary Review Board Decisions
Follow-up to my June 13, 2006 posting, New Searchable Database of Congressional and NJ Legislative Documents, this August 29, 2006 announcement from Rutgers: “The Law Library at the Rutgers-Camden law school now offers [free] the decisions of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Attorney Disciplinary Review Board from December, 1998 onward. These decisions are online here.” Continue Reading
Health Care in New Orleans Before and After Hurricane Katrina
“On the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrinas landfall, a paper authored by Kaiser Family Foundation staff, released as a web exclusive by the journal Health Affairs, examines the impact of the storm on New Orleans, the current state of health care in the city, and lessons learned about the city’s health care delivery system. Health… Continue Reading
Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Not Effective in Reducing Youth Drug Use
ONDCP Media Campaign: Contractor’s National Evaluation Did Not Find that the Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Was Effective in Reducing Youth Drug Use, Full text GAO-06-818, and Highlights, August 25, 2006. “Between 1998 and 2004, Congress appropriated over $1.2 billion to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.… Continue Reading
FDA Allowed "Emergency Research" on Patients Incapable of Informed Consent
Press release: “FDA Takes Close Look at Experience Gained from Regulations Allowing Emergency Research With An Exception from Informed Consent Requirements.” “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a close look at the implementation of its 1996 regulation, 21 CFR 50.24, which allows clinical emergency research when informed consent cannot be obtained. This federal… Continue Reading
Census Report on Income Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States 2005
Press release: Income Stable, Poverty Rate Increases, Percentage of Americans Without Health Insurance Unchanged: “Real median household income remained unchanged between 2003 and 2004 at $44,389, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Meanwhile, the nation’s official poverty rate rose from 12.5 percent in 2003 to 12.7 percent in 2004. The… Continue Reading
Sudan Multi-Donor Trust Funds Website
“The Sudan Multi-Donor Trust Funds (MDTFs) are a means for donors to coordinate the reconstruction and development needs of both Northern and Southern Sudan. The MDTFs are funded by donor countries and managed by two technical secretariats, one for the MDTF-National, which focuses on war-affected areas of Northern states (based in Khartoum), and a second… Continue Reading
Gulf Coast Schools and Colleges Lacking In Support for Recovery from Hurricanes
Press release: “One year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the greater New Orleans area, local schools and colleges still have not received the leadership and resources they need from the federal government to truly recover, according to a new report released today by Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the… Continue Reading
The Machinery of Democracy: Usability of Voting Systems
Press release: “The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, today released a report and policy proposals, concluding that two of the most commonly purchased electronic voting systems today are better at recording voter intentions than older systems like the punchcard system used in Florida in 2000. At the same time the report… Continue Reading
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Report on Religion and Politics
Many Americans Uneasy with Mix of Religion and Politics – 69% Say Liberals Too Secular, 49% Say Conservatives Too Assertive, Released August 24, 2006. Section I – Religion and Public Life Section II – Religion and Politics Section III – Religion and Science Section IV – Religious Beliefs About the Survey Topline Questionnaire Continue Reading
