Another terrific project from the Justia team, this database [still under development] of recently filed Federal District Court civil cases allows users to browse by State, Nature of Suit and Cases, as well as seach by Party Name, jurisdiction, type of lawsuit, and within a given date range. According to Tim Stanley, there are currently… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2007
GAO Issues Corrected Report on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Federal Actions Could Enhance Preparedness of Certain State-Administered Federal Support Programs. GAO-07-219, and Highlights, February 7. [Reposted file includes corrections throughout text-see notice on cover] Continue Reading
Implications of Service Offshoring for Metropolitan Economies
The Brookings Institution, The Implications of Service Offshoring for Metropolitan Economies, by Robert Atkinson and Howard Wial, February 2007. [Full Report in PDF] “An examination of service offshoringthe movement of service jobs overseasforecasts higher than average job losses in twenty-eight U.S. metropolitan areas between 2004 and 2015. Information technology jobs, and the metropolitan areas where… Continue Reading
New Congress Tries Once Again to Pass PC Privacy and ID Theft Legislation
Declan McCullagh reported last week on the reintroduction of numerous antispyware and ID theft bills, many of which reflect the same language as previous versions of related legislation. The article has links to major bills as well as respective legislative background. Continue Reading
GAO Correspondence on Use of Criminal Background Checks for Determining Responsibility
Selected Agencies Use of Criminal Background Checks for Determining Responsibility, GAO-07-215R, January 12, 2007. “This letter and its enclosure respond to the Congressional request for information on selected executive agencies’ policies and practices for making responsibility determinations before awarding contracts. Congress requested this information because of its continued concern for effective pre-contract screening to reduce… Continue Reading
FTC Advice on Giving the Bounce to Counterfeit Check Scams
FTC: “A new scam is swindling consumers: counterfeit checks that seem legitimate to both bank employees and consumers, but that leave unsuspecting consumers footing the bill. The Federal Trade Commission is issuing a new brochure, Giving the Bounce to Counterfeit Check Scams, which explains common angles used in these scams, the responsibilities of banks and… Continue Reading
2007 Economic Report of the President
Economic Report of the President – February 12, 2007: “Contains current/foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning topics such as employment, production, real income, and Federal budget outlays.” Fact Sheet: The Economic Report of the President, February 12, 2007 Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Audit of Reviews Missing FBI Laptops and Weapons
The Federal Bureau of Investigations Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-Up Audit, Audit Report 07-18, February 2007 Continue Reading
House Concurrent Resolution Opposing Deployment of More Troops to Iraq
Introduced today by Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO) [Chair, Armed Services Committee]: “House Concurrent Resolution [H.Con.Res. 63] Disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That (1) Congress and the American… Continue Reading
Chairman Waxman Requests Information on Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Waxman “sent a letter to the chief executives of twelve Medicare insurers requesting Part D prescription drug pricing information, including profits and administrative costs associated with Medicare Part D coverage.” February 9, 2007. Letter to Insurance CEOs List of Recipients – CEOs of Twelve Medicare Insurers Continue Reading
Testimony of Chief Counsel to HHS OIG at Hearing on Fraud and Abuse in Pharmaceutical Pricing
“Financial Impacts of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Pharmaceutical Pricing: The goal of the hearing is to examine whether there are fraudulent, abusive, or wasteful pharmaceutical pricing practices that affect federal health programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and the Public Health Service 340B program that should be the subject of additional congressional oversight.” February 9,… Continue Reading
Former NASA Engineer Leads Google Book Search Project
Google’s Moon Shot, by JEFFREY TOOBIN – The quest for the universal library. New Yorker, Posted 2007-01-29 “Every weekday, a truck pulls up to the Cecil H. Green Library, on the campus of Stanford University, and collects at least a thousand books, which are taken to an undisclosed location and scanned, page by page, into… Continue Reading
