Follow-up to January 1, 2007 posting on the Chief Justice’s Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, 2006 whose sole topic was, “the failure to raise judicial pay,” see today’s Legal Times article, Judicial Salaries at Top of Court Administrator’s Agenda and an Op-Ed: Judicial Pay Crucial to Our Courts’ Future, by Karen J. Mathis, President,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2007
The 2007 Statistical Abstract Available on Web
“The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.” [The 2007 Statistical Abstract] Continue Reading
CRS Report – Islam: Sunnis and Shiites
CRS Report – Islam: Sunnis and Shiites, updated December 11, 2006. “The majority of the world’s Muslim population follows the Sunni branch of Islam, and approximately 10-15% of all Muslims follow the Shiite (Shiite, Shia, Shia) branch. Shiite populations live in a number of countries, but they constitute a majority in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, and… Continue Reading
Chat with a Representative About Federal Agencies, Programs, Benefits, or Services
“FirstGov.gov launched Web Chat–a tab on the Frequent Questions page–in an effort to expand the ways in which the public can contact the government. During its six-month pilot phase, Web Chat will be available Monday through Friday from 12:00 noon until 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Once we’ve had the opportunity to assess Web Chat’s popularity… Continue Reading
New Requirements for Travelers
“Beginning January 23, 2007, ALL persons, including U.S. citizens, traveling by air between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will be required to present a valid passport, Air NEXUS card, or U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document, or an Alien Registration Card, Form I-551, if applicable.” [Link] Continue Reading
US Electromagnetic Weapons and Human Rights
US Electromagnetic Weapons and Human Rights, By Peter Phillips, Lew Brown and Bridget Thornton. “A Study of the History of US Intelligence Community Human Rights Violations and Continuing Research in Electromagnetic Weapons” Completed December 2006, Sonoma State University, Project Censored, Media Freedom Foundation. Continue Reading
Feingold and Obama Introduce the Lobbying and Ethics Reform Act
Press release: “U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Barack Obama (D-IL) have introduced legislation that would implement extensive changes to lobbying and ethics rules in Congress. The Feingold-Obama bill improves substantially on S. 2349, the lobbying disclosure and ethics bill that the Senate passed in March 2006 and that the Senate will begin considering today.… Continue Reading
Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Ways and Means during the 109th Congress
Report on the Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Ways and Means during the 109th Congress, December 22, 2006 (193 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
Energy DOE IG Report on Certification and Classification of Unclassified Info
DOE/IG Audit Report 0752, Certification and Accreditation of Unclassified Information Systems, January 2007. Continue Reading
Protecting Civil Rights: A Leadership Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement
Protecting Civil Rights: A Leadership Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement: “With funding from and collaboration with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), a component of the US Department of Justice, IACP produced this guide as a comprehensive overview of the civil rights issues and challenges that face todays law enforcement… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Report on Cooperation of SCAAP Recipients in Removal of Criminal Aliens from U.S.
Office of Justice Programs, Cooperation of SCAAP [State Criminal Alien Assistance Program] Recipients in the Removal of Criminal Aliens from the United States, Audit Report, January 7, 2007 (Redacted public version, 109 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
Trends in Manufacturer Prices of Prescription Drugs Used by Older Americans
AARP Public Policy Institute reports, January 2007 Brand Name Prescription Drugs, Updated 1/07 Third Quarter 2006 Update (Publication ID: DD151), January 2007 (PDF, 14 pages) Updated 1/07 Third Quarter 2006 Update (Publication ID: DD152), January 2007 (PDF, 3 pages) Continue Reading
