FTC press release: “Consumers are projected to spend $25 billion on gift cards in the 2006 holiday season. The Federal Trade Commission tells consumers that gift cards, whether purchased from a retailer, a restaurant, or a financial institution, may come with strings attached. In particular, consumers should know that some gift cards have expiration dates; others have fees that can lessen the cards value, including activation fees, transaction fees, monthly maintenance fees, balance inquiry fees, replacement fees for lost or stolen cards, and inactivity or non-use fees. A consumer alert, Buying, Giving, and Using Gift Cards, offers consumer tips…”
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Daily Archives: December 11, 2006
Understanding Similarities and Differences Between Accrual and Cash Deficits
Understanding Similarities and Differences Between Accrual and Cash Deficits GAO-07-117SP, December 1, 2006. “…understanding our nation’s long-term fiscal outlook is important because, as GAO’s long-term simulations show, current fiscal policy is unsustainable. The accrual measure primarily provides more information on the longer-term implications of today’s policy decisions and operations by showing certain costs incurred today… Continue Reading
Lawyers' Committee Releases Election Protection Report
Today “the Lawyers’ Committee released its Election Protection report to the Board of Directors and Trustees, Staff, and Pro Bono Partners, discussing Election Protection’s legal program and election problems encountered in states across the country.” Continue Reading
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Capital Punishment, 2005
Capital Punishment, 2005: “The Federal Bureau of Prisons and 36 states held 3,254 inmates on death row at the end of last year, which was 66 fewer such inmates than at the end of 2004, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The 2005 drop was the fifth consecutive year the number… Continue Reading
Effective Counterterrorism and the Limited Role of Predictive Data Mining
Effective Counterterrorism and the Limited Role of Predictive Data Mining, by Jeff Jonas [engineer and chief scientist with IBM’s Entity Analytic Solutions Group] and Jim Harper [director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute]. “Though data mining has many valuable uses, it is not well suited to the terrorist discovery problem. It would be… Continue Reading
LC Convenes Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
Subject Headings or Keywords? Google, Microsoft Join LC Working Group on Bibliographic Control Continue Reading
EPA Responds to Protests Over Library Closures
Follow up to recent postings on opposition by public interest groups, members of Congress, library associations, librarians, and scientists, to the closure of EPA libraries throughout the country, today this EPA press release stated: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing broader access to a larger audience by making agency library materials available through its… Continue Reading
No Punishment for McDermott Leak From Ethics Committee
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct – In The Matter of Representative James Mcdermott, released December 11, 2006 Report of the Investigative Subcommittee (27 pages, PDF) Index to Exhibits Continue Reading
CRS Report – 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Implementation Status
CRS Report for Congress, 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Implementation Status, December 4, 2006 (73 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
KMWorld and Intranets 2006 Presentation Links
KMWorld and Intranets 2006 Presentation Links, October 30 – November 2, 2006. Continue Reading
Paper Reports on State Department Use of Google to Identify Iranian Sanctions' Targets
Washington Post: Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S. Tries Google – Internet Search Yields Names Cited in U.N. Draft Resolution “When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the agency refused, citing a large workload and a desire to protect… Continue Reading
CRS Report on Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress
CRS Report to Congress, Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 109th Congress — Updated, December 7, 2006 (41 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
