RL32812 – The Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, July 25, 2006, Philip D. Winters (29 pages, PDF).”In March 2006, the House passed a $92 billion supplemental appropriation (H.R. 4939). The funding, requested by the President, included $68 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, $19 billion for hurricane relief, and $4 billion for foreign… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2006
Report on Katrina Waste from House Homeland Security Committee Democrats
Press release, August 28, 2006: “Nearly one year has passed since Hurricane Katrina’s landfall wrought havoc on the Gulf Coast, however, a new report issued by the Democratic Members on the U.S. House Committee Homeland Security finds that the nation is not much more prepared to effectively protect our communities and respond to catastrophic emergencies…The… Continue Reading
Procedures for Submitting Amendments/Corrections to Trademark Applications After Publication
USPTO press release, August 28, 2006: “To improve the tracking and disposition of amendments and requests for corrections to trademark applications submitted after publication, the Office is providing the following recommended procedures. Once an application has been approved for publication by the examining attorney, all amendments and requests for corrections are processed as amendments/corrections after… Continue Reading
Detection of Explosives on Airline Passengers: Recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and Related Issues
CRS report, Detection of Explosives on Airline Passengers: Recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and Related Issues, updated August 9, 2006 (via FAS). Continue Reading
DHS OIG Audit of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System
Audit of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System, OIG-06-54 (PDF, 24 pages), August 28, 2006. Continue Reading
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
Free Congress Foundation: “Senator Barack H. Obama (D-IL)…teamed with Coburn, Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE), Ranking Member on the FFM Subcommittee, and Senator John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) to introduce S. 2590, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, the purpose of which is to provide citizens with a website, managed by the Office of Management… Continue Reading
Comparison and Evaluation of 10 Major Internet Bookshops
Hirwade, Mangala and Hirwade, Anil and Bherwani, Mohini (2006) Evaluative study of major Internet bookshops. ILA Bulletin XLII(1):pp. 32-43. “Internet Bookshops are the online bookshops that allow the user to search the items of his interest, navigate, make a query, communicate, place an order, bargain and negotiate. At its simplest the Internet Bookshop or online… Continue Reading
Editorial on Government Secrecy and Legal Consequences to Citizens
LA Times (reg. req’d) EDITORIAL – Espionage — Not Just for Spies Anymore – “Bush administration and the courts are expanding the concepts of “leaking” and “secrecy” to affect normal citizens on the receiving end.” Continue Reading
Debate Continues as Public Records Online Expose Social Security Numbers
Miami Herald: Public records are easy targets for ID thieves – “The state’s record keepers must delete sensitive personal information from government websites. Until that’s done, many Floridians are in danger of having their identities stolen.” Continue Reading
Hurricane Digital Memory Bank
Center for History and New Media, George Mason University: “The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. George Mason Universitys Center for History and New Media and the University of New Orleans, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum… Continue Reading
Commission Calls on Member States to Contribute to European Digital Library
“25 August 2006 – The European Commission adopted on 24 August 2006 a Recommendation on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation (PDF). The Recommendation aims at bringing out the full economic and cultural potential of Europes cultural and scientific heritage through the Internet. It is part of the Commission’s strategy… Continue Reading
EU E-Communications Household Survey
“The European Commission regularly conducts residential surveys in order to understand how European households and individuals behave in the face of a permanently evolving offer of communication services. This Eurobarometer survey differs from previous surveys because the 2002 EU regulatory framework has been implemented in all Member States, the EU has enlarged to 25 Member… Continue Reading
