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Daily Archives: September 18, 2006
NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources
National Conference of State Legislatures 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources, updated September 2006. The 15 covered topics include: Agriculture & Rural Development Elections, Campaigns & Redistricting, Ethics, Health issues and Transportation. Continue Reading
Cato Institute White Papers Address Administration's Fight Against Terrorism and Impact on Civil Liberties
Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism (September 2006), by Timothy Lynch: “The purpose of this paper is not to criticize any particular policy initiative. Reasonable people can honestly disagree about what needs to be done to combat the terrorists who are bent on killing Americans. However, a conscientious discussion of our policy options must begin… Continue Reading
New Year Begins for Free Annual Credit Report Program
FTC press release: “September marks the first anniversary of every consumers right to a free annual credit report from each of the three nationwide consumer reporting companies Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. Consumers can order reports online at www.annualcreditreport.com, or by calling toll-free at 1-877-322-8228, or by mailing a completed Annual Credit Report Request Form… Continue Reading
Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report
Press release: “Economic freedom has a greater impact than foreign aid in helping people in poor nations escape poverty, according to the Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report…Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom… Continue Reading
New GAO Report Analyzes Implementation of the Data Quality Act
Information Quality Act (IQA): Expanded Oversight and Clearer Guidance by the Office of Management and Budget Could Improve Agencies’ Implementation of the Act, Full-text GAO-06-765, and Highlights, August 23, 2006. “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not have department-level guidelines covering its 22 component agencies. Also, although the Environmental Protection Agency and 4 other… Continue Reading
FBI Releases its 2005 Crime Statistics
Press release: “The estimated volume of violent crime in the Nation increased 2.3 percent, but the estimated volume of property crime decreased 1.5 percent in 2005 when compared with 2004 data, according to FBI statistics released today. From 2004 to 2005, the rate of violent crime, estimated at 469.2 violent offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, increased… Continue Reading
Quarterly Coal Report (QCR) – 2nd Quarter 2006
Energy Information Administration Report released September 18, 2006: “The Quarterly Coal Report (QCR) provides data on U.S. coal production, exports, imports, receipts, prices, consumption, coal quality and stocks in addition to data on U.S. coke production, consumption, stocks, imports, and exports. The data presented in the QCR are collected and published by the Energy Information… Continue Reading
Maryland State Law Library Opens New Special Collections Room
Press release: “When the Maryland State Law Library opens its new Special Collections Room September 21, the long treasured and newly restored Audubon bird prints will have a new home. The expanded and enhanced room, which houses rare books, documents, and articles collected since the librarys founding in 1827, was built to preserve the rooms… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Report on Use of Polygraph Examinations in the DOJ
September 18, 2006 – Reports Encompassing More Than One DOJ Component – Use of Polygraph Examinations in the Department of Justice, Evaluations and Inspections Report I-2006-008, September 2006. “The Department of Justice (Department) and several of its components use and conduct polygraph examinations for a variety of administrative and investigative uses. In this Office of… Continue Reading
Belgian Court Rules Against Google in Copyright Dispute
Belgium Orders Google to Remove News Items or Pay Huge Fine: “A Brussels court has ordered internet giant Google to pay 1 million euro a day if it does not remove all news articles and pictures from French and German language newspapers on its news site, Belgian media reported on Monday.” Belgian court brings Google… Continue Reading
GAO Financial Restatement Database Report
Financial Restatement Database, GAO-06-1053R, August 31, 2006. “On July 24, 2006, we issued a report to Congress entitled, Financial Restatements: Update of Public Company Trends, Market Impacts, and Regulatory Enforcement Activities. That report included a listing of 1,390 financial restatement announcements that we identified as having been made because of financial reporting fraud and/or accounting… Continue Reading
